Distinguished Engineer

COV Covidien LP; North Haven (CT); On-site; USD 203,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Tuition assistance/reimbursement

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Medtronic plc seeks a Distinguished Engineer, RPE A&I to provide advanced engineering leadership across the product lifecycle, focusing on reliability, process robustness, and manufacturing readiness for legacy instrumentation. You will drive scalable solutions with broad cross‑functional impact and mentor teams toward engineering excellence.

You will partner with engineering, quality, operations, regulatory, and supply chain functions to resolve design and manufacturing risks, establish

Qualifications

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree and a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience.
• Alternatively, a Master’s degree with a minimum of 13 years of relevant experience.
• Or a PhD with 11 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, documents, tests, maintains, and debugs reliability and process engineering solutions for legacy instrumentation products.
• Collaborates with manufacturing, quality, operations, supply chain, and regulatory partners to sustain legacy products and manage obsolescence.
• Analyzes design intent, performance, manufacturability, and supportability; develops engineering approaches and standards.
• Ensures regulatory and quality requirements are met, safeguarding design intent and product performance.
• Provides leadership, mentorship, and technical guidance across the technical career stream and beyond.

Skills

Technical leadership

Reliability engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Baccalaureate degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 18 Nov 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 Distinguished Engineer, RPE A&I is a senior technical leadership role responsible for providing advanced engineering expertise and strategic direction in support of A&I products across the product lifecycle. This position leads the most complex technical challenges related to product reliability, process robustness, design support, manufacturing readiness, and continuous improvement, with broad influence across engineering, quality, operations, regulatory, and supply chain functions. The role is accountable for driving scalable, sustainable solutions that improve product performance, quality, compliance, and operational efficiency. As a recognized technical authority, the Distinguished Engineer partners with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve product and process issues, evaluate design and manufacturing risks, establish technical standards, and support the delivery of high-quality A&I products. In addition, this role mentors technical talent, strengthens organizational capability, and contributes to the advancement of engineering best practices and innovation. Success in this role is demonstrated through enterprise influence, technical excellence, and measurable impact on product and business outcomes.

Job Specific Summary

The Distinguished Engineer, RPE A&I is a senior technical leadership role responsible for providing advanced engineering expertise and strategic direction in support of A&I products across the product lifecycle. This position leads the most complex technical challenges related to product reliability, process robustness, design support, manufacturing readiness, and continuous improvement, with broad influence across engineering, quality, operations, regulatory, and supply chain functions. The role is accountable for driving scalable, sustainable solutions that improve product performance, quality, compliance, and operational efficiency. As a recognized technical authority, the Distinguished Engineer partners with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve product and process issues, evaluate design and manufacturing risks, establish technical standards, and support the delivery of high-quality A&I products. In addition, this role mentors technical talent, strengthens organizational capability, and contributes to the advancement of engineering best practices and innovation. Success in this role is demonstrated through enterprise influence, technical excellence, and measurable impact on product and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Designs, develops, documents, tests, maintains, and debugs reliability and process engineering solutions, tools, and systems that support legacy instrumentation products while preserving original design intent throughout the product lifecycle.

Conducts multidisciplinary technical assessments and collaborates with manufacturing, quality, operations, supply chain, and regulatory partners to support legacy product sustainment, manage obsolescence challenges, and maintain continuity of supply and customer support without compromising intended performance, functionality, safety, or compliance.

Determines technical and process needs; analyzes product and process capabilities to resolve issues related to design intent, performance, manufacturability, output requirements, and supportability; prepares technical guidance and operating recommendations; and develops engineering approaches, methods, and standards that support legacy instrumentation sustainment and product continuity.

Ensures engineering standards, quality requirements, validation expectations, and applicable regulatory requirements are met, with particular emphasis on sustaining legacy instrumentation products, addressing component obsolescence, and protecting design intent, product performance, and customer use needs.

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM

An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology, improve product and process performance, or extend the useful life of legacy instrumentation products through sustaining engineering, obsolescence management, and process improvements. Formulates, delivers, and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or direct the work of lower-level professionals. Most time is spent delivering R&D, systems, or initiatives related to legacy product sustainment, product continuity, process improvement, automation, and technical excellence while adhering to policies and using specialized knowledge and skills.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Recognized technical authority and innovator within the organization in design, reliability and process engineering for legacy instrumentation products. Plans technical projects and strategic functional initiatives and recommends engineering solutions to accomplish medium-term to long-range objectives while maintaining original design intent, supporting product longevity, and addressing obsolescence-related risks.

Organizational Impact: Contributes to the support and improvement of legacy products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a direct impact on the functional area and business unit. Influences business decisions made by leadership. Establishes technical approaches and long-range solutions that improve product reliability, process robustness, manufacturability, lifecycle performance, continuity of supply, and sustained alignment with design intent.

Innovation and Complexity: Faces problems that are complex, requiring broad-based consideration of variables that impact multiple areas of the organization. Develop solutions that are novel and unique and draw upon best practices based on expertise. Fosters technical innovation and is expected to guide or lead the business unit in new technical directions while preserving design intent, supporting legacy instrumentation sustainment, and managing obsolescence challenges.

Communication and Influence: Serves as a principal spokesperson internally related to subject matter expertise pertaining to design, reliability and process engineering, technical strategy, standards, and significant engineering advancements. Uses influence, negotiation, and persuasion to achieve objectives and to align stakeholders on decisions that protect design intent, support product continuity, and manage obsolescence impacts.

Leadership and Talent Management: Provides guidance, coaching, and training for other employees within the business unit. Typically manages large, complex initiatives of strategic importance to the business unit, involving large cross-functional teams. Helps build technical capability in others to ensure consistent application of engineering principles and effective support of legacy instrumentation sustainment and product continuity.

Required Knowledge and Experience

Requires a Baccalaureate degree and a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 13 years of relevant experience, or a PhD with 11 years of relevant experience. 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.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A 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. Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$203,200.00 - $304,800.00

This 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. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

• Health, Dental and 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 (subject to IRS earning minimums)
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico. Further details are available at the link below: Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

It 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.

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We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. We change lives. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. This life‑changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life‑long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest: Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career‑building resources you need. Life‑transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting‑edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It 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.

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