Senior Reliability Engineer

AVE Medtronic Vascular Inc; Mounds View (MN); On-site; USD 107,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account

Tuition assistance/reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Medtronic plc in Minnesota seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to join the ICT Operating unit, focusing on renal denervation. You will develop reliability requirements, run demonstrations, and lead test plans for energy-based therapeutic devices used in hypertension.

The role emphasizes design control, risk management, and collaboration with R&D, with on-site work at the Mounds View facility and up to 10% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, Science or technical discipline with 4+ years of relevant experience, or Master's with 2+ years, or PhD with 0 years.
• Medical device industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and allocate reliability requirements and goals.
• Execute reliability demonstration strategies, reliability growth activities, and recommend design and manufacturing updates to ensure design achieves required levels of product reliability.
• Develop test plans, determine statistically valid sample sizes, work with test labs to demonstrate performance, address test observations, statistically analyze data, and write test reports.
• Perform reliability testing as defined by development project plans and product requirements.
• Participate in defining product reliability requirements, product use cases, and develop associated test methods.
• Assist R&D engineers with new product development and design for reliability across systems (mechanical, electrical, and software).
• Contribute to planning, design, development, and evaluation of the company’s products including its subassemblies, components, and packaging through effective feedback of reliability test results.
• Contribute to the review of supplier capability to support reliability characterization; support Design Assurance activities e.g. risk, design verification, test development, compliance.
• Apply knowledge of design control principles and quality engineering techniques throughout the product development process.
• Contribute to the product development team and be responsible for supporting activities required to ensure development and validation of new product introduction.
• Understand risk management concepts used throughout the quality system to successfully meet FDA, ANSI/AAMI/ISO 14971:2019, and ANSI/AAMI/ISO 13485:2016 requirements.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Design assurance

Embedded software reliability

DFMEA

Reliability testing

Risk analysis

Test planning

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, Science

Master's degree (2+ years relevant experience)

PhD (0 years relevant experience)

Tools

ReliaSoft

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Senior Reliability Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 25 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 Medtronic has a Senior Reliability Engineer role within their Intervention Cardiology Therapy (ICT) Operating unit focusing on Renal Denervation (RDN) where you will be an integral part of the Design Assurance team. Our purpose is to increase product development process rigor to ensure robust understanding of designs, documentation of compliance to requirements and timely, high-quality product launches that satisfy patient needs. Medtronic’s ICT business is looking for a a Senior Reliability Engineer to be part of a high-performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of energy based therapeutic medical devices to treat hypertension. This role will leverage both technical breadth and business acumen and participate in the design and development of next generation medical devices. This position will be based at our Mounds View, MN facility which requires a minimum of 4 days per week on site for in-person collaboration. This role may require up to 10% travel to support business objectives, in-person meetings and project activities.

Responsibilities

• Support defining and allocating reliability requirements and goals
• Execute reliability demonstration strategies, reliability growth activities, and recommend design and manufacturing updates to ensure design achieves required levels of product reliability
• Develop test plans, determine statistically valid sample sizes, work with test labs to demonstrate performance, address test observations, statistically analyze data, and write test reports
• Perform reliability testing as defined by development project plans and product requirements
• Participate in defining product reliability requirements, product use cases, and develop associated test methods
• Assist Research and Development (R&D) engineers with new product development and design for reliability across systems (mechanical, electrical, and software)
• Contribute to planning, design, development, and evaluation of the company’s products including its subassemblies, components, and packaging through effective feedback of reliability test results
• Contribute to the review of supplier capability to support reliability characterizationSupport Design Assurance activities e.g. risk, design verification, test development, compliance
• Apply knowledge of design control principles and quality engineering techniques throughout the product development process
• Contribute to the product development team and be responsible for supporting activities required to ensure development and validation of new product introduction
• Understand risk management concepts used throughout the quality system to successfully meet FDA, ANSI/AAMI/ISO 14971:2019, and ANSI/AAMI/ISO 13485:2016 requirements

Required Qualifications

• Baccalaureate degree in Engineering, Math, Science, or a technical discipline AND 4+ years of relevant experience, OR Master's degree with 2+ years relevant experience, OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Medical device industry experience
• Experience in reliability testing of electromechanical devices controlled by embedded software
• Experience in deploying tools that measure reliability performance at the component, device, or system level, including designing, building, programming, debugging, documenting, training, and releasing such tooling
• Experience with generating reliability metrics and summaries including Warranty Predictions (Parts Count and Reliability Block Diagram), Unreliability and Nevada charts, and Time to Failure using ReliaSoft, JMP, Minitab or equivalent software
• Experience creating and releasing test protocols, compiling test results, and compiling and releasing the related test reports
• Experience with Accelerated Life Testing, Risk Analysis, DFMEA, Reliability Growth, and/or Demonstration Testing ASQ CRE Certified
• 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):$107,200.00 - $160,800.00 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).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week:

• 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)

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:

• 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

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.

Credentialing and E‑Verify

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare settingis considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E‑Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here.

Career Culture

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. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. 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