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

Careers That Change Lives

The possibilities at the intersection of medicine and technology are endless which means endless opportunities to make your mark on the world. Our interns do real work within experienced engineering teams to improve lives of millions. Engineering roles in the Quality engineering group can include Quality Supplier Quality and Reliability engineers. Examples of work in each of these areas are listed below.

Quality Engineer

• Develops modifies applies and maintains quality standards and protocol for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.
• Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.

Supplier Quality Engineer

• Ensures that suppliers deliver quality parts materials and services.
• Qualifies suppliers according to company standards and may administer a Certified Supplier Program in receiving inspection to ensure cost effectiveness.

Reliability Engineer

• Develops coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs.
• Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability.

You have learned a lot to get here we want you to keep growing. With our expanding portfolio of innovative products and services Medtronic is the global leader in delivering healthcare solutions for over 70 disease states in 150 countries.

Our summer internships are full-time (40 hours/week) paid positions lasting 10-11 weeks. We offer competitive compensation along with educational and social programming throughout the summer. For interns relocating more than 50 miles from home or school we provide housing assistance and a relocation and transportation stipend. At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we -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.

The majority of our internship positions are based at our primary hubs in Minnesota California Colorado and the Northeastern U.S. (Connecticut & Massachusetts). We also offer opportunities in other states including Arizona Florida Michigan Tennessee and Texas. Candidate location preferences are strongly considered during the interview and offer process; however flexibility increases the number of potential opportunities available. All interns must reside in the U.S. for the duration of the internship.

Must Haves:

To be considered for a Summer 2026 engineering internship you must meet the following basic requirements. Your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet each of these criteria to be considered for a position.

• Working towards a bachelors or masters in engineering with an anticipated graduation date of Winter 2026 Spring 2027 Winter 2027 or Spring 2028
• The ability to participate full time (40 hours/week) as part of our intern cohort from June 1 - August 14 (semester system programs) or June 15 August 21 (quarter system programs)
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis and do not require sponsorship in the future for an employment visa. The Medtronic Summer Internship Program does not provide work authorization sponsorship for summer intern positions. Individuals with temporary visas such as E F-1 H-1 H-2 L B J or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future are not eligible for the Medtronic Summer Internship Program

Nice to Haves:

• A minimum 3.0 out of a 4.0 cumulative GPA
• Flexibility in geographic location
• Knowledge of one or more of the following technologies: C C C#/ Java Python CAD:SolidWorks/Autocad or equivalent Microsoft Visual Studio MATLAB
• Prior work on projects in a team environment preferred
• Relevant academic projects internship or lab experience preferred
• Technical writing skills
• FEMA knowledge
• Experience with statistics and data analysis. Team player who is self-motivated proactive willing to learn and a problem solver
  

About Medtronic:

Together as one of the largest Medical Device companies in the country we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic we push the limits of what technology therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Lets work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients lives. Help us shape the future and engineer the extraordinary.

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.

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 addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.