We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 13 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

CSP is a Spine R&D and Marketing Group focusing on Customized Spinal Instruments to specific Spine Surgeon needs, uses, and preferences. CSP is active across all spinal therapies offered by Medtronic Spine. 

As a Principal R&D Engineer, Spine CSP, you will develop life-saving medical device products for spine surgery in a fast-paced environment.  

Key responsibilities include the ownership of designing, documenting, and releasing Taylor-made instruments to Surgeons' specific needs in collaboration with CSP R&D Team and the cross-function team. In collaboration with CSP program manager, you will actively seek out Voice of the Customer (VOC) input and translate that into product requirements, design specifications, and mechanical concepts.  

You will work under CSP general direction and its specific development process.   

The product focus will be on spinal instrumentation treating degenerative, deformity, and tumor/trauma conditions.  

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide.  We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader — that’s why we make it a point to seek out, attract and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients.
 

• Progress multiple simultaneous designs and development requirements of Taylor-made surgical instruments from initial concept to market release in accordance with CSP-specific processes and lead times. 
• Own Low to medium-complexity spinal projects that meet the needs and uses of the customer, regulatory agencies, and the business under the guidance of the CSP Program manager 
• Provides technical leadership in the definition, evaluation, and mitigation of risk of system designs in fast passing environment.  This includes evaluation of system interfaces, use cases and conditions, investigating and resolving system and design issues, customized instruments to address customer feedback and requests. 
• Engages with customers (internal and external) to understand and prioritize their needs and apply feedback to improve designs 
• Optimizes designs by designing and conducting relevant tests, experiments, and evaluations, including numerical verification in fast passing environment 
• Writes engineering reports and creates presentations as required to document and communicate results in the frame of CSP-specific processes. 
• Contributes and builds domain knowledge around spinal systems, their clinical use and application via when required customer and field visits, pre-clinical in vivo labs, literature searches and training 
• Documents tradeoffs, rationales, and potential solutions 
• Supports documentation throughout all phases of the CSP development process 
• Participate in activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery 
• Investigates and evaluates existing technologies as primary design intention 
• Contributes inventions, new designs, and techniques regarded as advances in the medical and technical/scientific community 
• Provides training, and mentorship to less experienced team members and learn from more experienced team members 
• Maintains training and ensures personal understanding of all quality policy/system items that are applicable.  Follow all work/quality procedures to ensure quality system compliance and high-quality work 

As a Principal R&D Engineer:  

• Demonstrated strong performance in both what and how over time, and career aspirations to advance  
• Values knowledge transfer, development, and actively mentor others  
• Deep domain technology expert  
• Ability to establish link between technology and business/patient application     
• Strong internal influence, collaboration & results within the organization and or locations  

Must Have: Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical related degree – Mechanical Engineering preferred 
• 7+ years of engineering design and development experience with 5+ years of medical device experience - in spine, trauma, orthopaedics, or dental