{"id":1178769,"url":"https://alion.io/job/medtronic-quality-engineer-ii-process-validation","title":"Quality Engineer II - Process Validation","company":{"id":638,"name":"Medtronic","domain":"medtronic.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/medtronic","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":96,"open_postings":154,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.312,"repost_share":0.097,"time_to_fill_p50_days":10,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Athlone, Ireland"],"countries":["IE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":49920,"max":74880,"currency":"EUR","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":85163},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-24T12:25:59Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T17:28:35Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"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.\nA Day in the Life\nAt our Process Validation Department in Medtronic, Athlone, we focus on providing process validation support throughout the full lifecycle of the product. From initial development of new products to ongoing support when products have been commercialized, we ensure that the performance and safety of the devices is maintained through the product lifecycle. This Senior Quality Engineer role will play a critical part in supporting new product introductions thus contributing to the global strategy and to deliver on our mission to contribute to human welfare by supporting the manufacture of products that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:\nProvide Quality and Process Validation Engineering input to the new product introduction process.\nOverseeing end-to-end validation activities to ensure processes, equipment, inspections and products meet regulatory, quality, and business requirements throughout the product lifecycle.\nFunction effectively as part of cross functional teams; develop strong partnering relationships within these groups, collaborate and provide constructive feedback and quality/validation requirements.\nAuthor/review/approve/execute qualification/validation documentation and perform statistical analysis to ensure products meet the required standards and specifications.\nProvide online support during design and/or validation builds with emphasis on production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.\nUnderstands product construction, features and uses at a competent level to contribute to the decision-making process on product acceptance standards within their scope of responsibility.\nComplete test method validation for methods and procedures used for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products, test and production equipment.\nEnsure validation activities align with ISO 13485, FDA QSR, EU MDR, and internal quality systems requirements.\nSupport regulatory and internal audits/inspections.\nSupport root cause investigations; drive problem solving efforts for quality issues. Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.\nProvide on-going communication, information transfer and record keeping in support of business and core-team objectives and metrics.\nKey Skills & Experience\nMinimum Level 8 bachelor’s degree in a relevant Quality/Engineering/Science or related discipline.\n3+ years relevant experience in a medical devices or similar regulated environment.\nKnowledgeable in Quality Systems, validation standards, policies, procedures and methodologies.\nWorking Knowledge of plastic processing techniques such as Extrusion, Injection Moulding, Blow Moulding, Assembly is an advantage.\nPractical working knowledge of statistical data analysis and quality improvement tools and techniques is an advantage. \nA dynamic team-player and problem solver who can work effectively on cross-functional teams.\nExcellent organizational and time management skills and can prioritize and work effectively.\nAbility to multi-task and to take initiative is essential.\nMedtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package\nPhysical Job Requirements\nThe 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.\nRecruitment Fraud Alert\nWe are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind:\nApply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses.\nMedtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate.\nIf you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments.\nIf you have any questions, concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic, please contact us immediately at .\nBenefits & Compensation\nMedtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package\nA 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.\nPay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 49,920.00 EUR - 74,880.00 EUR | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).","description_format":"text","description_chars":5535,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Robotics","Medical Devices","Digital Health","Medical & Healthcare Robotics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T12:25:59Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":10,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T17:49:44Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":85163,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/medtronic-quality-engineer-ii-process-validation","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/medtronic-quality-engineer-ii-process-validation.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T17:49:44Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}