We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 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.

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Senior Product Engineer

Careers That Change Lives

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) offers devices and therapies to treat abnormal heart rhythms, as well as cardiac diagnostic and monitoring solutions. This position reports into the CRM Instruments HW Released Product Engineering group (RPE, a.k.a. continuation engineering, sustaining engineering, product support). This group participates in several cross functional teams for market released external medical instrumentation products. Cross functional project teams include members from external suppliers/manufacturers, Product Development, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sourcing, Supplier Quality Engineering, Packaging, Biocompatibility and Materials Engineering, Quality, Reliability, Regulatory, and Service functions. The group’s primary objective is to provide the design expertise necessary to support continuity of quality and compliant products globally.

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) operating unit. 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 on-site 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.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

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This role of Senior Product Engineer requires specialization in Mechanical Engineering.  Although a significant share of the responsibilities will relate to generating/updating documentation, a strong competency in mechanical engineering and manufacturing principles is necessary to represent the group from a mechanical design perspective.  Responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the following:

• Work within teams to identify and clarify design needs. Work autonomously to prioritize numerous project tasks, identify creative and effective solutions, and complete design tasks according to project schedules.
• Typical issues are reactive and are often urgent, so priorities change frequently, and issues must be resolved promptly. Efficiently leverage network of expertise and learn new design elements to quickly become the design expert as issues require.
• Represent the organization in communicating detailed technical information to both technical and nontechnical audiences within Medtronic and Medtronic’s suppliers and regulators.
• Review manufacturing or field issues impacting sterile, disposable, reusable, and patient contacting products to determine root cause, disposition and recommend design or process improvements for increased reliability or reduced manufacturing scrap/cost/time.
• Assess supplier driven changes, Part Change Notifications (PCN), and component obsolescence of mechanical components, tooling, or materials for potential impact against product functional requirements. Document and communicate the rationale, analysis and/or testing necessary for approval of the notifications.
• Create and update product labeling graphics to accommodate new markets and changing regulations.
• Create and implement Engineering Change Orders in Medtronic’s Product Data Management system following rigorous procedures. This includes leading the cross functional change review and approval process.
• Design parts and fixtures with 3D modeling and 3D part printing for prototyping and product testing.
• Gather information, perform analysis (such as tolerance stack up and surface area calculations), prepare original rough layouts and sketches to present design proposal.
• Create test verification/validation methods, plans, and reports, and coordinate product testing.
• Support initiatives to assess products and product changes fo