Principal Mechanical Design Engineer - Cardiac Ablation Solutions (Hybrid)

Principal Mechanical Design Engineer - Cardiac Ablation Solutions (hybrid)

Cardiac Ablation Solutions offers cardiac mapping and ablation solutions to treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms. Our vision is to help patients worldwide by advancing innovation for the diagnosis and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias, enabling clinicians to perform procedures with superior outcomes.

Engineers are indispensable to achieving our Mission. That's why we empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Apply your existing skills and develop new ones, with the training, mentorship, and the guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise.

Today, we're partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges - this requires bold leadership. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

A Day in the Life

Medtronic's Cardiac Ablation Solutions division in searching for a dynamic Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join our growing team! The chosen candidate will be heavily involved in supporting the design work for a critical ablation program. Cardiac Ablation Solutions team is engaged in developing next generation medical technologies that save lives and improves the quality of living for millions of patients across the world.

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

• Complex product design activities.

• Perform concept development and prototyping.

• Design / develop components to be manufactured via plastic injection molding, stamping, machining, extrusion and related processes.

• Create and interpret analyses to determine suitability of design concepts.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineering staff.

• Incorporate risk-based decision-making into the design process.

• Apply Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies to all aspects of the design/development process.

• Ensure on-time completion of Design Control deliverables.

• Grow and maintain knowledge current with related technologies.

• Work with manufacturing and suppliers to ensure feasibility of high-volume assembly.

• Translate VoX feedback into product requirements.

• Create and release engineering drawings, reports, and presentations.

• Travel to supplier and manufacturing sites as required.

• Present technical findings or project status to cross functional teams and management through meeting minutes, design reviews, presentations, and other means of communication.

• Research, plan, design, verify, validate electromechanical products and systems.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

• Bachelor's of engineering degree and 7+ years of experience in mechanical product development

• Or, Master of Engineering degree and 5+ years of experience in mechanical product development

Nice to Have

• Experience in the medical device industry.

• Experience in complex mechanical system design.

• Experience with plastic injection molding in a high-volume environment.

• Extensive experience in 3D modeling, finite element analysis, and statistical design analysis.

• Process and test method development, validation.

• Formal training in Six Sigma methodologies.

• Experience designing/developing catheters.

• Experience with high-volume manufacturing.

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, recruiter or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)

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. Learn more about our benefits here.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here.

The provided base salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations). The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experience, certification/education, market conditions, location, etc.