We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 3 Jul 2025

 

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

The Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer is a member of the Operations Engineering team. Activities for this role include making tester updates / improvements to reduce rework on test systems in on our generator platforms. This role will also support interacting with test systems on our Ligasure device lines and the Ultrasonic platform production lines. These activities will contribute to best-in-class quality, manufacturability, testability, and serviceability for Surgical Innovations products.

LOCATION: Boulder, Colorado

Onsite 5 days a week

Responsibilities Include:

• Work as a team member responsible for the debug and upgrades of both hardware and software used for product test.
• Work as a team member following best practices for the validation and verification of test systems.
• Be a contributing software development engineer in the improvement of automated test systems.
• Help in the definition and creation of techniques for software regression testing.
• Contribute to code and design reviews of New Product Systems.
• Contribute to the maintenance and updates to manufacturing test strategy, test methodology, and test platforms for complex Medtronic products.
• Contribute to manufacturing process development and validation in compliance with company policies and procedures including the creation and execution of IQ/OQ/PQ protocols.
• Develop and execute engineering verification and validation protocols for software controlled systems.
• Stay abreast of advances in latest technologies related to manufacturing test.
• Any other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Must Have: Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of 4 years relevant experience in hardware test engineering or advanced degree plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in hardware test engineering

Nice to Have

• Experience in software development
• Demonstrated ability in the design, development and verification of software systems
• Demonstrated ability to work in cross functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to work with embedded systems
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to use all Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio
• Experience with the NI LabVIEW software language
• Experience with CompactRIO (cRio) systems
• Experience with LabVIEW Real-Time
• Experience with LabVIEW FPGA
• Experience with wireless communication protocols such as WiFi and Bluetooth
• Medical Device experience, QSR experience, and familiarity with change control processes in a regulated environment
• Experience with the Validation of software in a regulated industry
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) practices
• Design of automated software controlled test equipment
• Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD) and/or Certified TestStand Developer (CTD)
• Experience with Various Communication Protocols (RS-232, RS-485, GPIB, TCP/IP, Ether CAT, EtherNet/IP, etc.)
• Experience with the test and validation of visual display interfaces
• SQL experience
• Experience with Allen Bradley or other PLC based systems
• C, C++, and/or C# experience
• Visual Basic experience
• Demonstrated experience with application of principles of Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Familiarity with Agile XP or Scrum software development methods and practices

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 peer