Job Description

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youxe2x80x99ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.A Day in the Life The candidate will be responsible for completing system engineering activities with the goal to define, verify, and validate Integrated Power Console systems through the integration of sub-systems, features, and technologies. These activities include a) identification of customer needs, b) system definition by translating customer needs into engineering requirements, c) system architecture, partitioning, and development, d) technical risk management activities, e) system verification and validation, and f) system support and education.Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assignedUse critical thinking skills and technical knowledge to solve complex systems interaction problems in the fields of ENT.

• Provide expertise in multiple roles in the product development life cycle through deep knowledge of system functionality.

• Work closely with cross-functional partners such as R&D Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, and Marketing to take a product from ideation to market release. Advise the project management team, with ability to clearly communicate to project management regarding key product risk / benefit trade-offs.

• Lead cross-functional teams to make appropriate, timely decisions and recommendations that result in the successful completion of major project objectives.

• Execute multiple systems engineering activities in the product development life cycle including identification, planning, monitoring, and executing tasks for entire project

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop Business and Customer Needs for new product development

• Design or support development of a systems architecture that aligns product development with the needs of the business and the customer

• Contribute to defining new technologies through the understanding and utilization of knowledge in ENT.

• Support or lead key design trade-offs for assigned features. Present to project management, and drive decisions. Extensive ability to foresee problems and provide alternate solutions.

• Create or support development of a program risk burn down profile and system integration strategy

• Support or represent the Systems Engineering organization as the prime technical contact on projects and systems engineering initiatives for assigned features, tools, or subject matters. Interacts with senior Medtronic and external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between projects.

• Provide input supporting submissions to and audits for regulatory bodies and governmental agencies.

• Define interface requirements between systems for assigned features (e.g. software, firmware, hardware, mechanical)

• Maintain traceability of requirements documentation using modern relational database tools like DOORS, Reqview, Jira, Polarion, Cognition Cockpit and CodeBeamer. CodeBeamer experience is a plus!

• Ensure product lifecycle is understood and included in design requirements

• Manage changes to interfaces for assigned features during development and throughout full product lifecycle

• Manages configuration compatibility through product lifecycle

• May be involved in product preclinical trials to investigate specific life science questions within field of expertise.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 13 years relevant experience

Understanding, defining, and designing to use cases

• Experience with requirement management/ PLM tools
• Biomedical sensors, software development, wireless communications
• ENT research
• Usability testing
• Understanding and experience in design, development, and testing of embedded, electro-mechanical medical
• Experience with general electronic bench test equipment: oscilloscopes, DMMxe2x80x99s, Data Acquisition devices
• Experience with IEC 60601-1
• Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering
• Experience with Minitab, Python, R, or Power BI for statistics and data analysis
• Experience with capital equipment
• Experience with wireless communication protocols
• Experience with cyber security
• Experience with product concept development, customer interaction, systems engineering, verification of engineering requirements, and validation of customer needs/design requirements
• Working knowledge of systems engineering principles, requirements management, and medical device regulation
• Demonstrated strength in written and verbal communication, judgment, decision making, and critical thinking
• Demonstrated strength in building strong relationships at all levels of the organization, cross-functionally, and with key people external to the organization
• Practical knowledge of project management.
• The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and the capability to make trade-offs between risks, benefits, and performance.

Physical Job RequirementsThe 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.Benefits & CompensationMedtronic 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.About MedtronicWe lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission xe2x80x94 to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life xe2x80x94 unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heartxe2x80x94 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

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