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As a Neurovascular Senior Design Quality Engineer, you will partner directly with product development teams to influence the design, reliability, manufacturability, and quality of neurovascular medical devices. This role provides technical quality leadership throughout new product development, applying risk management, data analysis, and design quality principles to support safe, effective, and reliable products.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D and Process Development teams to influence product design decisions throughout the development lifecycle.
• Lead and support reliability studies, design characterization activities, and design of experiments (DOE) to evaluate product and process performance.
• Apply risk management methodologies to identify, assess, and mitigate product and process risks from development through commercialization.
• Develop and recommend test methods, statistical approaches, and process controls to achieve reliability and quality objectives.
• Analyze product performance data, process metrics, and investigation results to identify improvement opportunities and support decision making.
• Provide quality engineering leadership for verification, validation, and design transfer activities.
• Recommend design, material, or process improvements to enhance product performance, manufacturability, and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate across functions to support project execution and organizational capability development.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science and a minimum of 4 years of engineering and/or quality experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of engineering and/or quality experience.
• Experience supporting product development, design quality, quality engineering, or related engineering activities.
• Experience applying statistical analysis and data-driven problem-solving techniques to engineering or quality challenges.
• Experience working in a regulated environment and supporting design control, risk management, verification, or validation activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with vascular or neurovascular medical devices.
• Experience in product realization, design engineering, and/or design quality engineering.
• Advanced statistical analysis experience, including Minitab, Design of Experiments (DOE), capability analysis, stability analysis, and graphical analysis.
• Knowledge of medical device quality systems and regulations, including ISO 13485, European Union Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR), and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Quality System Regulation (FDA QSR).
• Practical expertise in one or more of the following areas: requirements flow-down and design characterization, metals material engineering and testing, or polymer material engineering and testing.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. a7 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

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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):$107,200.00 - $160,800.00

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

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

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