We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 6 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

Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver results…the right way. That’s the Medtronic Mindset — our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action, not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better, healthier lives.

Join us at Medtronic’s Boulder, Colorado facility - a dynamic hub for surgical innovations within our Medical Surgical portfolio. As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in advancing Medtronic’s mission: to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for patients around the world.

If you’re driven by challenge, energized by innovation, and passionate about making a real difference, this is your opportunity to be part of the next generation of life-changing medical technology. At Medtronic Boulder, your work will help shape the future of healthcare and positively impact patients’ lives every day. We invite you to join our team and make your mark on a healthier world.

The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring parts, materials, and services from our suppliers consistently meet requirements. This engineering role leads projects at suppliers and at Medtronic to improve manufacturing yields, reduce costs, and implement supplier changes. When supplier-related problems occur, this engineer works quickly to ensure patient safety, drive root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions. This role collaborates cross-functionally with Design Engineers, Manufacturing, Regulatory, and Supply Chain teams within Medtronic, as well as with external suppliers.

This role is 100% onsite at our Boulder, CO manufacturing site.

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

• Ensure that suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services.

• Monitor parts from acquisition through the manufacturing cycle and communicate and resolve supplier-related problems as they occur.

• Qualify suppliers according to company standards including auditing to ensure good manufacturing practices (GMP) and quality standards are met.

• Evaluate suppliers' internal functions to assess their overall performance and provide feedback in assessment of their operation.

• Provide technical guidance and quality compliance for Supplier Quality engagement throughout the NPD lifecycle on newly qualified parts from NPD and implementing strategies for driving product quality and continuous improvement, ensuring purchased products and components are manufactured and qualified in accordance to applicable industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer requirements.

• Collaborate with Component Engineers to develop and deliver the Product Acceptance Sampling Strategy, Approved Supplier List coordination, Supplier Owned Quality deployment, and Control Plans for new products.

• Define Receiving Inspection requirements as required and associated test method validation for all internal Medtronic Test Methods.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile. 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 4+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality OR Advanced degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 2+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality

Nice to Have

• Experience in Quality, including root cause analysis, CAPA ownership, audit support, and creating quality records

• Experience with Production Parts Approval Process (PPAP)

• Experience with electronics and printed circuit boards

• Familiar with medical device manufacturing and Good Documentation Practices (GDP)

• Good communication skills internally and with suppliers

• Certified lead auditor

• Lean manufacturing certification such as Lean Six Sigma

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 req