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 LifeMedtronic’s Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) group is looking for a motivated electrical engineer to work in a Product Engineering role in Release product engineering /continuation/sustaining engineering for Ventricular Assist Device systems. You will lead product improvement and remediation efforts serving our patients and will work closely with the project management office, engineering, and contract manufacturing sites. You will be able to dive in deep technically and contribute to design and process change initiatives in a cross functional fast-paced environment.
We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned
- Deliver on quality or CAPA initiatives using technical knowledge, critical thinking skills, and intelligent risk skills.
- Manage major/moderately complex features within a project or CAPA, involving delegation of work and review of work products, at times acting as a team leader.
- Lead and/or act as a SME for investigations of root causes for a wide range of issues, including but not limited to aspects of electrical, mechanical, software/firmware, systems, user-related, or manufacturing.
- Assess supplier driven changes, component changes, and component obsolescence for potential impact to products.
- Review and analyze circuit schematics, printed circuit boards, and technical specifications.
- Evaluate returned product to determine the root cause of field returns and establish design improvements as needed.
- Define system/device requirements, interface requirements, and traceability.
- Create or review verification and validation plans/protocols, test method validations, and reports.
- Assess or review the impact of changing standards on existing products and assess the impact of changes in medical products against existing standards.
- Support activities for design changes, remediation projects, or programs.
- Work with internal and external development partners, manufacturers, and suppliers.
- Quickly react and resolve issues based on changing priorities to assure quality and continuity of supply.
- Champion consistent implementation of the Quality System and advocate for best practices and continuous improvement.
- Effective in written and oral communication; experienced in report writing and effective presentation skills.
Required Knowledge and Experience
- BTech/ BE in Electrical Engineering or another Engineering with a strong focus in electronics
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
- Broad technical skills in the Electrical Engineering
- Willingness to work in a continuation & Release product engineering role.
- Experience in a controlled environment, preference to previous medical device experience.
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.
About MedtronicWe 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 90,000+ 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.
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