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 worldwide.

In this exciting role as a Reliability Engineer II , you will have the responsibility for supporting critical components in medical devices throughout the product lifecycle including new product development, design transfer, production and in post-market surveillance. This role will focus on ensuring the reliability of batteries used in lifesaving implantable devices.

The Medtronic Energy and Component Center (MECC) develops new technologies related to critical medical device components, designs, develops and manufactures those components. MECC also provies support to post-market surveillance activities for fielded product. MECC components are used in a wide variety of Medtronic devices including pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, heart failure devices, drug pumps, deep brain stimulators and spinal cord and other nerve stimulators.

A Day in the Life

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

• Develops, coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs.

• Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability.

• Completes risk analysis studies of new design and processes.

• Compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes.

• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards.

• Analyzes preliminary plans and develops reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives.

• May develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks.

• As necessary, proposes changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability.

• May determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing, and specifies minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor's degree required

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience

• Degree and experience preferred in Engineering, Science, Quality and/or technical field

Nice to Have

• Electrochemistry/battery knowledge and experience.

• Experience in a medical device manufacturing environment.

• Working knowledge of ISO 13485, ISO 14971 and 21 CFR 820.

• Working experience with internationally certified quality systems, USFDA Quality System Regulation, or other mature regulatory, or process models.

• ASQ Certification in Quality, or Reliability.

• Hands on experience in reliability test design, execution and data analysis.

• Strong communication skills (be able to work with other functions effectively)

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 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, recruiter or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)

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. Learn more about our benefits here (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&co_num=30601&co_affid=medtronic) .

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here .

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).

Min Salary

80800

Max Salary

121200

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.