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| Certifications | ASQ CQE, CRE, or similar | ASQ CQE, Six Sigma, or similar |
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| Work Environment | Manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, electronics | Manufacturing, healthcare, software, electronics |
| Responsibilities | Designing reliability tests, analyzing failure data, improving product longevity | Developing quality standards, conducting audits, reducing defects |
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Job description
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 LifeAt Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
This is an exciting opportunity to support the continued scaling and improvement ofAfferaHW system in the Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) Operating Unit as a Senior Reliability Engineer. The Affera system is a primary portfolio driver for the CAS OU with integrated mapping, navigation, RF, and PF ablation functionality. This Reliability role is on the Affera HW REL team with full lifecycle scope and a focus on released product engineering, next generation ablation generator development, and quality response. The role will report to the Sr. Manager for Affera Capital (HW) Reliability Engineering team.
About the Affera Mapping and Ablation System
The Affera Mapping and Ablation System is an innovative medical technology designed to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The system involves advanced mapping techniques to create detailed images of the heart's electrical activity, helping physiciansidentifyabnormal areas causing arrhythmias. Onceidentified, the Affera Ablation System delivers targeted energy to disrupt these abnormal signals, restoring normal heart rhythm.
Primary Responsibilities
Develops,coordinatesand conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs.
Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability.
Completes riskanalysis studiesofnew designand processes.
Compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes.
Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards.
Analyzes preliminary plans and develops reliability engineering programs to achieve company,customerand governmental agency reliabilityobjectives.
May develop mathematical models toidentifyunits,batchesor processes posing excessive failure risks.
As necessary,proposeschanges in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability.
Maydetermineunits and/or batchesrequiringenvironmentaltesting, andspecifiesminimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data.
Additionalproduct Reliability responsibilities may be included, primarily focused on Affera Capital (HW) equipment DRM, change management, risk management, and risk response
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree anda minimum of4years of relevant experience
ORMaster'sdegree witha minimum of2years of relevant experience
OR PhD with0years relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications
Thorough understanding and experience in design controls, V&V, and Risk Management - both commercial and development.
System-thinking and process mapping, ability to effectivelyidentifyinterfaces, dependencies, and control points.
Demonstrated ability in stakeholder management and coordinating complex assignments with cross-functional teams
Understanding of 21CFR820, ISO13485, and ISO14971
Medical Device Experience
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