We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 May 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

Across our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey.

         

         

Neuromodulation Operating Unit provides advanced therapies for chronic pain, movement disorders, and other neurological conditions. Through spinal cord stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and targeted drug delivery systems, we deliver personalized treatments that restore function, reduce symptoms, and improve quality of life worldwide.

In this exciting role as a Senior Reliability Engineer, you will serve as a key technical leader responsible for post-market quality, reliability, and risk management for market-released products in the Medtronic Neuromodulation organization. This role will primarily focus on our Targeted Drug Delivery (TDD) products. 

You will investigate real-world field data, evaluate risk, and cross-functionally partner to ensure our TDD therapies continue to meet the highest standards of safety and performance. This work spans hardware, firmware, and software applications for TDD products. Your work will include translating field signals into meaningful insights that drive product improvements and strengthen patient/customer trust. Your work will directly influence how TDD technology evolves, from field feedback to design changes, ensuring patients and clinicians can rely on our therapies every day.

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

• Lead evaluations of field‑observed product performance for TDD systems, including risk analysis aligned with risk management files and existing mitigations

• Analyze complaint trends, software behavior, labeling considerations, and hardware performance

• Partner with Medical Safety to assess harm severity, estimate probability of occurrence, and evaluate patient and user risk

• Evaluate the reliability and risk impacts of design, manufacturing, and software changes for market‑released TDD products

• Serve as a technical representative for post‑market processes such as CAPA

• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional partners (R&D, Manufacturing, Medical Safety, Regulatory, Quality) to translate field data into actionable improvements

• Help shape the reliability and risk strategy for the TDD portfolio

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Direct patient impact: Your work supports life‑changing TDD therapies used by patients every day

• Cutting‑edge technology: Work on advanced implantable systems integrating hardware, firmware, and software

• High visibility & influence: Partner with leaders across Quality, R&D, and Medical Safety Our to drive meaningful decisions

• Mission‑driven team: Join a passionate group dedicated to advancing neurological care worldwide

Location: Rice Creek/Fridley, MN

Onsite: At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. We’re working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance, foster an environment of belonging, and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the extraordinary. This role will require <20% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, OR

• Master’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, OR

• PhD with 0 years of relevant experience

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience writing technical documentation for regulated industries

• Medical device field experience

• Experience with data analysis methods to evaluate product performance and reliability

• Experience working with manufacturing and operations teams

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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