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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 Life

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 Life

An R&D Engineer II in the Surgical Instrument Center of Excellence is responsible for the mechanical design, root cause analysis, testing, statistical data analysis, and documentation of next generation surgical instruments for our robotic surgical system.

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

• Working as part of an engineering team in the Design and Development of new Instrumentation for the Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) platform.

• Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots, and provides technical skills during research and/or product development.

• Designs studies to investigate specific questions within field of expertise.

• Translates research discoveries into usable and marketable products. 

• Establishes, executes, and reports on product development deliverables taking concepts through development, verification, and validation and into commercialization.

• Continually furthers progress on a variety of activities with a great attention to detail

• Lead and Coordinate New Product concept generation addressing unmet customer needs within the portfolio using known or established technologies.

• Assist in defining strategy on how to integrate clinical evidence into R&D projects.

• Contribute to the establishment of Engineering Verification and Reliability Test Plans.

• Oversight of product testing and creation of models and prototypes.

• Creation of design and testing specifications.

• Collaborates with Systems Engineering, Verification and Validation, Preclinical, Human Factors, Marketing, Project Management, Quality, Software, Operations, and Testing Services groups.

• Interfaces with suppliers and manufacturing to create new components and products.

• Creates documentation with design controls and risk analysis in accordance with established SOPs.

• Incorporates required regulatory standards (FDA, ISO) in developmental engineering projects including written protocols, test methods, assembly processes and the Design History File.

• Prepares and maintains research findings, develops statistical analyses, and prepares reports and presentations nature to solve complex problems.

• Participating in clinical and preclinical assessments.

• Remains abreast of state of the art advancements in the field. 

• Lead and/or support cross-functional failure investigations.

• Author or review/approve design verification protocols and reports.

• Support the development of regulatory submissions for your projects.

• Support changes made to your projects post-launch.

Required Knowledge and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of engineering experience

OR

• An advanced degree with 0+ years of engineering experience

Nice to Have

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in engineering/robotics

• 2 years of experience with medical device development

• Understanding of common manufacturing processes (i.e. Injection Molding, Metal Forming, Machining, Heat Treating etc.).

• Working knowledge of rapid prototyping, material selection, and product design.

• Ability to compile and analyze technical data using Minitab, Excel, R, and/or Matlab.

• Trained/Certified in Lean and/or 6 Sigma and statistical analysis tools.

• Working knowledge of DFMEA and PFMEA.

• Proven problem-solving abilities.

• Prior experience with robotics or complex mechanical assemblies.

• Understanding of software development and general software principles.

• Proficiency with Creo Parametric 3D Modeling Software and Windchill PLM.

• Experience with JAMA Requirements management software or equivalent.

• Experience with JIRA Issue Tracking software.

• A strong understanding of Regulatory requirements for Design Controls and Design Verification.

• Industry-experience with statistical analysis of data.

• Proven track record of contributing to medical devices of high complexity.

• Strong communication and inter-personal skills.

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):$80,000.00 - $120,000.00This 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).

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 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.

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