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A Day in the Life

Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) offers cardiac mapping, navigation, and ablation solutions to treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms. Our vision is to help patients worldwide by advancing innovation for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, enabling clinicians to perform procedures with superior outcomes.

We are a learning culture. An inventive and collaborative group. We are dedicated to making sure that every patient gets the best product — when they need it. We have strong ties to our local communities. Our vibrant employee communities respect and value individual experience and perspective as we aim to improve lives and the access to healthcare.

As a member of the New Product Design and Systems Engineering group, the Principal Mechanical Design Engineer will lead new product design activities associated with products such as generators, amplifiers, large consoles, and catheters. They will work at the intersection of product design and process development, optimizing for customer and business needs.

Role and Responsibilities

The ideal candidate for this position has had experience in design, process development, verification, and validation activities. Experience in plastics and electromechanical assemblies in the medical device industry is a plus. This individual is experienced in performing design analysis optimization, utilizing finite element analysis paired with simulated design of experiments as well as hands-on prototyping/testing. This position will work across the organization driving and collaborating with functions in Product Design, Systems, Operations, PMO, Quality and Regulatory to assure the successful execution of business goals.

This position will be located in Mounds View, MN. Working onsite 3 days per week.The list below includes typical expectations:

• Complex product design activities.
• Perform concept development and prototyping and change analysis.
• Design / develop components to be manufactured via plastic injection molding, stamping, machining, extrusion, and related processes.
• Create and interpret analyses to determine suitability of design concepts.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineering staff.
• Incorporate risk-based decision-making into the design process.
• Apply Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies to all aspects of the design/development process.
• Ensure on-time completion of Design Control deliverables.
• Grow and maintain knowledge current with related technologies.
• Work with manufacturing and suppliers to ensure feasibility of high-volume assembly.
• Translate VoX feedback into product requirements.
• Create and release engineering drawings, reports, and presentations.
• Travel to supplier and manufacturing sites as required.
• Present technical findings or project status to cross functional teams and management through meeting minutes, design reviews, presentations, and other means of communication.
• Research, plan, design, verify, validate electromechanical products and systems.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

• Bachelor of Engineering degree and minimum 7 years of experience in mechanical product development
• Or, Master of Engineering degree and minimum 5 years of experience in mechanical product development

Nice to Have

• Experience in the medical device industry.
• Experience with CAD based tools (SolidWorks)
• Experience in complex mechanical system design at architectural level.
• Experience with plastic injection molding in a high-volume environment.
• Extensive experience in 3D modeling, finite element analysis, and statistical design analysis.
• Process and test method development, validation.
• Formal training in Six Sigma methodologies.
• Experience designing/developing catheter products.
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing.
• Experience with consumer electronics, wearables and/or similar miniaturized electromechanical products.
• Experience with defining and working with mechanical subsystems within integrated modular architectures.

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):$122,400.00 - $183,600.00This 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).

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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.

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