Associate Clinical Lab Technical Specialist at Medtronic in Boulder, Colorado

Job Description:

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

In this exciting role as an Associate Clinical Lab Technical Specialist, you will have the primary responsibility to provide technical support to clinical studies as the technical resource between engineering, the medical community and research study participants, and the communities they come from. This is a technical role reporting to the Clinical Lab Manager. The Associate Clinical Lab Technical Specialist will independently maintain and operate critical lab equipment, assist in the design and execution of clinical studies, develop, and distribute protocols and reports and support the lab through technical procedures in one or more of the following areas: data analysis, research and development, recruitment and community engagement, quality control/assurance, and/or compliance/environmental safety.

The ACM OU is committed to excellence in innovation and commercialization to pursue our vision and long-term business growth. The ACM OU organization is refining its product delivery, innovation, and commercialization approach to enable product leadership across all segments of our product portfolio. This will require enhancing our innovation processes, and refining our design and delivery approaches to deliver an integrated and comprehensive portfolio that enables product development excellence across ACM.

Location: Denver, CO

Travel up to 15% (primarily domestic and occasionally international).

A Day in the Life

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

• Implement a testing environment including managing critical lab and reference equipment (CO-Oximeters) and experimental test equipment.


• Manage the compendium of data from recruitment and screening of participants, through clinical trial data collection and transfer of data to key stakeholders.


• Perform technical and record keeping duties in conformance with company and regulatory policies and standards to meet quality and accuracy requirements.


• Establish and maintain regular communication with research management and product managers.


• Conduct laboratory support functions such as ordering, stocking, and distributing supplies and equipment; arranging and dismantling apparatus, and collecting, washing, and storing equipment.


• Collaborate on the development of test protocols to meet FDA and ISO standards for all devices.


• Maintain organizational standards: GCP, GLP, CITI training.


• Prepare and maintain general laboratory quality controls and appropriate auditable documentation.


• Collaborate on subject recruitment practices and ensure training of all personnel in study conduct and study subject communication, interactions, and confidentiality.


• Provides technical support to clinical study sites by serving as the technical resource between engineering and the medical community.


• This position is applicable when complex products are involved in clinical trials.


• Responsible for identifying investigators, presenting protocols for a study, assisting investigators in product application, and submitting status reports on all programs.


• Support research and development in evaluating concepts of new products and modifying existing devices or therapies.


• Additional tasks as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree with 0 years of clinical trials/clinical research/lab experience

Nice to Have

• 1+ year of experience in clinical trials, clinical research, or data science


• Technical degree such as engineering, life sciences or related medical/scientific field.


• Experience in community engagement, participant recruitment, or marketing.

• Experience in pre-market/ investigational and post market studies


• Experience with study design, protocol development, risk analysis, subject recruitment and consenting, data collection, and clinical reporting.


• Knowledge and familiarity with the operations of a medical research laboratory


• Ability to follow established guidelines/procedures for the preparation of various administrative forms, as well as learn new tasks independently.


• Able to read and interpret technical procedures and regulatory requirements.


• Experience in medical device clinical product trials and governing regulations.


• Expertise with Good Clinical Practice (GCPs) and regulatory and compliance guidelines for clinical trial.

• Leadership skills include strong communication, sense of urgency, high accountability, problem solving, quality focus, business integration acumen, and change management.


• Demonstrated ability to work effectively on cross-functional teams.


• Experience in a high-demand and fast-paced environment.


• Strong problem-solving skills.

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.

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.

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$65,600.00 - $98,400.00

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. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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 here .

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.

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