Healthcare Data Engineer - AI/ML Foundations

SNT Medtronic Navigation, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a Data Engineer within the Research and Technology organization to build and manage data foundations for AI/ML initiatives in spinal and cranial procedures. You will lead data creation, acquisition, and governance while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, compliant data assets for algorithm development.

The role focuses on data collection, quality, and collaboration with AI/product teams to deliver state-of-the-art data for advanced surgical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree.
• Experience working with and manipulating large-scale datasets in academic or industry settings.
• Experience with data-focused programming languages (Python or SQL preferred).
• Experience using AI tools in professional, academic, or research environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead data acquisition, curation, and preparation activities to support research and product development programs.
• Design and implement data collection strategies, protocols, and workflows for clinical, laboratory, internal, and external data sources.
• Manage internal and external annotation programs and partners to deliver high-quality labeled datasets at scale.
• Establish and maintain data quality standards, validation processes, and governance practices to improve reliability, integrity, and traceability.
• Partner with researchers, software engineers, and algorithm developers to define data requirements for artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives.
• Support database administration, organization, and accessibility of structured and unstructured datasets used across development programs.
• Collaborate with Legal, Regulatory, and Clinical stakeholders to ensure datasets meet compliance, licensing, privacy, and documentation requirements.
• Generate data-driven analyses, metrics, and recommendations that inform research, development, and technology investment decisions.

Skills

Large-scale datasets

Python or SQL

AI tools experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 2 years experience OR Master’s degree

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

Cloud platforms

Job description

Medtronic is seeking a Data Engineer within the Research and Technology organization to build and manage data foundations for AI/ML initiatives in spinal and cranial procedures. You will lead data creation, acquisition, and governance while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, compliant data assets for algorithm development.

The role focuses on data collection, quality, and collaboration with AI/product teams to deliver state-of-the-art data for advanced surgical