Medtronic
Senior Quality Engineer - Minneapolis
Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55400
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Senior Quality Engineer – Minneapolis
role at
Medtronic .
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on January 2, 2026.
Overview You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life This seasoned individual contributor role is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining rigorous quality standards and protocols during the sustaining and post‑market phases of the product lifecycle. The specialist serves as a key technical expert, working with limited supervision, who must demonstrate strong expertise in risk management (e.g., assessing product risk and supporting field actions). The role involves providing design quality oversight for product changes, using advanced inspection, testing, and statistical analysis methods to ensure product precision, accuracy, and compliance with all required standards and documentation.
A successful candidate will drive process improvements within the quality function, manage projects, and use specialized knowledge to influence both internal stakeholders and external vendors, often requiring travel to design sites within the U.S. and providing guidance and mentorship. The core mission is to proactively assess, mitigate, and resolve complex technical issues to guarantee product reliability and regulatory adherence.
Responsibilities
Develop, modify, apply, and maintain rigorous quality standards and protocols for processing materials into finished products, focusing on sustaining and post‑market phases.
Collaborate with engineering, design, and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are established and maintained, including design quality oversight for product changes.
Demonstrate strong expertise in risk management by devising and implementing methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating product precision and accuracy, and supporting complex risk assessments.
Design or specify inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; conduct quality assurance tests; perform statistical analysis to assess the cost and responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
Ensure corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with all regulatory requirements.
Travel to design and manufacturing sites within the USA to support technical projects, audits, and design quality reviews.
May specialize in areas of design quality, product evaluation, reliability engineering, and process quality as they apply to managing released product portfolios.
Qualifications
Baccalaureate degree required.
Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience, or a PhD with 0 years of relevant experience.
Nice to Have
Site transfer experience.
Pharma or combination product experience.
Risk Management expertise.
Physical Job Requirements Regularly required to be independently mobile, interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co‑workers. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
Benefits & Compensation Salary range USD $96,800 – $145,200 for U.S. locations excluding Puerto Rico.
Short‑term incentive (Medtronic Incentive Plan) and various benefits including health, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, paid time off, employee stock purchase plan, and more.
Equal Employment Opportunity Medtronic is an equal opportunity employer. In addition to the requirements of applicable law, Medtronic, Inc. provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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Senior Quality Engineer – Minneapolis
role at
Medtronic .
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on January 2, 2026.
Overview You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life This seasoned individual contributor role is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining rigorous quality standards and protocols during the sustaining and post‑market phases of the product lifecycle. The specialist serves as a key technical expert, working with limited supervision, who must demonstrate strong expertise in risk management (e.g., assessing product risk and supporting field actions). The role involves providing design quality oversight for product changes, using advanced inspection, testing, and statistical analysis methods to ensure product precision, accuracy, and compliance with all required standards and documentation.
A successful candidate will drive process improvements within the quality function, manage projects, and use specialized knowledge to influence both internal stakeholders and external vendors, often requiring travel to design sites within the U.S. and providing guidance and mentorship. The core mission is to proactively assess, mitigate, and resolve complex technical issues to guarantee product reliability and regulatory adherence.
Responsibilities
Develop, modify, apply, and maintain rigorous quality standards and protocols for processing materials into finished products, focusing on sustaining and post‑market phases.
Collaborate with engineering, design, and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are established and maintained, including design quality oversight for product changes.
Demonstrate strong expertise in risk management by devising and implementing methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating product precision and accuracy, and supporting complex risk assessments.
Design or specify inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; conduct quality assurance tests; perform statistical analysis to assess the cost and responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
Ensure corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with all regulatory requirements.
Travel to design and manufacturing sites within the USA to support technical projects, audits, and design quality reviews.
May specialize in areas of design quality, product evaluation, reliability engineering, and process quality as they apply to managing released product portfolios.
Qualifications
Baccalaureate degree required.
Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience, or a PhD with 0 years of relevant experience.
Nice to Have
Site transfer experience.
Pharma or combination product experience.
Risk Management expertise.
Physical Job Requirements Regularly required to be independently mobile, interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co‑workers. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
Benefits & Compensation Salary range USD $96,800 – $145,200 for U.S. locations excluding Puerto Rico.
Short‑term incentive (Medtronic Incentive Plan) and various benefits including health, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, paid time off, employee stock purchase plan, and more.
Equal Employment Opportunity Medtronic is an equal opportunity employer. In addition to the requirements of applicable law, Medtronic, Inc. provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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