We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 2 Oct 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

As a part of Surgical Innovations in R&D you will be investigating reported product failures, identifying root causes through methods like Cause Mapping and FMEA, analyzing failure trends, and recommending reliability improvements. The engineer will work closely with product owners, design teams, and other stakeholders to implement solutions and clearly communicate findings to both internal teams and affected customers.

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’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.  ​

You Will:

• Conduct in-depth failure analysis to identify root causes and contributing factors

• Analyze trends in reported failures to identify areas of improvement

• Categorize and prioritize customer complaints for investigation

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather relevant data and insights

• Collaborate with product owners and design teams to enhance product reliability

• Communicate investigation results to stakeholders and customers

• Participate in regular team meetings to share insights and contribute to improvement strategies

Must Have:

• Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline, e.g. Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical, Software or Mechanical Engineering)  and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience or

• Advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to conduct in-depth root cause analysis using log data in complex robotic system 

• Passion for continuous improvement in process, troubleshooting techniques and root cause investigation methodology, such as “cause map” 

• Experience with integrating hardware and software in complex robotic system 

• Experience with data analysis and trend identification 

• Excellent written and verbal communication, problem solving and analytical skills 

• Ability to lead or work effectively with cross-functional teams 

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Medical Product verification and FDA guidance 

• Work experience in highly regulated industries such as medical or military 

• Experience in developing automation scripts to analyze test data 

• Familiarity with statistical analysis and modeling techniques 

• Knowledgeable of Linux OS, Matlab, Python 

• Ability to work with QA to ensure system integration procedures meet Quality and Regulatory needs 

• Ability to manage, track and upgrade multiple hardware and software configurations 

• Ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines to drive resolution of issues 

• Experience with product design and improvement initiatives 

• Knowledge of industry best practices for reliability and performance engineering 

• Previous experience in triage or issue categorization processes 

Physical Job Requirements

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