Sr Design Quality Engineer

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 18 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 The Senior Design Quality Engineer, supporting Released Product Engineering (RPE) within the Acute Care & Monitoring (ACM) Operating Unit, drives product quality, reliability, and regulatory compliance through technical expertise and cross‑functional leadership.

This role partners with R&D, regulatory, manufacturing, and program teams to ensure design changes and sustaining engineering activities meet internal quality standards and global regulatory requirements. The Senior Design Quality Engineer plays a critical role in applying Design Controls, Risk Management, and Change Control processes to evaluate, implement, and release product improvements across the ACM product portfolio.

If you are passionate about solving complex technical problems, improving product quality, and collaborating across disciplines to deliver safe and reliable medical devices, this role offers an opportunity to make meaningful impact.                     Key Responsibilities: • Critically review new and modified product designs to evaluate impact on product requirements, patient safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance.

• Ensure design changes are executed in accordance with Medtronic’s Quality Management System (QMS) and applicable global regulations including ISO 13485, EU MDR, and FDA Quality System Regulation (21 CFR Part 820).

• Lead cross-functional teams in the development and maintenance of risk management documentation including Risk Management Plans, hazard analyses, DFMEAs, and Risk Management Reports in accordance with ISO 14971.

• Support development and review of verification and validation strategies, including test plans, protocols, and reports, ensuring alignment with product requirements and applicable standards.

• Provide quality engineering support for sustaining engineering initiatives across multiple technical domains including electrical, software, mechanical, optical, algorithms, and human factors.

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners including R&D, Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, and Program Management to ensure timely and compliant execution of product changes.

• Apply Design for Reliability, Manufacturability, and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies to improve product performance and reduce risk.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, and manufacturing robustness.

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers on quality engineering principles, risk management practices, and design control requirements.

MUST HAVE:  MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATION REQUIRED: • Bachelor’s Degree.

  YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: SENIOR LEVEL: • 4+ years of Quality experience with a Bachelors Degree • 2+ years of Quality experience with a Masters Degree

  SPECIALIZED SKILLS OR EXPERIENCE:  • Experience in the medical device industry or in a regulated industry with similar quality and regulatory requirements • Working knowledge of Quality Management Systems compliant with ISO 13485, FDA Quality System Regulation (21 CFR 820), and EU MDR • Experience applying risk management processes in accordance with ISO 14971 • Familiarity with IEC 60601 and other applicable medical electrical equipment or product-specific standards • Experience supporting design controls, verification and validation planning, and test execution for medical device products • Experience with CAPA, root cause investigation, and failure analysis methodologies • Technical experience with electronic hardware systems, including PCB design, schematics, circuit analysis, and PCB assembly documentation • Demonstrated experience leading or owning complex technical problems or cross functional projects • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across cross functional teams

NICE TO HAVE: • ASQ certifications (CQE, CRE, CQA, etc.) • Experience with statistical methods including hypothesis testing, ANOVA, GR&R, sampling plans, and parametric/non parametric analysis • Experience using statistical software (Minitab or equivalent) • Familiarity with reliability and environmental testing including HALT/HASS, shipping validation, sterilization, stability, or biocompatibility testing • Experience with Lean, DMAIC, or DFSS methodologies • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

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.

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