Sr Technical Training Specialist
Sr Technical Training Specialist
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Job Description
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
At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require up to 25% for field support personnel and customers.
Careers that Change Lives
This position has the responsibility and authority to drive create and deliver training for global field service employees and hospital Bio-Med customers. This individual will be primarily responsible for creating and delivering the course curriculum for surgical innovations visualization and lung health products/technologies to educate both employees and customers on the technical knowledge required to troubleshoot repair and maintain products in these businesses.
While this position is posted as remote the facility where training takes place is in Lafayette CO. and is required to be at the facility full time a minimum of 2 weeks per month to conduct instructor-led training. Medtronic will not cover travel costs to be on site so only candidates willing to be located close to the facility will be considered.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
Instructional Design & Project Management
- Collaborate with a cross functional groups (Product Marketing Sales Services Legal Quality and Regulatory) to create technical training programs curricula course materials and measurements that support business unit strategies and are compliant with regulatory quality systems and Business Conduct Standards.
- Ensure timely updates to the course curricula to reflect changes in product offerings and market demands.
- Drive innovative training methods including on-line modules and video tutorials using Medtronics Medical/Legal/Regulatory (MLR) review Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Learning Management systems as required as a central tracking repository.
- Prepare Instructor Guides and certified instructor program on new/revised curricula and materials on a global basis.
- Stay abreast of training and development industry research (e.g. learning theory motivation theory) and new methods and techniques.
- Work with administrative staff to develop agendas certificates tests and to schedule requests to attend training courses.
- Demonstrate training effectiveness through systematic program evaluation and continuous improvement strategy.
- Provide timely evaluation and feedback to trainees and their managers/supervisors.
- Partner with Field Service Engineers (including job shadow) and Factory to understand the manufacturing process to develop and maintain technical knowledge system intricacies and troubleshooting skills.
- Coordinate continuous training opportunities for the global Field service team. Duties include review of newly released/updated repair procedures.
- Provide feedback from training into new and sustaining projects as appropriate.
Training Services Delivery
Conduct training courses at different skill levels and audiences in varied locations as needed. Manage course preparations and facility set up as needed. Conduct training for new product introductions and/or software releases. Ensure proper training attendance is documented and updated in proper locations per procedure. Interact in a professional manner with all course participants in both classroom and social situations. Maintain and demonstrate a high level of technical knowledge of current product maintenance repair and troubleshooting procedures. Use this knowledge to better present course content and answer technical questions of course participants. Conduct Certified Instructor programs for Service educational course offerings. Retain a comprehensive understanding and clinical knowledge of cranial and spine technology. Obtain any ongoing education necessary to maintain a cutting-edge education and training curriculum. May assist in the technical support for users of products. This may include phone support for users and/or technical staff. Plans develops and coordinates in-house product training programs for field support personnel and customers. Obtains information needed to prepare in-house training programs; prepares training materials; develops course content; determines methodology; and coordinates the development of training aids. Ensures training program(s) meets company and customer objectives. Maintains communication with customers to ensure effectiveness of training. Continuously revises lesson plans to meet new training requirements and to keep technical information up to date. Up to 25% domestic or international travel
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
High School Diploma or equivalent with 8 years of engineering technical training or troubleshooting experience
OR
Bachelors Degree with 4 years of engineering technical training or troubleshooting experience
OR
Associates Degree with 6 years of of engineering technical training or troubleshooting experience
Nice to Have
Previous experience in field service or factory engineering in the medical device industry Direct experience with Cranial and Spine products such as imaging systems Experience developing content and delivering technical training Familiarity with Articulate Familiarity with commonly used test equipment (i.e.: power supplies DVMs signal generators dosimeters flow meters etc.) Ability to read and understand schematics and engineering drawings Familiar with the FDA 21 CFR CGMP for Medical device Advanced education in Electrical Engineering or Scientific discipline or similar related field. Biomedical Engineering background or equivalent. Mechanical electrical and Windows based computer experience providing technical support & services. Including equipment and application support. Healthcare/surgical setting experience. Familiarity with state regulations for imaging equipment. Ability to function well under pressure and expend effort to meet schedules and deadlines Adept with the use of basic hand tools and mechanical and electronic devices.
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.
If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic Inc. (Medtronic) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County you can findhere a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
