We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 4 Apr 2026

 

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

Join us in shaping the future of cranial and spinal care. In this role, you will lead with both technical depth and people‑focused leadership to deliver life‑changing medical technologies. You will influence product innovation from concept to patient, partner with world‑class suppliers, and develop high‑performing engineering teams—all while ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety, and reliability. If you are motivated by solving complex technical challenges and making a meaningful impact on patients’ lives, this role offers a unique opportunity to lead and inspire at scale.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

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

• Leads the development and execution of quality strategies (design controls, product lifecycle, and supplier risk management) to ensure compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., FDA, ISO, MDR) - establishes, evaluates, and maintains quality systems, technical specifications, and quality agreements.
• Leads conceptualization of new products and post-market surveillance and maintenance activities- including but not limited to qualifications for materials, machines, processes, and product acceptance methodologies.
• Organizes the coordination of activities with suppliers or consultants to ensure timely delivery - oversees internal and external supplier controls and ongoing performance monitoring to ensure consistent product quality and supply continuity.
• Leads root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions related to design or supplier quality issues.
• Provides quality engineering technical leadership across the product lifecycle - partners with internal and external teams to support development and lifecycle management for medical device/ biologics products or software systems.
• Leads continuous improvement initiatives using data‑driven quality tools - Lean, Six Sigma, Design for Reliability/ Manufacturability methodologies.
• Serves as the Quality Engineering representative for internal, supplier, and external regulatory audits
• Selects, develops, and manages talent - providing coaching, technical mentoring, and performance management to build and maintain a high‑performing team.
• Fosters a culture of technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and patient‑centric decision making.

Required Knowledge and Experience: 

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years prior relevant experience.

Nice-to-Have

• Design and Supplier Quality Engineering experience – at a senior/ principal, Supervisor/ Manager level in a matrix organization within the medical device industry
• Medical device – metal fabrication/ manufacturing and inspection experience
• ASQ and/ or Certified Auditor

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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 Phy