Senior Electrical Engineer
Medtronic
Summary
Medtronic is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to support the Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT) Operating Unit. This role will have responsibility for ensuring our products exceed the safety and reliability requirements and expectations of patients, clinicians, regulators, and the business.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and release new cardiac rhythm management products and design changes
- Plan, lead, and integrate Design for Reliability (DfR) activities on product development projects to drive product safety, complaint reduction, reliability, and quality outcomes
- Evaluate designs for potential failure modes, assess potential hazards and harms, prioritize safety risks, identify appropriate risk controls, and compile evidence to demonstrate benefits outweigh product risks
- Define and allocate reliability requirements and goals, develop and lead reliability demonstration strategies, manage completion of reliability growth activities, and recommend design and manufacturing updates
- Understand legacy product performance and incorporate learnings into new product development projects
- Develop test plans, determine statistically valid sample sizes, work with test labs to demonstrate performance, address test observations, statistically analyze data, and write test reports
- Articulate risk management and reliability activities and conclusions in documentation, regulatory submissions, and audits
- Perform engineering reviews of quality records for safety and reliability impact
- Advocate for safety, reliability, and quality in design reviews and other project meetings
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related technical discipline AND a minimum of 4 years of experience OR a Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years technical experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience applying Six Sigma development methods, such as Design of Experiments (DOE), Robust Characterization (P-Diagram), and Capability Analysis
- Strong circuit analysis and hands-on electrical testing experience
- Experience using design verification and troubleshooting skills, coupled with a working knowledge of quality and statistical methods
- Experience writing engineering documents (test plans, reports etc)
- Medical Device Industry experience or other regulated industry
- Familiarity with FDA 21 CFR Part 820 cGMP, ISO 13485, ISO 14971 and ISO 5841-2
- ASQ CRE Certified
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related technical discipline AND a minimum of 4 years of experience OR a Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years technical experience
- 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
- Unrestricted U.S. work authorization required (roles below Principal level)
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Long-term Disability Leave
- Dependent Daycare Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance
- 401(k) Matching
- Short-term Disability
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Incentive Plans
Company overview
Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader and one of the world's largest medical device companies, founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company operates in over 150 countries and employs more than 90,000 people worldwide. Medtronic's mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life through innovative medical technologies. The company develops and manufactures devices and therapies to treat more than 70 health conditions, including cardiac devices, cranial and spine robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. With a rich history that began with the invention of the battery-powered pacemaker, Medtronic has grown into a diversified healthcare technology company with four main business units: Minimally Invasive Therapies Group, Diabetes Group, Restorative Therapies Group, and Cardiac and Vascular Group. The company's therapies help approximately 72 million people annually and represent a significant force in advancing medical technology to address some of humanity's most challenging health problems.