At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the LifeBe a part of the Medtronic Engineering and Innovation center (MEIC) in Hyderabad by applying your skills to thegrowth, development and sustaining efforts of Medical Devices products within the center. This position will support the Systems Integration organization in the definition, design and development of complex medical device systems for the treatment of conditions related to the central nervous system. Typical system designs involve complex electronic circuits, wireless communication, batteries and a mix of consumer and medical technologies. System designs to be designed with the user in mind to provide innovative solutions in the marketplace.
The Engineering R&D function at MEIC, Hyderabad encompasses design, development and verification activities during New Product Development (NPD) and Sustaining phases of the product development cycle for the Global Business Unit (GBU)s.
Neuroscience Group develops life-restoring therapies and healthcare solutions that span the care continuum; integrating technologies and applying clinical and economic evidence to increase patient access, improve efficiency of procedures and deliver successful patient outcomes.
You’ll always have new challenges pursuing ideas that are exciting and innovative. Build out the future of digital healthcare, data analytics as well as adaptive and closed-loop neuromodulation. Think critically about healthcare problems and/or opportunities to advance science faster than others. Do research on improving the healthcare of millions.
- Provide technical leadership within cross-functional project teams to lead System Integration strategic planning to achieve project and quality goals in a systematic manner
- Investigate and resolve system issues, making improvements to address customer feedback and requests as well as leading verification and validation testing activities
- Lead system integration on programs with a mind toward the reduction of technical and program risks while maturing design components through mindful planning and alignment of cross-functional technical deliverables
- Advance system testing capabilities to evaluate product performance over varying use cases and use conditions.
- Support leaders of system level Verification & Validation activities, documenting scope of system V&V effort, while working with product/functional engineers to ensure proper and complete coverage along with confirming that the behavior of the system meets the requirements as well as user needs and intended uses
- Represent the organization as a primary contact for specific projects and initiatives; communicates with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels. May negotiate with others to reach understanding or agreement, and influence decision-making.
- Lead and contribute to the overall system integration and characterization efforts across a wide variety of products, including applications on smartphones and tablets, cloud-based applications, custom embedded products, labeling, etc. Typical systems incorporate wireless communications and cybersecurity solutions.
- Champion best practices and advanced testing techniques to obtain full test coverage with efficiency
- Use of automated and hands-on evaluation methods of the systems to determine maturity and reliability through a data-driven process.
- Review requirements for implantable medical device systems for testability and completeness that meet the expectations and uses of the customer, regulatory agencies, standards, etc.
- Ensure customer needs, use cases and user workflows are translated into specific, well-written requirements, design features and associated integration test cases.
- Participate in technical architecture activities for system definition, including partitioning, establishing performance measures, and well-defined interfaces to ensure high quality systems
- Perform/participate in Risk Analysis activities, such as FMEA, and Hazard Analysis activities for systems, features, and implementations with the intent to eliminate or mitigate the risks in the identified scenarios.
- Support human factors usability studies and other applicable system design validation related activities to ensure successful validation of user needs and intended uses along with associated risk control mitigations
- Identify, investigate, and resolve product issues both during product development and post launch field issues.
- Provide support to customers and clients for Neuromodulation systems during and after launch
- Review technical literature and manuals
- Provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within job area
- Ensure personal understanding of all quality policy/system items that are applicable. Follow all work/quality procedures to ensure quality system compliance and high-quality work.
Must Have: Basic Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline and 14+ years of technical engineering professional experience
- Master’s degree in Engineering discipline and 12+ years of technical engineering professional experience.
- PhD with 10+ years of relevant experience.
Must Have: Desired Qualification
- BS in Biomedical Engineering, System Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer
- Science or related field.
- 2+ years software development experience.
- 5+ years’ experience in medical device industry.
- Knowledge of ISO and Quality System Regulation requirements.
- Strong verbal/written communication and influence management skills.
- Proven ability to accomplish critical project level objectives in a team environment.
- Proven ability to translate user needs into formal requirements.
- Experience in System Engineering discipline or use of system engineering methodologies.
Nice to Have
- 6+ years of working with implantable medical systems
- Proficiency in the integration of complex systems, which may include biomedical systems such as implantable medical devices as well as information systems (defense or aerospace industry experienced
- individuals encouraged to apply as well)
- Proficiency in the integration of subsystems such as electromechanical devices, instruments, programmers, controllers, adapters and software applications
- Experience with Neuromodulation products and their clinical use
- Experience with designing for the Hardware/Firmware and wireless interfaces of electronic devices with user-centric design practices
- Experience in troubleshooting firmware and hardware issues using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and signal analyzers
- Experience with automated test systems to assess system functionality, reliability, and stability
- Experience with writing software and test scripts including Python, Groovy, Java, LabVIEW
- Experience working with and designing systems in a regulated environment (e.g., to meet ISO and Quality System Regulation requirements, including IEC-60601-1, -2, -6, IEC-62304, ISO-14971, FDA 21CFR820.30 for Class I, II and III medical systems)
- Experience in System Engineering discipline or use of system engineering methodologies
- Experience with statistics, modeling, design of experiments and data analysis
- Demonstrated strong verbal/written communication
- Demonstrated ability to take engineering data and draw system level conclusions through detailed analysis
- Experience working in cross-functional and team environments
- Familiarity with Design for Six Sigma
- Demonstrated ability to make decisions quickly and guide a team through complex problems
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.
Benefits & CompensationMedtronic 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.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
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