Medtronic

Reliability Engineer I - Hardware / Electrical

In short

Entry-level Reliability Engineer role on Medtronic's Affera Hardware Product Quality team, supporting full life-cycle quality and reliability of capital equipment and accessories for the Affera system, including design qualification, risk management, and supplier change support. Requires a Bachelor's degree with no prior experience required; Electrical, Electronics, or Computer engineering backgrounds preferred, along with medical device experience and knowledge of design qualification (DV/DVal). Onsite role in Mounds View, Minnesota, requiring a minimum of 4 days a week in office; U.S. work authorization sponsorship is not offered below Principal level.

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Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year.
A Day in the Life
At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
This role is an entry-level engineering role on the Affera Hardware Product Quality team. The team is responsible for full life-cycle support of the Capital equipment and accessories of the Affera system, including design qualification (DV and DVal), risk management, design change assessment, supplier change support, and risk response for commercial product. This role will support execution of deliverables across several simultaneous change efforts to maintain patient safety, compliance, and reliability.
Electrical, Electronics, or Computer engineering backgrounds are preferred.
Primary Responsibilities
•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.
Required Qualifications
•Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 0 years of relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications
•Electrical, Electronics, or Computer engineering backgrounds are preferred
•Medical Device Experience
•Knowledge of design qualification (DV and DVal)
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
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.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package. Salary ranges for U.S. (excl. PR) locations (USD): $69,600.00 - $104,400.00.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
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.
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).

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