We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 27 Apr 2026

 

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

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

This is an exciting opportunity to support the continued scaling and improvement of Affera HW system in the Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) Operating Unit as a Senior Reliability Engineer. The Affera system is a primary portfolio driver for the CAS OU with integrated mapping, navigation, RF, and PF functionality. This Reliability role is on the Affera HW REL team with full lifecycle scope and a focus on released product engineering and quality response. Primary responsibilities will include Design Change, Design Verification, Risk Management, OEM/CM Supplier Change support, and risk response (Issue Evaluation/PHO/HRA/FCA). The role will report to the Sr. Manager for Affera Capital (HW) Reliability Engineering team.   
 

About the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 

The Affera Mapping and Ablation System is an innovative medical technology designed to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The system involves advanced mapping techniques to create detailed images of the heart's electrical activity, helping physicians identify abnormal areas causing arrhythmias. Once identified, the Affera Ablation System delivers targeted energy to disrupt these abnormal signals, restoring normal heart rhythm. 

Primary Responsibilities 

• Develops, coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs. 

• Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability. 

• Completes risk analysis studies of new design and processes. 

• Compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes. 

• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards. 

• Analyzes preliminary plans and develops reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives. 

• May develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks. 

• As necessary, proposes changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability. 

• May determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing, and specifies minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data. 
   

Required Qualifications 

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience  

• OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience  

• OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience 

 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Thorough understanding and experience in design controls, V&V, and Risk Management - both commercial and development.  

• System-thinking and process mapping, ability to effectively identify interfaces, dependencies, and control points. 

• Demonstrated ability in stakeholder management and coordinating complex assignments with cross-functional teams 

• Understanding of 21CFR820, ISO13485, and ISO14971 

• Experience owning or managing a QMS procedure/process 

• Additional product Reliability responsibilities may be included, primarily focused on Affera Capital (HW) equipment DRM, change management, risk management, and risk response 
  
  
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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.

Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.

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):$106,400.00 - $159,600.00

 

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

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 95,000+ 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.

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