We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 13 Dec 2024

 

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

As a Senior Systems Sustaining Engineer for Diabetes, you will be part of the Sustaining team in the Systems group.  You will focus on supporting design input changes for released product across the Diabetes organization.  You will ensure that all changes and updates comply with design controls and follow good engineering practices.

You will interact with other functions including but not limited to Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Quality, IT, and Regulatory to ensure all stakeholders concerns, feedback, and decisions are addressed and accounted for to ensure the highest possible quality and safety of our products.

Key Responsibilities

• Update design changes on existing Diabetes products through process, and regulatory changes to maintain product safety and quality
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements, objectives, and timelines
• Support and collaborate with applicable stakeholders across the Diabetes organization
• Evaluate field returns and perform root cause analysis to assess the patient/user risk associated with the post market life-cycle phase
• Assess applicable System and product requirements for updates to released products
• Participate in meeting departmental goals and objectives

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

• Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots and provides technical skills for new product development.
• May be involved in triaging, troubleshooting, and supporting Field Corrective Actions and CAPAs
• Drive collaborative design and development of medical devices; mobile apps, insulin pumps and glucose sensors
• Drive collaborative design and development of features in apps connected to cloud data systems with machine learning
• Perform technical analysis such as functional analysis, timeline analysis, and trade studies
• Develop system concepts, capture user needs, and create use cases or user stories
• Develop and manage multiple levels of requirements
• Develop and document interface designs and protocols
• Define, plan, and conduct formal technical design and test reviews
• Guide, develop, and review verification strategies, test designs, test tools, planned execution and documentation
• Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, evaluates alternatives including cost and risk, supportability and analyses for total systems.
• Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements: 

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or another technical field of study with 4+ years of experience in engineering

OR

• An advanced degree in engineering or another technical field of study with 2+ years of experience in engineering

Nice to Have:

• Experience capturing architectures, system designs, or product definitions
• Experience writing technical documentation
• Requirements Management Tools such as DOORS or PTC Integrity
• Experience in technical design techniques such as use cases, functional analysis, timeline analysis, and sequence diagrams
• Experience in mobile app or web-based systems design, development, verification, and documentation 
• Experience with mobile apps deployment and post launch maintenance 
• Experience working with communications protocol design, definition and documentation
• Experience working in a regulated industry such as medical device, defense, or automotive.
• Experience with medical device design, development, and manufacturing
• Familiarity with design, development, and sustaining requirements of medical devices
• Knowledge of medical device regulations and various technical standards
• Understanding of common manufacturing processes (i.e. Injection Molding, Metal Forming, Machining, Heat Treating etc.)
• Knowledgeable in engineering change control processes and product life cycles
• Trained/Certified in Lean and/or 6 Sigma and statistical analysis tools
• Ability to compile and analyze technical data using Minitab, Excel, R, and/or Matlab
• Proficiency with 3D modeling software such as Creo, SolidWorks, AutoCad, and Windchill PLM
• Proven problem-solving abilities
• Strong communication and inter-personal skills
• Hands-on mentality

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):$104,800.00 - $157,200.00

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.