We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 Jan 2026

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

The duties related to the Sr Reliability Engineer role requires advance knowledge and experience in Medical Device industry to perform risk assessments ensuring product risks are captured and maintained perform design quality reviews support potential product quality issues in released product portfolio. It also encompasses all aspects of a medical devices lifecycle such as design manufacturing distribution and obsolescence. The diversity of duties ranges from performing quality impact assessments addressing potential product quality issues technical writing (Risk Management Review report Design Failure Mode Effect Analysis and other related technical documentation) to creative and critical thinking working with diverse teams and leading in resolving quality issues and process improvements. The duties are complex as depending on the complexity of the issues all duties and projects are often performed in parallel.

The products that the Employee will work on support the Core Surgical Innovations (CSI) product portfolio within the Medical Surgical operating unit. The specific product portfolio includes different stapling products with complex design technologies. The employee will be the lead design quality engineer for one of the many stapling products within the product portfolio. Extensive and deep knowledge in understanding product design helps to address quality issues assess risks associated with the product and ensure product reliability standards are met.

The Employees work will have an immediate impact on the CSI product Stapling portfolio and business performance that there are significant continuous improvement projects product/process changes to be implemented to fulfill the market requirements. Extensive work associated to perform product quality assessment review and approval of technical documentations related to engineering changes perform root cause investigations to address quality issues update and maintain risk management files to ensure quality standards and business unit goals are met. Other type of activities involve review and analyzing product complaint trends to be aware of trends in Medical device industry. The duties that Employee performs are vital in ensuring products of the highest quality is being provided to patients.

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

• 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.
• Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
• Designs or specifies inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
• May specialize in the areas of design incoming material production control product evaluation and reliability inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• Project Management experience or training

• Experience working with customers

• Knowledge with Six Sigma or DRM

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to work effectively independently within teams and across functions.

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):$96800.00 - $145200.00

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