Senior Quality Engineering Supervisor

About this role

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 The Sr Quality Engineer Supervisor is responsible for leading quality engineering activities that ensure products, materials, and processes meet established quality standards, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations. This role collaborates closely with engineering, manufacturing, and cross-functional teams to develop, apply, and maintain quality systems, inspection methods, and testing procedures for materials, in-process products, and finished goods. The position also evaluates product and process performance, investigates nonconformances, supports root cause analysis and corrective actions, and ensures documentation and compliance requirements are met.

As a technical leader, the Sr Quality Engineer Supervisor may coach and review the work of lower-level staff, provide guidance on quality practices, and support process improvements that enhance reliability, efficiency, and product performance. The role requires strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and the ability to influence internal stakeholders and vendors to resolve quality issues and drive continuous improvement.

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 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.                     Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. • Supervise daily quality operations to ensure compliance with company policies, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory standards. • Plans, directs and implements all aspects of the company's design and development of new medical device products or software systems. • May develop, evaluate, implement and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems or reliability systems and standards pertaining to materials, techniques, or company products. • Oversees the investigation and evaluation of existing technologies. • Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, processes or products. • Directs the development of new concepts from initial design to market release. • Manages feasibility studies of the design to determine if capable of functioning as intended. • Monitors documentation maintenance throughout all phases of research and development. • Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery. • Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience • Or an advanced degree with a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications • Experience leading engineers or providing technical leadership within a regulated manufacturing environment. • Experience supporting quality management systems and regulatory compliance requirements (e.g., FDA, ISO 13485, or similar standards). • Demonstrated success leading continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies. • Experience with process validation, manufacturing support, and implementation of new products or processes. • Strong project management skills with experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders across multiple functions.

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. ‌ Recruitment Fraud Alert We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind: 

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