We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 Nov 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

In this exciting role as Senior Engineering Director - Supplier Quality, you will have responsibility for leading a team of Supplier Quality Directors, Managers, and SQE’s located in the Orange County Campus, Tijuana Campus, Colorado Campus, and Tempe Manufacturing Site. You will develop long term strategic relationships and alliances with key internal and external stakeholders and communicate and conduct briefings with senior or executive leadership regarding ongoing operations and strategic initiatives.

Your team will be accountable for changes to existing supplied products and processes, as well as oversight of performance and improvement activities.

At Medtronic, we must work with a sense of purpose and ownership, knowing there is a human life on the other side of every decision.

The ideal candidate will be located in the West / Mountain region of the United States within close proximity to a Medtronic campus.

The Senior Engineering Director - Supplier Quality | West Region is responsible for leading and overseeing the supplier quality assurance and management functions. This role ensures that all suppliers meet the company’s quality standards, regulatory requirements, and performance objectives. The successful candidate will drive supplier quality improvements, manage supplier audits, and develop strategic initiatives to enhance supplier performance and partnerships.

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

• Develop, evaluate, implement and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems or reliability systems and standards pertaining to materials, techniques, or company products.

• Oversees the investigation and evaluation of existing technologies.

• Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, processes or products.

• Manages feasibility studies of the design to determine if capable of functioning as intended.

• Monitors documentation maintenance throughout all phases of research and development.

• Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery.

• Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

• Travel up to 25% may be required between manufacturing and supplier sites.

• Accountability for mentoring, developing and coaching staff on meeting/exceeding performance expectations and defined objectives.

• Providing leadership to staff ensuring the prioritization of strategic and department level initiatives through performance goals and targets.

• Conducting performance reviews.

• Staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.
   

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor’s Degree required.

• Minimum 15 years of relevant Manufacturing (internal & external) Supplier Quality Engineering experience with 10+ years of managerial experience, OR Advanced degree with a minimum of 13 years of relevant Manufacturing (internal & external) Supplier Quality Engineering experience with 10+ years of managerial experience.

• Must maintain a current and valid Passport, with the ability to travel up to 25% annually.

Nice to Have

• Experience in Medical, Pharmaceutical or highly regulated product industry.

• DMAIC Lean / Six Sigma Certification and demonstrated experience leading DMAIC Projects.

• Experience in multiple Quality related functions.

• Highly results oriented and focused on business priorities.

• Strong leaders