Senior Microbiologist Sterilization - Memphis, TN

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 9 Sep 2026   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.

A Day in the Life                     A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide.

The Memphis Manufacturing site, which is responsible for the manufacturing and release of medical devices across multiple portfolios within the Medtronic business units, is seeking a Senior Microbiologist Sterilization Specialist to support sustained compliance and continuous improvement initiatives, playing a critical role in ensuring site microbiology and sterilization operations meet regulatory and quality expectations. Join a team of passionate individuals who each play a critical role in ensuring the parts we manufacture are safe and compliant.

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 5 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 role has the potential of 10% travel.

Primary Responsibilities: Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. • Understand and implement policies that ensure compliance for controlled environments on-site in accordance with ISO 14644 series.

• Follow protocols and regulations in order to clean, store, and/or deliver products, supplies, and/or instruments.

• Interpret and evaluate the analyses in terms of accuracy and precision compared against established specifications and recommends and implements corrective action where necessary.

• Perform review of microbiology laboratory tests and ensure product families are appropriately tested at set frequencies.

• Support internal microbiology lab as needed with analyzing chemical, biological or microbiological products, raw materials, in-process materials, release test samples or stability samples in support of the company's quality program.

• Develop, validate, and implement controlled environment methods and overall site contamination control.

• Apply existing techniques and procedures with recommendations and implementation of modification for improved efficiency, or devise and develop new analytical methods and techniques.

• Perform qualitative tests or quantitative assays on samples using techniques that vary from use of standard analytical equipment to highly modern and automated instrumentation.

• May also be involved in establishing requirements for the transfer of methodology from R&D projects.

• Prepare for internal and external audits and ensure manufacturing areas are compliant with internal work instructions. This includes performing quality walks and periodic assessment of internal processes.

• Perform corrective and preventative actions to support manufacturing nonconformances and close gaps from audits.

• Prepare, clean, disinfect, and/or sterilize instruments, materials, products, and/or supplies.

• Support change control of internal work instructions and policies to align with industry best practices.

• Support and maintain internal site environmental controls as required, this would include but not limited to, collecting/handling/storing/managing of all test samples and system notifications as required

Required Qualifications: To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.  • Bachelor’s degree in science or technical field with 4+ years of work experience in microbiology, sterilization, and/or biocompatibility experience OR Advanced degree in science or technical field with 2+ years of work experience in microbiology, sterilization, and/or biocompatibility experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications: • Experience in a cleanroom environment, preferably in medical device, pharmaceutical, or biotech manufacturing.

• Knowledge of cleanroom classifications (ISO Class 7–8) and contamination control practices.

• Experience with Environmental Monitoring of controlled environments

• Working knowledge of trending data software (Minitab, Excel, etc.) and performing statistical analysis

• Experience with BET testing

• Experience writing cleanroom and other validation protocols and reports

• Experience writing cleanroom, microbiology, or other deviation investigations

• Experience with writing CAPA plans and effectiveness checks

• General understanding working with EO sterilization

• CISS certification, AAMI WG, or other external body training certifications

• Strong understanding of Microsoft apps (Excel, Word, etc.)

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 disabil

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