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Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

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.

As a Quality Systems Specialist, you will play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards. Your expertise will support audit activities, CAPA documentation, and reporting processes, contributing to the overall success of the organization's quality initiatives at the Rice Creek Pharma Operations Manufacturing site in Fridley, MN. 

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 5 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.

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

• Provide oversight for the development and maintenance of quality programs, systems, processes and procedures that ensure compliance with policies and that the performance and quality of services conform to established internal and external standards and guidelines.

• Provide expertise and guidance in interpreting policies, regulatory and/or governmental regulations, and internal regulations to assure compliance.

• Work directly with operating entities to provide process analyses oversight on a continuing basis to enforce requirements and meet regulations.

• Lead audit and inspection preparation, resolution of audit and inspection findings and liaise with auditing groups and inspectors through all stages of the audits.

• Prepare reports and/or necessary documentation (ex Corrective and Preventative Actions) and provide to applicable stakeholders, both internal and external.

• Co-ordinate legal requests in support of government investigations or litigations.

• Ensure the quality assurance programs and policies are maintained and modified regularly.

• Facilitate uniform standards worldwide and enables best practice sharing, thereby fostering the achievement of company's mission globally.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

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

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of work experience in Quality or regulated industry OR Advanced degree with 0+ years of work experience in Quality or regulated industry

Nice to Have

• Organize audit backrooms, prepare documentation, and facilitate communication between auditors and teams.

• Assist CAPA owners with documentation, ensure process compliance, and monitor timelines.

• Create and deliver accurate QMS reports to support quality initiatives and improvements.

• Hands-on experience with QMS platforms such as TrackWise.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Fo