We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 26 Aug 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.

This is a full-time, on-site position at Medtronic Santa Ana location, reporting into site quality organization. Medtronic Santa Ana is part of Global Operations and Supply Chain OC Campus, which consists of Santa Ana location (primarily supporting Cardiac Surgery and Structural Heart products manufacturing and Peripheral Vascular Health and Neurovascular product development) and Irvine location (primarily Neurovascular product manufacturing and product development).

As a Senior Engineering Supervisor in Santa Ana operations quality engineering organization, the primary responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory responsibilities for receiving, final release and PDP inspection team.  This includes, but not limited to:

• Managing their performance, developing talent, engagement and inclusion, communicating business and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of direct reports. Closely working with other functional leaders in operations and product development to ensure the operations and projects needs are met.

Supporting operations as a quality engineer through KTBR (keep the business running) activities, projects and initiatives.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Plans, directs and implements all aspects of the company's design and development of new medical device products or software systems.

• May 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.

• Directs the development of new concepts from initial design to market release.

• 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.

• Leads and manages quality issues such as nonconformance (NCMR), CAPA, customer complaint product investigations.

• Provides solutions to complex issues utilizing tools such as DMAIC, LSS, statistical analysis, etc.

• Provides quality oversights to new product development activities.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Requires a Bachelors degree and minimum of 3 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• 5+ years of experience in Engineering or related role in a regulated industry (medical device or pharmaceutical preferred).

• 1–2 years of supervisory or team leadership experience preferred.

• Familiarity with Medtronic Performance Systems (MPS)

• Certifications such as ASQ CQE, CQA, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt, or equivalent are a plus.

• Experience with FTQ.

• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.

• Ability to work in a hands-on, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.

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 required responsibilities and skills of this position.