We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 22 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

Our Cardiac Rhythm Management Integrated Operating Unit offers devices and therapies that treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure. It is comprised of four key businesses: Cardiac Pacing Therapies, Defibrillation Solutions, Patient Management, and Procedure Innovations. Together, we will transform the lives of people with cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 70% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

This is a remote role.

In this exciting role as the Field Clinical Engineer (FCE) for the Cardiac Rhythm Management Operating Unit, you will be responsible for the introduction, implementation and follow-up of clinical studies; support of research and development in evaluating concepts for new products the modification of existing devices; serving as a technical resource between engineering, clinical research, and the medical community. Among these responsibilities, the highest priority is given to the support of clinical studies. 

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

• Provides technical assistance to clinical study sites by serving as the technical resource between engineering and the medical community.
• This position is applicable when complex products are involved in clinical trials.
• Typically present during initial implant to determine how the product interacts with a human body.
• Accountable for identifying investigators, presenting protocols for a study, assisting investigators in product application, and submitting status reports on all programs.
• Assist research and development in evaluating concepts of new products and modifying existing devices or therapies.
• Individuals in this role are often publishing data and findings in journals and may have existing patents and/or patent applications.

Other Responsibilities:

• Provides all aspects of assistance for Clinical Research studies by identifying investigators, nominating sites, performing activation duties, providing training, encouraging enrollment, ensuring quality data acquisition and performing study closure activities.
• Accountable for gaining and maintaining knowledge of clinical sites to best understand and assess physicians’ interests and capabilities.
• Develops expertise in clinical and market released products and functions as a local technical/clinical resource for Medtronic and the customer.
• May be present in the operating room during clinical procedures as well as physician office to facilitate patient testing and data collection.
• Accountable for developing and leveraging relationships in the field to drive clinical activity and maintain focus on the customer.
• Provides feedback from clinical sites on the performance of the product to be incorporated in engineering designs or enhancements, Assists research and development in evaluating concepts for new products, and considers potential modifications for existing devices while serving as a technical resource between engineering and the medical pacing community.
• Provides prospective and real-time feedback to clinical study management in study design and document development. 
• Plays a critical role in educating customers, sales partners and internal Clinical Research talent on the technology that they assist.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements):

To be considered for this role, the minimum requirements must be evident on your resume.

• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of experience in clinical research or as a clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales rep
• Or advanced degree and 0 years of experience in clinical research or as a clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales rep

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):

• Experience at Medtronic or within the medical device industry
• Experience in the management of clinical devices.
• Cardiovascular/Cardiac rhythm management device training (e.g., pacemakers & defibrillators) strongly preferred.
• Experience in a Cath lab, biomedical engineering, hospital/clinic or medical sales.<