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Medtronic

Senior Quality Engineer

Medtronic

. Develop and maintain comprehensive risk management strategies .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $98,400 - $147,600 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and maintaining risk management strategies, ensuring compliance with FDA regulations and ISO standards, and leading cross-functional teams in quality system processes. Proficient in conducting risk analyses, managing product lifecycle documentation, and implementing effective risk controls.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Risk Management StrategiesFDA Regulations ComplianceDesign Failure Modes And Effects Analysis (DFMEA)Root Cause AnalysisQuality Management Systems

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Hard Skills
Risk ManagementStatistical ProcessesRegulatory ComplianceTest Plans DevelopmentRisk EvaluationDesign ValidationDesign VerificationPost-Market SurveillanceProcess FMEAUser FMEA
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsLeadership SkillsProject Management SkillsCommunication Skills
Tools & Technologies
Requirements Management ToolQuality Management Systems
Industry Keywords
Medical Device IndustryISO 13485ISO 14971Regulated Engineering FieldHuman AnatomySurgical Procedures

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive risk management strategies
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure product quality and patient safety
  • Create and maintain risk management files, plans, and reports
  • Conduct regular risk reviews
  • Lead hazard and risk analysis activities and implement risk controls
  • Lead Design Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (DFMEAs)
  • Analyze and review product complaints
  • Integrate product security measures and vulnerabilities into the risk management file
  • Participate in Process FMEA/User FMEA development
  • Lead design reviews and maintain the risk management file throughout the product lifecycle
  • Develop and manage post-market surveillance plans
  • Lead field issue evaluations, including root cause analysis, risk evaluation, and product containment strategies
  • Ensure traceability between risk files, requirements, and design outputs using a requirements management tool
  • Evaluate safety risk implications of design changes
  • Lead and mentor teams in quality-system process development and maintenance
  • Define and implement engineering and statistical processes with cross-functional teams
  • Ensure compliance with FDA, ISO, and international regulatory standards
  • Participate in regulatory audits and inspections
  • Oversee design validation and verification activities
  • Develop test plans, protocols, test methods, and reports
  • Ensure accurate documentation of test results, risk assessments, and reports

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Minimum bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field
  • In-depth knowledge of FDA regulations, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and other relevant standards
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including thorough root cause analysis
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Proven leadership and project management skills
  • Ability to lead teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Regulated engineering field experience
  • Medical device industry experience
  • Proficiency in quality management systems, risk management, regulatory compliance, and statistics
  • Basic knowledge of human anatomy/physiology and surgical procedures
  • Unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment
  • For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary and flexible benefits package
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
  • Life insurance
  • Long-term disability leave
  • Dependent daycare spending account
  • Tuition assistance/reimbursement
  • Simple Steps global well-being program
  • 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
  • Capital Accumulation Plan for Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums
  • Temporary employees: paid sick time as required by applicable state law
  • Temporary employees: Employee Stock Purchase Plan