Senior Quality Engineer - CST - Memphis, TN (Onsite)

Careers That Change Lives

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for development, improvement, and innovation, through cross functional collaboration. If you pride yourself on your problem-solving skills, meticulous attention to detail with a passion for quality assurance and patient safety, this may be the role for you. The Senior Design Quality Engineering group provides engineering support and leads application of design and change control activities throughout the product lifecycle. Primary responsibilities would span support across Spinal and Biologics therapy solutions within the Cranial and Spinal Technologies operating unit of the Neuroscience portfolio. The position will be based in Memphis, TN reporting to the Design Quality Engineering Manager.

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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Operating Unit: Cranial and Spinal Technologies

Location: Memphis, TN

Ability to travel up to: <15% (domestic and international)

A Day in the Life

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 (including design and change control).

• 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.

• Takes the lead for ensuring quality deliverables on projects are accurate, comprehensive, and timely.

• Collaborate and lead development of risk management activities throughout the process lifecycle including ownership risk management files for various product families.

• Participate and support external regulatory audits and inspections.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements)

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science required with a minimum of 4 years of experience in Engineering and/or Quality function.
• OR advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of experience in Engineering and/or Quality function.

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience completing Design History Files (DHF).

• Medical Device experience or relevant experience in a regulated environment working with contract manufactures.

• Experience with GD&T and Metrology.

• Experience working with CAPAs (Corrective and Preventive Actions) or other problem-solving methodologies.

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).