Senior Product Development Engineer

Must Have: Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree 
• 4+ years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree OR
• 2+ of years of experience with an Advanced Degree 

Nice to Have:
•    Requires intermediate to advanced knowledge of mechanical design as it applies to product development of metal machining, over molding thermoplastics onto metal components, surface modification, coating
•    Requires intermediate to advanced levels of statistics as it related to design of experiments, regression analysis, measurement system analysis, hypothesis testing, non-parametric statistical analysis, etc. Previous experience with six-sigma concepts is a plus.
•    Requires knowledge of polymer processing and catheter (rigid and flexible) design and manufacture such as reflow, welding, soldering, small-part assembly, etc. Radiofrequency ablation probe design and manufacturing highly desired.
•    Requires intermediate to advanced knowledge of thermoplastic component design such as injection molding, extrusion, forming, bonding, annealing, etc. 
•    Requires good theoretical analysis foundation in areas of strength of material, heat transfer, electrical circuitry, biomechanics
•    Requires basic understanding of electrical system and their interaction with human anatomy. Agency testing of RF systems is a plus.
•    Intermediate to advanced mathematical modeling as it relates to solid mechanics, heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics, multiphysics. Solid knowledge of ANSYS FEM software highly desired.
•    Basic to intermediate knowledge in robot-assisted as well as image-guided minimally invasive procedures is highly desirable.
•    Basic knowledge and understanding of software development and certification process. Basic knowledge of C, Python, Matlab, is recommended.

About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.  We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

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 Day in the Life 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.