Senior Research and Development Engineer

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

The Sr R&D Engineer will serve as a key contributor within the NS Mechanical Engineering team, supporting product development and sustaining engineering initiatives for medical devices. This role will lead and execute mechanical design activities, engineering analyses, documentation development, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure products meet performance, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing requirements. The position requires independent technical leadership, project ownership, and mentoring of engineering team members.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design, development, and optimization activities for medical device products, components, tooling, and related engineering solutions.
• Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to execute product development and sustaining engineering projects from concept through release.
• Conduct and lead design reviews to ensure designs meet safety, reliability, manufacturability, quality, and performance requirements.
• Develop and release component and assembly drawings using ASME standards and applicable Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.
• Support engineering change management, product release activities, and sustaining engineering efforts while ensuring compliance with applicable procedures and design controls.
• Contribute to risk management activities, including Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), risk assessments, and related design history documentation.
• Apply regulatory and quality requirements, including Food and Drug Administration (FDA), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and Design Control requirements, throughout development and sustaining projects.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and review support to engineering team members while leading projects through milestone reviews and stage-gate approvals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and 8 to 12 years of product development experience in a regulated engineering environment.
• Demonstrated experience with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools such as PTC Creo (Pro/ENGINEER) or SolidWorks, including robust modeling and detailed drawing creation.
• Strong expertise in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), tolerance stack-up analysis, and application of mechanical engineering fundamentals.
• Experience supporting medical device product development activities, including design controls, technical documentation, and engineering change management processes.
• Experience working with cross-functional and global teams to deliver engineering projects independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools such as ANSYS Workbench and application of modeling and simulation techniques.
• Knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems and engineering change processes, including tools such as Agile or PTC Windchill.
• Knowledge of medical device regulations and standards, including ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and 21 CFR Part 820.
• Experience supporting Design History File (DHF) deliverables, risk management documentation, sterilization documentation, or biocompatibility documentation.
• Knowledge of advanced manufacturing methods, including additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies.

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. 

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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.
 

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This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).