Automation Quality Assurance Engineer at Medtronic in North Haven, Connecticut

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 20 Dec 2024

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

Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver results...the right way. That's the Medtronic Mindset - our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action, not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better, healthier lives.

At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique. Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Our Global Quality Strategy is rooted in the Medtronic Mission and our Quality Policy. Being a 'trusted partner' means always putting the patient first, upholding product quality, and maintaining the highest ethical standards in our business relationships and programs. Your dedication to quality is important to our customers and, most importantly, to their patients.

The Automation Quality Assurance Engineer will lead the Quality Optimization team, overseeing software-related quality processes to ensure the integrity and reliability of automation systems. This role focuses on optimizing process effectiveness and ensuring that systems meet performance standards while integrating seamlessly into the manufacturing and quality control environment. They will also emphasize process validation, testing automation, and continuous process improvement including AI/ML in some applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process Validation and Testing: Develop test plans that focus on the robustness and reliability of the end-to-end processes underpinning process automation.


• Automated Testing of Processes: Design and maintain test automation frameworks that evaluate the workflow processes rather than just the final product, ensuring that the automated systems perform effectively within a variety of operational contexts.


• Process Quality Assurance: Monitor, analyze, and continuously improve the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to ensure processes support high-quality, scalable solutions for automation applications.


• Defect Analysis: Identify process-related issues, document them, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve bottlenecks in software processes, using tools such as JIRA for defect tracking.


• Process Optimization: Collaborate with technology development and site operations teams to optimize processes that support automation and automated visual inspection systems, with a focus on minimizing error rates, reducing process inefficiencies, and improving overall system reliability.


• Continuous Integration (CI): Integrate process quality checks and testing into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure all aspects of the software and deployment processes are validated before release.


• Performance Monitoring: Conduct performance tests on processes and workflows, focusing on scalability and throughput within the manufacturing environment to ensure systems handle high-volume, real-time inspection tasks.


• Collaboration: Work closely with product owners, process engineers, and site quality operational teams to ensure software processes are aligned with overall business objectives and operational requirements.


• Documentation and Compliance: Maintain thorough process documentation and ensure adherence to relevant industry standards and compliance regulations (e.g. ISO 13485 and global regulatory requirements).


• Quality Investigation: Evaluate NCMR, CAPA and field corrective action records. Gather, trace, and communicate requirements from various quality system documents.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Process Engineering, or a related field.


• 7+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality OR Advanced degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 5+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality

Nice to Have

• Experience in software process assurance or quality engineering, with a focus on process testing, automation, and validation.


• Strong expertise in process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or similar frameworks.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on optimizing processes to enhance software quality.


• Excellent understanding of Agile methodologies and SDLC practices.


• Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.


• Proficient in using defect management tools (e.g., JIRA) and version control systems (e.g., Git).


• Experience with automated testing tools for testing and validating complex workflows.


• Experience in process automation and software process optimization within manufacturing or industrial environments.


• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools for process integration.


• Familiarity with machine vision or image processing systems as part of automation and automated visual inspection.


• Knowledge of machine learning or AI-based process optimization in automation and automated visual inspection systems.


• Experience with process monitoring tools and methodologies that support continuous feedback and improvement in software development and deployment.


• Certifications in process improvement (e.g., Six Sigma Green/Black Belt) or quality management systems.


• Familiarity with highly regulated industries such as automotive, aerospace, or medical devices.

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):$116,000.00 - $174,000.00

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).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

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.