Quality Engineer I at Medtronic in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

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
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. 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. The Quality Engineer I position will work closely with manufacturing to manage product nonconformances and drive process improvements.
In this exciting role as a Quality Engineer I, you will have responsibility for providing quality engineering support for the manufacturing of batteries used in implantable medical devices.

This is a fully on-site position at the MECC site, located in Brooklyn Center, MN.

The MECC facility supports the design, development, and production of numerous components used in implantable devices for a variety of Medtronic businesses. Key aspects of this role include leading and/or supporting quality investigations, review and disposition of non-conforming product, CAPA, collaborating with customer sites (downstream Medtronic facilities) on non-conformance investigation and resolution, and leading / supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

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

• Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality standards and protocol for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.


• Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.


• Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.


• Designs or specifies inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.


• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.


• May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.


• Provide Quality Engineering support for commercial medical device products.


• Develop, modify, apply and maintain quality standards and protocol for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.


• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.


• Conduct quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess product acceptability; contain and disposition potentially nonconforming product.


• Drive product containment decisions and support physical and electronic product segregation for non-conformances. Author and approve associated non-conforming product dispositions.


• Communicate and escalate significant issues identified during quality activities; recommend process improvements.


• Apply quality engineering techniques to positively influence projects and manufacturing.


• Participate in corrective/preventive action teams in resolving production, customer and supplier issues (e.g., nonconformances, CAPA activities, audit findings)

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 0-1 years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality.

Nice to Have

• Medical Device experience - engineering internship, co-op, or other previous experience


• Master's degree


• Manufacturing Experience


• Knowledge of DMAIC / Lean Six Sigma principles


• Good statistical data analysis skills


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Ability to interface with internal customers and suppliers


• High attention to detail and accuracy

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):$62,400.00 - $93,600.00

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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