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Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. We reward you in the ways that matter most to you. We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards programs to recognize the important role you play in our Mission to transform healthcare. Learn more about Medtronic benefits and compensation at the bottom of this job description.
We are currently looking for an Associate Risk Management Engineer to join Medtronic Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health to drive the development of safe and effective implantable medical systems and support sustaining activities.
Location: This position will be a hybrid role with the expectation of being onsite in Fridley, Minnesota three days a week.
In this critical role as an Associate Risk Management Engineer, you will work closely with multidisciplinary project teams to develop products that are safe and effective for the patients and users by evaluating and driving improvements in the design, reliability, and safety. You will also engage in sustaining activities to support products and systems throughout the lifecycle. This role is people oriented, requiring excellent collaboration and communication skills; it also requires persnickety attention to detail.
Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Maintain a thorough knowledge and understanding of ISO 14971 and risk management practices, such as Hazard Analysis and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including Design, Human Factors, Medical Safety, Reliability and Post-Market Quality) to ensure that all hazards associated with medical devices are identified, the associated risks are estimated, evaluated, and that product/system performance is quantifiably predicted.
- Work with project teams to ensure that risk controls are identified and properly implemented, verified, and validated.
- Evaluate impact of potential issues to patient safety and product performance
- Perform and document Risk Reviews to communicate results of the risk management process to the cross-functional teams.
- Ensure harmonization of risk management strategies across projects and their lifecycle by communicating with other Risk Management team members that share in varying pieces of the risk management lifecycle.
- Identify and act upon opportunities for continuous improvement of the Risk Management Process
- Provide input to design/process development, design controls, and design validation for achieving required levels of product safety and performance.
- Create documentation in compliance with applicable procedures to meet project deliverables.
Qualifications
Must-Have: Minimum Requirements
- Requires a Baccalaureate degree in Engineering or technical discipline
Nice to Have
- Experience in the application of statistics.
- Experience in a highly regulated industry, preferably implantable medical devices.
- Experience with 21 CFR Part 820 (Quality System Regulation), ISO 13485, etc.
- Experience in the application of Risk Management (ISO 14971) and hazard analysis and risk analysis techniques (e.g., PHA, HA, FTA, DFMEA).
- Ability to independently lead investigations to identify system/product failures, hazards, hazardous situations, and harms.
- Exposure to or experience working in or with Design, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical and/or Manufacturing.
- Knowledge of Design for Reliability (DfR), Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM), Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Design for Lean Sigma (DFLS), and/or robust design practices.
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. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
Further details are available at the link below:
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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