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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\nJob Title: Senior Supplier / Manufacturing Quality Engineer -- NPD\nLocation:\nCompany: Medtronic\nJob Description:\nMedtronic, a global leader in medical technology, services, and solutions, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Quality Engineer to join our innovative team. This role will be in the Surgical Operating Unit within the new product development quality team to influence design based on manufacturability, inspection and assembly, interact with suppliers (internal and external) to develop robust processes to manufacture the parts and assemblies, qualify the manufacturing processes established to produce sustainable supply and maintain supply and manufacturing continuity until product transfer. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in manufacturing processes, manufacturing process development, process controls, process validation and supplier management. The role also supports medical device product development, and a solid understanding of design controls and regulatory compliance requirements is preferred. This position requires a strong team player who is a self-starter, inquisitive, and a fast learner. This role will be pivotal in ensuring the development of medical devices that drive successful design transfer.\nKey Responsibilities:\nSupplier selection and qualification while ensuring suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services.\nMonitor parts from acquisition through the manufacturing cycle, promptly identifying and resolving supplier-related problems.\nEvaluate supplier technical and manufacturing capabilities to meet product, process, quality, and business requirements as an input to supplier selection.\nManage Non-Conformance Material Reports (NCMRs) for material, components and production related issues, ensuring trends are identified, analyzed, and addressed across incoming, production, and sterilization areas.\nManage suppliers' change requests, including communication, project management, and regular reporting.\nManage the Approved Supplier List, from supplier evaluation, supplier agreement, supplier audits to supplier acceptance.\nQualify materials through the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), including process validation, test method validation, technical writing, and project management.\nDrive supplier performance improvement and reduce escapes to manufacturing through effective issue escalation, Supplier CAPA management, and Quality Performance Reviews.\nOversee Process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) and Master Validation Planning in new product development.\nPerform Statistical analysis of manufacturing process performance outputs\nOversee Process Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (internally and externally)\nCollaborate cross functionally to ensure process limitations are captured within the design control, including Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and Design for Manufacturability and Assembly activities.\nCollaborate cross functionally to ensure essential components, product features and respective process controls are identified.\nEnsure Design Transfer effectively translates design specifications into production specifications.\nUse project management skills to ensure that supplier processes are developing at the appropriate cadence to support engineering builds and Design Verification and Validation.\nThe job requires occasional travel to visit suppliers within the United States and internationally.\nQualifications:\nMinimum Requirements:\nEducation: Minimum bachelor’s degree in engineering, or a related technical field AND minimum 4 years of relevant experience. OR advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.\nTechnical Knowledge: Extensive understanding of manufacturing processes for plastics, metals, electronics and/or product level assembly. Extensive understanding of GD&T, FMEA, DFX principles.\nRegulatory Knowledge: Extensive experience in a regulated environment.\nProblem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to conduct thorough root cause analysis.\nCommunication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and present complex information to stakeholders.\nLeadership: Proven leadership and project management skills with the ability to lead teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously. \nPreferred Qualifications:\n Certifications: Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent certification, AAMI design control certification is preferred. \nRegulatory Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of FDA regulations, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and other relevant standards. \nTechnical Skills: Proficient in quality management systems, risk management, regulatory compliance, and statistics. Lead auditor experience.\nOther: Basic knowledge of human anatomy/physiology and surgical procedures \nTools: SAP, Trackwise, Windchill, Agile\nAt 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.\nAbout Medtronic\nTogether, 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.\nWe 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.\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.\nThe physical demands described within the Day in the Life 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.\nEEO\nIt 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.\nThis employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees.\nHow to Apply:\nInterested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter through the Medtronic careers portal at [insert application link].\nJoin us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Apply today!\nFor 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.\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.\nThe 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.\nU.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship\nAt 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.\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.\nSalary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$107,200.00 - $160,800.00This 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. 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