Principal Quality Engineer

at  Medtronic

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.
A Day in the Life
Engineers are indispensable to achieving our Mission. That’s why we empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Apply your existing skills and develop new ones, with the training, mentorship, and the guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise. With roles in specific business units, as well as at the corporate level, you’re sure to find an opportunity to make an impact that’s right for you.
Today, we’re partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges – this requires bold leadership. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

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

• Quality Improvement Projects across the sites:
• Lead and execute improvement projects related to manufacturing quality. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify areas for enhancement.
• Drive strategic initiatives aimed at elevating product quality and compliance.
• Core Competency Development in Quality organization:
• Establish and strengthen the Quality Engineering (QE) core competency within the organization.
• Knowledge Transfer and Teaching:
• Effectively transfer quality concepts and best practices to team members.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers in quality methodologies.
• Expertise in Process Validation, Process Monitoring / Statistical Process Control (SPC),Test Method Validation (TMV, Risk Management. Data analysis and Critical Thinking
• System Understanding:
• Gain a deep understanding of how the system supports various processes within the organization.
• Leverage this knowledge to drive continuous improvement.
• Decision-Making Authority:
• Make informed decisions related to quality processes and improvements.
• Serve as a consultant for critical quality-related choices.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Continuously improve existing processes and systems.
• Develop and implement innovative solutions to enhance quality outcomes.
• Technical Mastery:
• Stay abreast of global quality excellence programs, industry trends, regulations, and advancements.
• Be a technical expert in quality engineering practices.

Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field (Master’s preferred)
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Process Analyst or equivalent would be an advantage
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification would be a plus
• Significant experience in quality engineering, preferably in the medical device industry
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities

What We Offer

We recognize the personal worth of employees by providing an employment framework that allows personal satisfaction in work accomplished, security, advancement opportunity, and means to share in the company’s success. We believe in rewarding our staff with a complete package of benefits designed to support them at every career and life stage. As a result, our employees have access to the following benefits, to name a few:

• Our global well-being program supports your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
• Medtronic Employee Assistance Program offers confidential support and resources to build and enhance employee and organizational resilience, productivity, teamwork and psychologically healthy workplaces.
• Various insurance benefits include Inpatient and Outpatient Medical Insurance, Life, Disability and Accident Insurance.
• We have generous employee referral programs, employees stock purchase plan, leave benefits, and more

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 90,000+ 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
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• Quality Improvement Projects across the sites:
• Lead and execute improvement projects related to manufacturing quality. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify areas for enhancement.
• Drive strategic initiatives aimed at elevating product quality and compliance.
• Core Competency Development in Quality organization:
• Establish and strengthen the Quality Engineering (QE) core competency within the organization.
• Knowledge Transfer and Teaching:
• Effectively transfer quality concepts and best practices to team members.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers in quality methodologies.
• Expertise in Process Validation, Process Monitoring / Statistical Process Control (SPC),Test Method Validation (TMV, Risk Management. Data analysis and Critical Thinking
• System Understanding:
• Gain a deep understanding of how the system supports various processes within the organization.
• Leverage this knowledge to drive continuous improvement.
• Decision-Making Authority:
• Make informed decisions related to quality processes and improvements.
• Serve as a consultant for critical quality-related choices.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Continuously improve existing processes and systems.
• Develop and implement innovative solutions to enhance quality outcomes.
• Technical Mastery:
• Stay abreast of global quality excellence programs, industry trends, regulations, and advancements.
• Be a technical expert in quality engineering practices