We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 20 Jun 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 Sr. R&D Engineer will support the research and development of Peripheral Vascular Health products. This role will be a member of multiple projects through different stages of the product development cycle, bringing products to commercialization. This team member will need to take an active leadership on the team and will mentor other engineers throughout the product development process.

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 are working onsite 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

In general, the following responsibilities apply but is not limited to the following:

• Assist in the development of new combination products and components.
• Prototype, test, and iterate designs used in the medical field
• Leading teams of design engineers during development of products
• Support the development and integration of new technologies into the Cardiovascular product offering.
• Provide assistance to interdepartmental team for new product introduction.
• Take an active role in early stage design control activities leading to a first in man study (innovation, proof of principle, product development, process development, and equipment development) such that a robust pilot line that is scalable and transferable to commercial manufacturing is achievable.
• Document research and development process through lab notebooks, engineering characterization studies, and test reports.
• Work with Regulatory Affairs (RA) to compile US and OUS regulatory submissions.  Assist RA with answering subsequent questions from regulatory bodies.
• Design and develop new test methods and equipment specific to new products.  Train technicians in new processes.
• Create document change orders (CO’s) for design, materials, and process documentation.
• Work with Regulatory, Preclinical, Quality, and Manufacturing departments to create product performance, design, and manufacturing specifications.
• Perform competitive product analyses.
• Work with patent counsel to file and evaluate intellectual property.
• Interact frequently with all departments within organization and occasionally with external physicians, consultants, and vendors. 
• Minimum travel requirement of 10%.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements:  To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Materials, Mechanical or Biomedical).
• 4+ years of relevant experience OR advanced degree with a minimum of 2+ years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have: 

• Master’s degree.
• 6+ years working in R&D, Quality and/r Manufacturing on combination medical devices.
• Experience with test method validation.
• Mechanically drive design experience
• Knowledge of design of experiments (DOE) and statistical techniques.
• Proficient with SolidWorks.
• Experience in R&D, Quality and/or Manufacturing in a regulated industry, working through different phases of product development.
• Leading teams / sub teams
• Mentoring engineers
• Prototyping mechanical systems
• Complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories, and concepts toward product, process, and technology development and evaluation.
• Able to provide imaginative, thorough and practical technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems, consistent with company’s objectives.
• Successful collaboration as part of a cross-functional team.
• Background demonstrating strong self-motivation; able to works under only general direction, independently determining and developing approaches to solutions.
• Proficient with computer applications (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Minitab, etc.).
• Ability to communicate well (both written and verbal).

Physical Job Requirements:

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an emp