We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 13 Mar 2026

 

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

Senior R&D 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.

Medtronic Cardiac Surgery is looking for a Senior Level Engineer to join our R&D Released Product Engineering (RPE) Organization. This role will support commercially released products (Sustaining) activities focused on cardiopulmonary bypass disposables, ablation, cannula, and OPCAB devices.

Areas of responsibilities will include mechanical design, design requirements, test requirements and test procedures. Collaborate with other RPE, Regulatory, Manufacturing and Quality colleagues to ensure product issues, compliance concerns, supplier and manufacturing non-conformities are addressed and cost effective.

Candidates must be able to understand design implications to changes, write detailed specifications, generate and review design documentation, test specifications and test reports in compliance with design control procedures used within the medical device industry. Candidates must also be willing to work in a fast paced, multi-tasking, team environment.

The Cardiac Surgery Operating Unit develops life-restoring therapies and healthcare solutions that span the care continuum; integrating technologies and applying clinical and economic evidence to increase patient access, improve efficiency of procedures and deliver successful patient outcomes.

This position is in Brooklyn Park, MN. within the Cardiac Surgery (CS) 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.

A Day in the Life       

In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Senior R&D Engineer role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Design support for Cardiac Surgery products for medical applications in a regulated environment.
• Create robust design solutions that address broad development problems involving class II and Class III medical devices and accessories.
• Support sustaining engineering programs to support new and existing products to ensure sustainable and stable operations of production. 

• Develop and evaluate designs which meet defined product requirements and that are optimized for producibility, reliability, and overall cost to the business. 
• Conduct or direct the evaluation of designs against defined product requirements and ensure optimization for producibility, reliability, and overall cost to the business.   Document and support decisions using engineering analysis and data.
• Verify the functionality of product design by developing design test methodology and specifications to ensure product designs meet applicable performance requirements.
• Utilize project management and design for manufacturing practices and adhere to the applicable medical device FDA requirements for design and manufacturing, medical device materials, related processes, and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices).
• Utilize statistical tools and methods including Minitab, DOE, SPC, Measurement System Analysis, Variable Gage R & R, attribute agreement analysis, ANOVA, t-test, and regression analysis.
• Interface with suppliers, manufacturing facilities and various internal groups to resolve design and manufacturability issues of new and existing products.

• Create and communicate project plans, tasks and deliverables, and manage time to meet project deadlines.
• Lead troubleshooting and problem-solving efforts related to development projects. Support decisions through thorough engineering analysis and data.