Senior Electrical Engineer - Released Product Engineering
Careers that Change Lives
A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people.
Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. 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.
Medtronic Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health, in Fridley, Minnesota, is currently looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer - Released Product Engineering. Bring your familiarity with low power electronics design, strong circuit analysis skills, and an understanding of test development to help us continue to engineer the extraordinary!
This will be a hybrid position with the expectation of being onsite at our Rice Creek, Minnesota facility three days a week.
A Day in the Life
As a Senior Electrical Engineer – Released Product Engineering (RPE), you will be responsible for device electrical hardware design for market released implantable neurostimulation devices and instruments. You will be involved in all aspects of patient care device electronics used as part of a system to treat neurological disorders. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners such as reliability, regulatory, operations, and sourcing colleagues to evaluate and implement design changes.
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Circuit level design and analysis to evaluate circuit function. Identify and qualify alternate electronic components to existing design through design analysis, characterization testing and design verification.
- Own product changes and change control related activities, such as conducting change impact analysis, initiating change activity (CO/CA) to update and maintain design documentation (BOM’s, Specs, drawings) etc.
- Support IQ/OQ/PQ, DOE’s, SPC, Gauge R&R, Sampling methodologies, Data Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Modeling/Predictive Analyses, Capability Studies (CpK) and Component Qualifications
- Provide problem solving and troubleshooting support to manufacturing sites and key suppliers to increase yields, maintain process capability, and improve efficiency and cost.
- Support cost reduction and continuous improvement projects.
- Work with field returned products, conduct engineering analysis, and perform testing to determine root cause for failure.
- Support Corrective & Preventive Actions (CAPA) and issue escalation including possible CAPA ownership.
- Collaborate with reliability and manufacturing to determine and execute appropriate tests/assessments to evaluate supplier, process, material, design, or component changes prior to implementation.
- Assist Regulatory Specialists by providing design & clinical use data and rationale to support worldwide regulatory submissions and certification renewals.
- Support internal and external regulatory compliance audits.
- Actively participate in new product development to RPE transfers; ensures completion of all transfer deliverables.
- Interact with others on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
Must Haves - Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile and on your resume.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline required
- Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering
- Experience applying Six Sigma development methods, such as Design of Experiments (DOE), Concept Engineering (Pugh, AHP), Robust Characterization (P-Diagram), and Capability Analysis is a plus.
- Strong circuit analysis and hands-on electrical testing skills experience.
- Experience with complex microprocessor-based embedded systems.
- Experience working with LabView.
- Experience working in a regulated environment.
- Experience working in a medical device work environment.
- Experience using design verification and troubleshooting skills, coupled with a working knowledge of quality and statistical methods.
- Experience writing engineering documents (specifications, test plans, etc).
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.
Benefits & Compensation
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. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). Learn more about MIP and benefits here.
The provided base salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations). The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experience, certification/education, market conditions, location, etc.
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the A 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.
