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SalaryR&D Engineer II – Endoscopy
As an R&D Engineer II, you will support the design and development of new products, components, processes and/or equipment. You will collaborate with R&D, cross-functional teams, and external vendors to support project milestones. You will work independently or under general direction of a lead engineer and/or project manager. You will also help support lab maintenance activities.
Location: Santa Clara, CA
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Operating Unit
The Endoscopy Operating Unit has created a business out of disrupting the status quo in the detection, prevention, and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and chronic diseases. We’ve done this by commercializing transformational technologies that improve patient management and standards of care, while increasing access to our innovations across the globe.
Careers that Change Lives
Our space, the medical device and healthcare industry, is rapidly changing. It always has been that way. With remote monitoring, wearables, robotics, AR/VR, telemedicine, and much more, agility and responsiveness are key to our success. Experience what it’s like to work at a company with an exciting product pipeline full of patented inventions driving innovation in the healthcare space.
A Day in the Life
- Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots, and provides technical skills during research and/or product development.
- Supports concept generation, design development, design verification and validation and commercial release.
- Designs and develops components, sub-assemblies and/or processes.
- Develops test components and fixtures.
- Reviews or coordinates vendor activities to support development.
- Generates work instructions, test methods, engineering models and drawings/prototype to characterize product and process specifications.
- Performs characterization studies, analyze data using statistical technique, and communicate results.
- Creates and updates design control documents, write protocols/reports.
- Maintains detailed documentation throughout all phases of research and development.
- Develops understanding of clinical procedure through support of ex-vivo and in-vivo studies; may provide support to clinical trials as needed.
- Contributes to intellectual property portfolio through generation and support of novel ideas and product concepts.
- Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule.
- Works independently or under general direction to determine and develop approach to solutions.
- Collaborates with other R&D and cross-functional team members to support timely executions of tasks and project milestones.
- May be involved in product research and development and/or clinical trials.
- Additional tasks as assigned.
Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related technical field with 2+ years of engineering experience
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An advanced degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related technical field with 0+ years of engineering experience
Nice to Have
- 2+ years of medical device engineering experience
- Experience with medical device design and new product development
- Experience with SolidWorks or Creo
- Experience with Minitab and/or JMP
- General understanding of design controls Understanding and experience of Catheter technology
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)
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