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

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

• Partner with New Product/ Technology Development to use Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)/ Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM) methodologies to proactively develop robust, compliant new products aligned with requirements traceable to the Voice of the Customer, using predictive engineering and anticipating and managing potential issues.
• Use a solid understanding of quality and reliability requirements to influence the selection of a compelling, superior concept that meets those requirements. Work with Design Assurance organizations within various business units to resolve quality or reliability concerns with assigned products.
• Flow down prioritized requirements (critical parameters) to the hybrid and components, both qualitatively (critical parameter flow down) and quantitatively (tolerance allocation) and aligning with suppliers and manufacturing. This includes the use of FMEA, FTA and other risk assessment tools to adequately address risk.
• Use predictive engineering and optimization methods to ensure the components, hybrid and product are robust to processing and use conditions and are predicted to meet or exceed quality and reliability expectations. This includes working with product, component, design and process engineers to identify and perform the correct reliability stress tests and interpret the data for reliability predictions.
• Establish verification and control methods so that the new product is capable of fulfilling functional and reliability requirements under normal and accelerated use conditions, and is manufacturable with high, predictable yield without rework and with high reliability.
• Generate and ensure that documentation supporting product release is complete, compliant and meets requirements.
• Develops, coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs.
• Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability.
• Completes risk analysis studies of new design and processes.
• Compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes.
• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards.
• Analyzes preliminary plans and develops reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives.
• May develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks.
• As necessary, proposes changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability.
• May determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing, and specifies minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Requires mastery of a specialty area and full knowledge of industry practices, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
• May have broad knowledge of project management.

​Nice to Have

• CRE Certification
• Design for Six Sigma Black Belt desired; equivalent experience will be considered, if certification is lacking.
• Strong understanding of concepts in electronics design, test, and manufacturing (functional safety, design-for-test, defect-based test, IDDq, burn-in, high-temperature operating life, etc.).
• Strong track record of successfully managing quality and reliability tasks from start to finish resulting in reliable and manufacturable designs.
• Computer skills with Microsoft applications.
• Strong statistical analysis skills. Reliability data analysis and modeling with experience in Minitab, Weibull++ or other reliability modeling software. Experience with Bayesian system modeling desired.
• Good technical writing skills. Good overall communication skills. Good presentation skills and experience using presentation tools and applications.
• Must be team-oriented and able to lead quality sub-projects and initiate own assignments.
• Must be able to define general approaches and develop solutions to complex problems using imaginative, thorough, and practical solutions consistent with organization objectives.
• Must be capable of multiplexing tasks efficiently and effectively to schedule.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to influence others.
• 8D, Corrective and Preventive Action planning and implementation skills preferred

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.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$119,200.00 - $178,800.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

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 90,000+ 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.

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