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The Medtronic Grand Rapids site offers a Principal Quality Engineer level role in the Operations Quality group. This role is for an experienced engineer looking to make an impact on the site and positively affecting patient’s lives. This fast-paced role includes partnering with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Quality, Safety (and more) to drive improvements and risk reduction. The Grand Rapids site manufactures Cardiac Surgery devices sold across the globe. Come make a difference!
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to investigate and resolve quality or compliance issues discovered during operations.
Provide product containment decisions for non-conformances; author and approve associated non-conforming product dispositions.
Communicate significant issues identified during quality activities and recommend process improvements.
Ensure assigned value stream is compliant with internal and/or external specifications, regulations and standards such as ISO.
Lead and/or participate in statistical process control initiative and establishing a Key Point Indicator monitoring plan for manufacturing processes
Lead and/or participate in Continuous Improvement activities such as First Time Quality (FTQ), Nonconformance reduction to address quality instabilities in support of Cell Operating System
Lead and/or participate in corrective/preventive action teams in resolving production, customer and supplier issues (e.g., nonconformances, CAPA activities, audit findings)
Apply and understand statistical methodologies, as appropriate, for conformity assessment and investigative activities to resolve potential product and quality system opportunities for improvement.
Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
Interface and coordinate with other Medtronic facilities (e.g. downstream customer sites) to resolve issues and implement creative solutions.
Support internal and external site audits and inspections.
Review equipment and process validations, test method validation, process changes, nonconformances, etc., in order to ensure compliance and assess the impact on product reliability, process capability and compliance status.
Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality standards and procedures.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 7+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality OR Advanced Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 5+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality
Nice to Have
Operations Quality experience 5+ years
Experience managing or mentoring engineers
Risk Management or CAPA experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to interface with internal customers, suppliers and external regulatory agencies
High attention to detail and accuracy
Medical device experience strongly preferred
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.
Benefits & CompensationMedtronic 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.
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:
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
About MedtronicWe 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.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.
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Medtronic is a global healthcare solutions company operating in approximately 160 countries. We are committed to improving lives through our medical technologies, services, and solutions.
Since our beginning, 60 years ago, our Mission has remained the same: to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for people around the world. The Mission is our ethical framework and inspirational goal guiding our day-to-day work. It reminds us that our efforts are transforming millions of lives each year.
To meet the needs of patients and healthcare professionals around the globe, we operate from more than 370 locations in approximately 160 countries.
