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A Day in the Life

Senior Reliability 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.

In this exciting role as a Senior Post Market Reliability Engineer, you will have responsibility for ensuring the safety and performance of Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management products. You will provide key technical expertise and leadership to monitor and maintain ongoing reliability of cardiac pacing therapy products, like pacemakers and defibrillators support our CRM business. In addition, you will be working directly with manufacturing sites across the world while supporting programs/projects associated with our CRM devices.

Our Global Quality Strategy is rooted in the Medtronic Mission and our Quality Policy. Being a 'trusted partner' means always putting patient safety first, upholding product quality, and maintaining the highest ethical standards in our business relationships and programs.

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.

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) 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.

         

         

A Day in the Life       

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

• Develops, coordinates, and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs.
• Produces product/platform quality reports and communicates information across the business unit including upper-level management.
• Completes risk analysis for complaint investigations, CAPA, etc.
• Compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes.
• Develops detailed quality documentation, may need to support review of such documents during regulatory body audits.
• May develop mathematical models to identify units, batches, or processes that require analysis or bounding.

Qualifications

Must Have - Minimum Requirements

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math and minimum of 4 years of technical experience OR advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math with 2 years of technical experience 

Nice to Have

• Experience in medical device or medical software development or reliability, and experience working in a regulated environment.
• Demonstrated ability to perform data analysis using statistical techniques and reliability tools.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills with focus on complaint investigations, improved system performance outcomes, and positive business impact.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including demonstrated application of structured problem-solving methods and tools.
• Strong written and oral communication skills (timely, clear, concise, accurate, conclusive, influential, targeted to audience)

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology,