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Medtronic

Development Engineer II

Medtronic, North Haven, Connecticut, us, 06473

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A Day in the Life In this role, you will join a world‑class team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform within the Surgical Operating unit. Medtronic’s Surgical Operating Unit is one new, powerful operating unit bringing together the people and product portfolio of Surgical Robotics and Surgical Innovations.

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.

Role Overview You would be joining our Product Development Organization as a Development Engineer II responsible for the Verification Strategy, Requirement Decomposition, and Specification Development for our robotic projects in development. Second, you will partner with Systems Engineering, Marketing, design teams, Quality and Project Management to drive meaningful product requirements, a robust design, and ultimately an efficient and effective verification strategy. Along the path to launch, you will become a technical contributor towards the success of the product and help establish best‑practices and innovative approaches towards proving that our products meet the expectations of the Medtronic Mission.

Responsibilities

Represent the development engineering function on product development extended core teams

Partner with System Engineering to develop, review, and decompose product requirements

Develop and drive a robust and efficient design verification strategy for product requirements

Champion studies and activities that drive robust design, such as design of experiments, transfer function development, and simulations

Mentor junior verification engineers working on your projects, and provide feedback on engineering reports, verification protocols, and verification reports

Liaison with Reliability, Compliance (60601), Hardware (Electrical and Mechanical), and Software teams for your projects

Lead and/or support cross‑functional failure investigations

Author or review/approve design verification protocols and reports

Support the development of regulatory submissions for your projects

Support QMS and/or DHF audits as the development engineer SME on those projects

Support changes made to your projects post‑launch

You Will

Review and provide input to the development of product requirements

Review, provide input to and approve test methods

Design studies and experiments to gain confidence in meeting product requirements

Analyze test data

Author Engineering Analyses and Reports

Plan verification activities

Author Design Verification Protocols and Reports

Troubleshoot failures and make recommendations on design, test, or requirement improvements

Mentor junior engineers on all of the above

Champion continuous improvement projects, such as implementing new SOPs or WIs related to development engineering

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

A Bachelor’s Degree and 2 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in robotics engineering or related field and 0 years of relevant experience

Nice to Have

A minimum of 1 year of experience with direct medical device development

Experience with applying or developing a product according to System Engineering principles

A strong understanding of Regulatory requirements for Design Controls and Design Verification

Industry‑experience with statistical analysis of data

Experience with robotics or electro‑mechanical systems

Proven track record of contributing to medical devices of high complexity

Strong communication and inter‑personal skills

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, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile, interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co‑workers.

EEO 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. Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Benefits & Compensation Competitive salary range (U.S. excl. PR): $83,200 – $124,800

Medtronic offers a short‑term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range applies across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States.

Regular employees receive: Health, Dental, and Vision insurance; Health Savings Account; Flexible Spending Account; Life insurance; Long‑term disability leave; Dependent daycare spending account; Tuition assistance; Global well‑being program; Incentive plans; 401(k) plan with employer contribution and match; Short‑term disability; Paid time off; Paid holidays; Employee Stock Purchase Plan; Employee Assistance Program; Non‑qualified Retirement Plan Supplement; and Capital Accumulation Plan.

All employees born in 2025 or later are eligible for the included technology stipend. Detailed benefits information is available through Medtronic benefits and compensation plans.

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