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A Day in the Life

The R&D Principal Systems Engineer will be a member of the Engineering R&D team working on the development and support of medical devices. Works closely with other members of the engineering staff to provide technical solutions to engineering problems

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

• Expected to have extensive technical knowledge and expertise in Design of Experiments, Measurement system Analysis, Test Method Development, Root Cause Analysis, Capability studies, Fixture Qualification, Statistical process control, Risk Management & Non-Product software validation. Should be well-versed in verification and validation methodologies, industry standards, and best practices.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including design engineers, project managers, and quality assurance teams, to ensure seamless integration of verification and validation activities into the overall development process.
• Develop and Validate HW/SW Fixtures and demonstrate high-quality standards.
• Write validation protocols and reports based on requirement inputs
• Shall poses strong technical leadership skills to guide, and mentor team of engineers involved in the system verification and validation process
• Shall maintain comprehensive documentation of all verification and validation activities, including test plans, test results, drawings and reports. Provide regular updates and reports to stakeholders and management.
• Responsible for the end-to-end process involved in demonstrating the System meets our product requirements.
• Shall drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the verification and validation process
• Shall effectively communicate with internal teams and external stakeholders, providing technical insights and updates on verification and validation progress.
• Participate in the documentation, communication, and review of undesirable test outcomes, and/or design enhancements, and determine impact of changes to test plans

Principal Working Relationships:

• Reports to the Sr. Engineering Manager/Engineering Manager
• Accountable to Project Manager(s) for project-related responsibilities.
• Frequent interaction with team members from other disciplines, particularly hardware engineers, to develop project requirements and other project artifacts such as project schedules.  Possible interaction with clinicians, third-party vendors, manufacturers, subcontractors, and other users.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• 12+ years of experience with validation of test methods, hardware and software, test fixtures.
• Experience with validation of test methods, hard and software, test fixtures.
• Knowledge of principles and applications of biomechanics, physics, mechatronics, and electrical, mechanical and software development
• Experience writing technical reports for the medical device industry
• Solid understanding of Design Controls, Medical Device Design Verification, and GDP (Good Documentation Practices)
• Experience in Minitab, MATLAB or Labview and Python

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: 

• Recognized master’s in professional discipline.
• Works independently to implement strategic goals and establish operational plans for job area.
• Assignments are often self-initiated.
• Determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.

Organizational Impact: 

• Strongly influences the design of new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on functional results.
• Implements strategic goals established by functional leadership.
• Changes or may establish operational plans for job area with long-range impact on results.

Innovation and Complexity: 

• Faces problems that span a wide range of difficulty and unique issues across functions and / or businesses which may cause redirection.
• Develop solutions to unique issues.
• Improves upon existing processes and systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation.

Communication and Influence: 

• Interacts with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels, including executive leadership, on significant matters.
• Conducts briefings with senior leaders within the job function.
• Negotiate with others to reach understanding or agreement.

Leadership and Talent Management: 

• Frequently, it provides guidance, coaching and training to other employees.
• Typically, it manages large, moderately complex initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams.

Education:

Required: - B.E or B.Tech in Mechatronics , Mechanical or Electrical.

Preferred: - M.E or M.Tech in Mechatronics , Mechanical and Electrical.

Short-Term Success Metrics (6-12 Months)

• Demonstrate strong System Verification & Validation skills
• Demonstrate strong knowledge on tools and technologies
• Establish trusting relationship with the team and other stakeholders
• Demonstrate problem solving capabilities.
• Deliver on project commitments.

Long-Term Success Metrics (1+ Year)

• Learn and demonstrate Product and Domain understanding
• Demonstrate solid understanding of Product Development Lifecycle
• Consistently deliver on Project commitments

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. 

Benefits & Compensation

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.
 

 

 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here