Quality Engineer II.

Technical Specialist Career Stream

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

Responsibilities may include the following and other functions may be assigned. Develop, modify, integrate, and maintain protocols and quality standards to process product materials with total or partially finished materials. Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are set. Formulate and implement methods and procedures to inspect, test, and evaluate the precision and accuracy of production products and equipment. Design or specify inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; conduct quality assurance tests; and perform statistical analyses to evaluate the cost and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet the required specifications or standards. - Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is consistent with requirements. May need to specialize in areas of design, incoming materials, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control, and/or research and development in terms of process or product quality.

Technical Specialist Career Stream: An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technologies and therapies. Formulates, delivers, and/or manages assigned projects and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower-level professionals. The majority of the time is spent delivering R&D, systems, or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies, from design to implementation, while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills.

Differentiating Factors

Autonomy: Established and productive individual contributor. Works independently under general supervision on major and moderately complex projects/assignments.

Impact on Organization: Sets objectives for own area of work in order to meet project and assignment objectives. Contributes to the achievement of project milestones. May have some involvement in cross-functional assignments.

Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues dealt with are generally broad and may require knowledge of a wider set of topics or other work areas, but typically not complex. Makes adjustments or recommends improvements in systems and processes to resolve problems or improve work area effectiveness.

Communication and Influence: Communicates primarily and frequently with internal contacts. External interactions are of a less complex nature or for problem resolution. Contacts others to share information, status of work, needs, and issues in order to inform, solicit feedback, and support decision making.

Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance and assistance to entry-level professionals and employees in the support career progression.

Essential Knowledge and Experience: Requires practical knowledge and demonstrated competence within the work area typically acquired through a combination of advanced education and experience. Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or for degrees obtained outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2 (h) (4) (iii) (A) and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with 0 years of experience.

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.

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.

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart—putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves, and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.