We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 Sep 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

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 6 September 2025.

This job requires a highly skilled technician to support O-Arm/Solis programs. This includes debug mechanical issues, assess designs for design for manufacturing, design for service, support the development of work instructions and train operations personnel on proper assembly techniques. Knowledge of CAD systems and familiarity with tolerances and inspection techniques.

As a lead Mechanical Technician, you will develop world class medical products for image guided surgery, including the O-Arm. You will participate in the design, development and testing with an emphasis on mechanical product development.

Our journey to take healthcare Further, Together, begins with the collective efforts of our employees around the world. It’s those efforts that are reflected in Tenet 5 of our Mission, and rewarded through a complete package of benefits, pay, and resources designed to support you at every career and life stage.

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

• Familiar with Electromechanical and Motion Assembly of large capital equipment systems in a development environment.

• Work with development team to design, build, test and validate performance of prototype systems.

• Familiar with mechanical inspection techniques and tools

• Familiar with geometric dimensioning, tolerancing, able to read mechanical drawings

• Experience writing assembly work instructions.

• Amenable to learning system level User Interface and running tests of capital equipment systems

• Operates machines to build prototypes for product development

• Perform failure analysis on customer, test and production components and sub-assemblies to determine root cause of failure.

• Can support testing through writing and executing tests. Experience with formal V&V activities.

• Coordinate analysis and completion for requested ECO's

• Generate BOM's, qualification reports, and assist in creating FMEA's

• Completes tasks or objectives with some direction or assistance from experienced engineers/technicians

• Complete understanding and able to successfully move a project through design control, quality and regulatory system processes.

• Basic understanding of optimization for production, reliability and cost.

• Monitor and communicate development status with stake holders

• Evaluate cost effective designs in selection of materials, assembly and manufacturing methods, conducting the appropriate investigation to recommend alternative solutions.

• Support design goals within the mechanical engineering project team.  Design goals may include cost, size, weight, durability, manufacturability, and serviceability among others.

• Computer literate and skilled with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.

• All activities must be performed in compliance with the Quality System

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent and minimum of 15 years of experience of relevant experience

Nice to Have

• Experience in Electromechanical and Motion Assembly of large capital equipment systems in a development environment

• Associate degree in Mechanical Engineering

• 10+ years of experience in industry product development

• Working knowledge of Mechanical Technical Principles, theories and concepts

• Experience with design and use of X-Ray products.

• Knowledge and interest in CNC machining for rapid prototyping.

• Knowledge in manufacturing and machining processes as they apply to the design process.

• Knowledge of experimentation methods and statistical techniques.

• Familiarity with Solidworks

• Familiarity with building cables, soldering, repairing PCBA’s

Travel

• Less than 10% annually

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 an