Senior R&D Engineer - Patient Monitoring - Boulder, CO (Onsite) at Medtronic in Boulder, Colorado

Job Description:

Careers That Change Lives

In this exciting role as a Senior Mechanical R&D Engineer, you will have responsibility for designing and developing patient monitoring consumables.

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It's no accident - we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it's the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.

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Patient Monitoring is transforming the future of health monitoring. Our purpose is to work together with the global healthcare community to solve clinically meaningful problems, with technologies and solutions for blood oxygen management, respiratory compromise, and perioperative complications.

Location : Boulder, CO

Ability to travel up to : 25% Domestic and International

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• You will analyze, research, and evaluate materials and their related fabrication and application processes for the engineering design of and/or application in patient monitoring consumable products.
• You will interpret specifications, international standards, and regulatory requirements for all aspects of product design, including materials, and apply them to patient monitoring consumable products.
• You will design test fixtures, equipment, and data analysis methods to evaluate material choices for the design and development of patient monitoring consumables.
• You will lead and provide guidance in the design and development of patient monitoring consumable prototypes, verification/validation units and product specifications, including material specifications, assembly drawings and manufacturing documentation.
• You will have continual awareness of new and advancing technologies, including material related advances, and be able to provide conceptual and practical applications for patient monitoring consumable products across the Patient Monitoring portfolio.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements)

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume .

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with a focus in Materials plus 4 years of experience in Medical Device or related field
• OR Master's degree in mechanical engineering with a focus in Materials plus 2 years of experience in Medical Device or related field

• 6+ years' experience with flexible material manufacturing, conversion, and assembly processes preferred.
• Knowledge in the mechanics of adhesion and adhesive failure modes
• Experience working with plastics for injection molding or extrusion.
• Demonstrated experience with medical grade materials and complying with RoHS, biocompatibility, etc.
• Demonstrated experience working with suppliers, vendors, manufacturers.
• Thorough understanding and wide application of technical principals, theories and concepts in mechanical and material engineering for medical devices
• Demonstrated ability to apply engineering analysis techniques and tools (SolidWorks, Matlab, Minitab, Excel, Ansys, etc.)
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in technology and product development, i.e., taking design requirements from concept through final design.
• General knowledge of related principals including electromechanical, tissue optics, physiological signals, etc.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Effective communication and presentation skills at all levels of the organization
• Experience and capability of working with global and/or remote team members.
• Ability to work on concurrent projects and be able to successfully manage time and priorities.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

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. (ADA-United States of America)