We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 28 Jul 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver resultsthe right way. Thats the Medtronic Mindset our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better healthier lives.

In this exciting and fast-paced role as a Principal Quality Engineer you will have responsibility for applying and coaching the use of Design Reliability Manufacturability (DRM) methodologies across the Medtronic product development community. The position will support Medtronics DRM strategy and tactics to achieve the desired business results. This position is responsible for global implementation across all locations of Product Development within Medtronic. A key focus area of this position will be to implement and refine the DRM / New Product Development Metrics strategy at the Enterprise level and assure systems and processes are in place to enable the execution of that strategy.

Primary Responsibilities

• Refine and contribute to New Product Development strategy regarding metrics in partnership with the DRM Council PMO Council R&D Council Quality and GOS&C organizations to enable the assessment of progress and effectiveness of the DRM and other New Product Development improvement initiatives across MDT.

• Improve the efficiency and data integrity around DRM / NPD Metrics at the enterprise level and work to assure successful integration with OU/Portfolio level metrics across MDT.

• Lead the improvements to the database (in partnership with IT GOS&C Quality and other functions) to facilitate collection and reporting of Metrics

• Lead the collection and reporting of Enterprise-wide Metrics.

• Analyze Metrics to determine effectiveness of improvement initiatives and identify additional improvements needed to acheilve Medtronics desired business outcomes such as Quality Product Performance Gross Margin Cost Time to Market etc.

Other Responsibilities will include

• Drive best practice sharing of Metrics measurement and DRM methods across MDT businesses and functions

• Contribute to DRM program strategy development and execution in partnership with the Enterprise-wide DRM Council

• Conduct and participate in DRM Assessments across global R&D locations to enable measurement of DRM maturity growth across the business

• Assist in the development of and facilitation of DRM training for all levels of the organization (New Employees GBs BBs Management)

• Provide technical leadership for the application of DRM across MDT businesses

• Facilitate application and use of DRM tools to make breakthrough improvements in the design reliability and manufacturability of products

• Coach DRM/DFSS Black Belt and Green Belt candidates towards successful applications of the methods and successful certification

• Coach and mentor product development teams and individuals in the use of DRM methods & tools

• Enhance the product development lifecycle within R&D by applying industry best practices processes and metrics

• Recommend improvements to work processes and procedures design guidelines systems models interfaces systems architectures and protocols

• All activities must be performed in compliance with the Quality System

• Performs duties in compliance with environmental health and safety related site rules policies or governmental regulations

• All other duties as assigned

Onsite

At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. Were working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering Science or technical field with 7 years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality OR Advanced degree in Engineering Science or technical field with 5 years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality

Nice to Have

• A minimum of 10 years of business operations and new product development experience which includes a minimum of 3 years of demonstrated process improvement program success

• Masters Degree in Engineering Discipline / Engineering degree in Systems Engineering Biomedical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or SW engineering

• Black Belt or Master Black Belt Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) / DRM

• Past engineering experience in medical device product development

• Familiarity with FDA and ISO standards

• Leadership experience at the manager level in an Engineering organization

• Demonstrated experience working in a Research and Development organization as a change agent implementing DRM / DFSS methods and strategies resulting in sustained change

• Experience developing and improving metrics collection and reporting systems

• Experience in or willingness to learn Power BI Microsoft Power Platform and SQL.

• Experience in the application of analytical / statistical methods for improvements in product performance

• Experience and ability to train lead mentor coach and inspire individuals and teams to significantly impact the business

• Excellent oral and written skills with the ability to interface at all levels in the organization

• Ability to work with others and accomplish goals working within a team

• Ability to manage multiple priorities

• Experience as a creative problem solver

• Comfort in dealing with ambiguity

• Confidence in applying engineering experience to make pragmatic choices about system design architecture and implementation

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$130400.00 - $195600.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience certification/education market conditions and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves. We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law. In addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.