Senior Quality Engineer

Medtronic; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 98,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic in Plymouth, Minnesota, is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to drive quality in sustaining and strategic manufacturing projects within the Peripheral Vascular Health unit. This onsite role partners with engineering and operations to improve processes, ensure compliance, and deliver technical leadership.

You will own quality deliverables, lead risk assessments and validations, review changes and CAPAs, and mentor colleagues on quality engineering best practices to improve product

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Biomedical, Manufacturing Engineering or related field with 4+ years of experience.
• Experience in quality engineering activities within a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience analyzing technical or process data to drive investigations and corrective actions.
• Experience creating, reviewing, or approving technical documentation for manufacturing or quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Represent Quality Engineering on manufacturing and improvement projects.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support capacity expansion and lean transformation.
• Analyze manufacturing data to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and execute quality deliverables: risk assessments, validations, documentation.
• Review and approve process changes, CAPA, and quality system docs.
• Ensure processes and quality activities comply with regulatory and internal requirements.
• Generate and implement solutions to improve quality, yield, and cycle time.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering and operations on quality principles.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Regulated manufacturing

Data analysis

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Biomedical or Manufacturing Engineering

Advanced engineering degree

Job description

Onsite

Plymouth, Minnesota, United States of America

Full time

R74946

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 27 Aug 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 Peripheral Vascular Health (PVH) Operating Unit brings together a broad portfolio of peripheral vascular technologies, products, and services to address the needs of clinicians and patients worldwide. This organization partners across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations functions to support product performance, process excellence, and continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle.

This position is based at the Plymouth Nathan Lane facility in Plymouth, Minnesota and supports sustaining and project quality engineering initiatives across manufacturing operations. This is an onsite role with limited travel requirements.

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will serve as the quality representative for sustaining and strategic manufacturing projects supporting the Peripheral Vascular Health business. This role partners closely with cross-functional stakeholders to drive process improvements, support manufacturing excellence, ensure compliance, and provide technical leadership for quality-related project activities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Represent Quality Engineering on manufacturing and operational improvement projects, ensuring quality requirements are integrated into project planning and execution.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support capacity expansion, equipment replacement, technology implementation, yield improvement, and lean transformation initiatives.
• Analyze manufacturing and quality data using statistical and problem-solving methodologies to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and execute quality engineering deliverables, including risk assessments, qualifications, validations, and technical documentation.
• Review and approve process changes, product dispositions, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and other quality system documentation.
• Ensure manufacturing processes and quality activities comply with applicable regulatory, quality system, and internal requirements.
• Generate and implement solutions that improve product quality, process performance, safety, yield, cost, and cycle time.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering and operations partners on quality engineering principles and applications.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience; or an advanced degree and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Experience supporting quality engineering activities within a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience analyzing technical or process data to drive investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Experience creating, reviewing, or approving technical documentation supporting manufacturing or quality system activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience reviewing and approving engineering, validation, or quality documentation.
• Experience with process validation activities, including Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), and Performance Qualification (PQ).
• Experience developing, executing, and analyzing Test Method Validations.
• Experience with risk management and validation documentation, including Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), and Master Validation Records.
• Knowledge of statistical and quality engineering tools such as Design of Experiments (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), capability studies, and hypothesis testing.

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):$98,400.00 - $147,600.00

• 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)

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

• 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 (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&co_num=30601&co_affid=medtronic)

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.

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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:

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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.

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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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