We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 Sep 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

Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver results…the right way. That’s the Medtronic Mindset — our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action, not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better, healthier lives.

As a Senior Quality Engineer at Medtronic, you will champion our commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence by proactively identifying opportunities for innovation across our processes and systems. Embedded within the Airways DC Quality support team, you’ll deliver dedicated support to daily logistics operations, driving best-in-class results through standardization, simplification, and a relentless pursuit of quality. In this role, you’ll focus on detecting gaps and issues, providing actionable solutions, and ensuring full compliance with Medtronic’s rigorous Quality procedures and governing regulations—all while embodying our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.

This role is 100% onsite in Memphis, TN.

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

• Develop, modify, apply and maintain quality standards and protocol for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.

• Collaborate with engineering, operational excellence, and distribution functions to ensure quality standards are in place.

• Devise and implement methods and procedures for distribution processes and supporting inspections and rework projects.

• Design or specify inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; conduct quality assurance tests; and perform statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.

• Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.

• May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 4+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality OR Advanced Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 2+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality OR PhD with 0 years of experience

Nice to Have

• Validation Experience (IQ, OQ, TMV, PQ)

• 5+ years of related quality engineering experience

• Previous Quality experience working in medical device or related industry

• Experience with FDA 21 CFR Part 820 FDA Quality System Regulation, MDSAP, ISO 14971 risk management and/or other relevant international standards.

• Certified Lean or Six Sigma Black Belt or experience in DMAIC methodology

• Experience with FTQ

• Working knowledge of hardware development for medical devices.

• Experience with SAP

• Experience with Project Management

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