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

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Plans directs and implements all aspects of the companys design and development of new medical device products or software systems.
• May develop evaluate implement and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems or reliability systems and standards pertaining to materials techniques or company products.
• Oversees the investigation and evaluation of existing technologies.
• Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies materials machines processes or products.
• Directs the development of new concepts from initial design to market release.
• Manages feasibility studies of the design to determine if capable of functioning as intended.
• Monitors documentation maintenance throughout all phases of research and development.
• Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery.
• Selects develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

Required Knowledge and Experience:
Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 5 years relevant experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years prior relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) Master of Engineering Management (MEM) science or technical field.

• 5 years of medical device manufacturing experience including risk reduction methodologies.

• Proven track record of people leadership including hiring managing and promoting high-performing talent.

• Lean Sigma Certification (Green Belt or Black belt)

• Operations Experience

• Project Mgmt Experience and/or certifications

• Medtronic change control experience (IQ/OQ/PQ CIF etc)

• Strong knowledge of metrology & measurement techniques; statistical analysis (Cpk standard deviation etc) in Minitab measurement uncertainty GD&T Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility.

• Strong knowledge in PPAP

• Demonstrated financial acumen (Daisy experience or similar)

• Ability to work in a matrix organization with the desire to develop collaborative relationships within the organization and across other Medtronic sites.

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

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.