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A Day in the Life

This role is part of the New Product Development (NPD) Design Quality team. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will primarily focus on supporting new product development for the Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Operating Unit within the Neuroscience Portfolio. As a member of the Design Quality team, you will have primary responsibility for influencing product quality and reliability outcomes across new product development projects.

The Ear, Nose, and Throat Operating Unit is a global leader and trusted partner for innovative ENT solutions that improve patient access, outcomes, and customer satisfaction. We partner with the ENT community to understand the needs of customers and patients, delivering solutions that will enhance lives as we embody a culture of accountability and trust. Over the past 20 years, we have become the global market leader in three key segments – image-guided surgery, intraoperative nerve monitoring, and powered surgical instruments. We continue to launch valuable ENT solutions in these areas, as well as tissue health and balloon sinus dilation.

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

• Actively represent the quality engineering function on the product development team.
• Apply knowledge of Design Control and quality engineering principles to positively influence new product development efforts, including those for Voice of the Customer, establishing design inputs/outputs, Design Verification & Validation, Process Characterization & Validation, Component Qualification, and Risk Management
• Completes risk analysis studies of new designs and processes and provide risk management guidance/support to development team.
• Work collaboratively with Reliability Engineering team to develop and implement reliability plan for new product development.
• Support Supplier Quality Engineering team in assessing product and component risk and impact.
• Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
• Collaborate with Released Product Quality and Post Market Quality teams as needed to support product investigations.

Required Knowledge and Experience: 
Requires a Baccalaureate degree

Minimum of 4 years of quality engineering experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years experience.

Nice to Have:

• Medical Device Design/Manufacturing Experience
• Background in product realization and Design Engineering / Quality
• Risk Management Experience
• Statistics Knowledge and experience in applying statistical methods (Cpk/Ppk, Weibull analysis, ANOVA, t-test)
• Experience working in Minitab, Microsoft Excel, PowerBI
• Effective verbal and written communication, analytical, influencing, and interpersonal skills

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 be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

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