We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 13 Oct 2026

 

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic Neuroscience, we bring innovation, expertise, and purpose together to improve care for people living with neurological, spinal, and chronic pain conditions. Our technologies help restore function, improve quality of life, and support better outcomes for patients around the world.

Neuromodulation is focused on helping patients find relief and regain control through innovative therapies for chronic pain and neurological conditions. Our technologies support clinicians in delivering personalized care that can improve daily life for patients.

Pelvic Health advances care for patients managing bladder and bowel control conditions. Through proven neuromodulation therapies, we help clinicians offer treatment options that can restore confidence, independence, and everyday quality of life.

         

         

This engineering leadership role oversees a team of mechanical engineers responsible for supporting released Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health products. The position provides technical and organizational leadership across sustaining engineering activities, product investigations, design changes, manufacturing support, and cross-functional issue resolution to help ensure product quality, reliability, and patient safety.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of mechanical engineers supporting released product engineering activities across the Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health portfolio.

• Establish team priorities, allocate resources, and drive execution across multiple concurrent engineering initiatives.

• Direct complex technical investigations, root cause analyses, corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities, and product remediation efforts.

• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Operations, Clinical, and Product Development teams to resolve product and process issues.

• Oversee design changes and product modifications through established design control and change management processes.

• Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, and technical decision-making to support product performance and patient safety.

• Support supplier-related investigations, qualification activities, and manufacturing issue resolution as needed.

• Monitor team performance, resource utilization, and workload planning while developing technical capability and leadership within the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience

• 2 years of experience with people leadership or leading technical teams and complex engineering projects

• Experience working in a regulated industry utilizing formal design control processes.

• Experience leading technical investigations and driving cross-functional issue resolution.

• Experience managing multiple priorities and stakeholders while supporting business and operational objectives.

• Engineering experience in product development, mechanical design, sustaining engineering, manufacturing engineering, or released product support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• Medical device industry experience supporting released products or sustaining engineering organizations.

• Experience with corrective and preventive action (CAPA), complaint investigations, risk management, and change control processes.

• Knowledge of Food and Drug Administration (FDA), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 13485, and global medical device regulations.

• Experience supporting implantable medical devices, neurostimulation systems, patient programmers, handsets, or related technologies.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

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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):$142,400.00 - $213,600.00

 

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).

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

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