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A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide.

In this exciting role as an Associate Software Quality Engineer you will have responsibility for ensuring our products exceed the safety and reliability requirements and expectations of patients, clinicians, regulators, and the business.

This position will provide software quality engineering on new product development teams for R&D. This role will be a key player in cross-functional teams and serve as a representative for reliability, safety and quality functions.

As part of R&D project teams, the Software Quality Engineer will support to define, contribute, and execute the overall reliability strategy on programs. This position will work with multidisciplinary teams and support Design for Reliability (DfR), provide guidance to technical issues, engage in design, and risk reviews, and contribute to development activities.

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident – we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.

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Location : Rice Creek East, MN

A Day in the Life

• Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains standards for software systems quality operating methods, processes, and procedures.

• Conducts evaluation of software systems activities including requirements, design, development, documentation, integration, test, verification, and validation.

• Defines appropriate measures to ensure product quality.

• Develops overall operating criteria to ensure implementation of the software quality program according to project, process and contract requirements and objectives.

• Ensures that projects and process control documentation are compliant with requirements, objectives and/or contracts.

• Reviews software systems design, change specifications, and plans against contractual and/or process requirements.

• Reviews include applicable specifications, materials, tools, techniques, and methodologies.

• Provides or directs verification and validation of software system requirements, traceability, and testability.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements)

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume .

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A), 0 years of experience required.

• Requires broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through advanced education.

Nice to Have ( Preferred Qualifications )

• Advanced degree in Engineering or Science.

• Understanding of reliability engineering principles.

• Experience in the application of statistics.

• Experience in a highly regulated industry, preferably implantable medical devices.

• Experience with 21 CFR Part 820 (Quality System Regulation), ISO 13485, etc.

• Experience in the application of Risk Management (ISO 14971) and hazard analysis and risk analysis techniques (e.g., PHA, HA, FTA, DFMEA)

• Ability to independently lead investigations to identify system/product failures, hazards, hazardous situations, and harms.

• Exposure to or experience working in or with Design, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical and/or Manufacturing.

• Knowledge of Design for Reliability (DfR), Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM), Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Design for Lean Sigma (DFLS), and/or robust design practices

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).

Min Salary

72000

Max Salary

108000

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.