Job Description

Principal Mechanical Design Eng Location Hybrid work in North Haven, CT : We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 29 May 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

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You will be a key member of the Medtronic Engineering team responsible for developing Medtronic's Robotic Assisted Surgery platform through commercial launch and production scale-up, impacting patient outcomes.

The Medical Surgical Group strives to enable earlier diagnosis, better treatment, faster complication-free recovery, and enhanced patient outcomes through less invasive surgical solutions. The Surgical Operating Unit sets the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) by creating innovative surgical products and services.

A Day in the Life

The Principal Mechanical Design Engineer is a key contributor responsible for the released product engineering (RPE) of multiple subsystems, supporting both Capital and Consumable Robotics, across Medtronic's Robotic Surgery Technology platform. The primary focus of this role will be on Robotic Consumables and Instrumentation, with secondary support provided for Capital Robotics.

You will have responsibility for:

• Acting as first point of contact for Released Product Engineering in order to:
  • Provide rapid response for line-down issues for consumable and capital robotics product lines.
  • Coordinate between R&D subject matter experts and other Released Product Engineering counterparts.
  • Maintain electromechanical products as relevant for capital and consumable products
  • Participate in hardware deliverables of the Change Development Process for capital medical equipment.
  • Determine change impact on mechanical and/or electromechanical design and document rationales.
  • Maintain bill of materials using product lifecycle management software (Agile)
  • Perform structural analyses to inform design changes, evaluate product performance and safety
  • Compose engineering drawings, reports and presentations to document and communicate design deliverables and analyses
  • Collaborate with the Medtronic R&D new product development engineering team who will be responsible for designing, developing, and supporting the next generation of capital equipment for the minimally invasive surgical robotic platform.
  • Interact and negotiate with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and external partners
  • Provide guidance, coaching, and mentorship to junior team members, with a primary focus on supporting those working on Consumables and Instrumentation within the ME team

The ideal candidate has a background in electro-mechanical systems and integration of electronic components. It is expected that the engineer has technical knowledge and has demonstrated application of engineering principles, theories, and concepts in related field of expertise. This person will be expected to generate solutions that are imaginative, thorough, practical, and consistent with organizational objectives.

Must Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent; Master's Degree preferred. Minimum of 9 years relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 7 years relevant experience

Nice to Haves

• Significant experience in the design and development of complex, dynamic electromechanical mechanisms and assemblies for production
• Solid knowledge and experience with 3D CAD software (CREO preferred)
• Expertise in designing for manufacturability & assembly, creating engineering drawings for production, applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, selecting materials and performing tolerance stack analyses
• Strong communication skills to effectively work with a variety of stakeholders
• Be a team player who works well with others to achieve project goals and can proactively, and independently drive projects forward

• Experience in all phases of the product development lifecycle including input creation, design, prototyping, verification, and transfer to production
• Experience with typical manufacturing processes for production, including milling, turning, injection molding, thermoforming, MIM, casting, and sheet metal forming
• Knowledge of kinematic analysis, stress analysis and FEA
• Hands-on experience developing medical products is highly desired - regulatory and quality processes, safety considerations, and designing to meet IEC60601 testing
• Experience in robotics is a plus
• Experience integrating electronic components into mechanical assemblies and designing for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

Working Conditions

• Standard office setting, surgical lab, operating room, pilot lab, external research organizations, supplier visits, limited travel as required.
• Based in North Haven, CT with some hybrid work allowed

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 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.

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):$134,400.00 - $201,600.00 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 , and 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) , and 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:

About Medtronic

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.

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.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Work at office, Local area, Flexible hours,

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