at Medtronic
Location
Lafayette, Colorado, United States of America
Compensation
$106k–$158k USD
Posted
6 days ago
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Posted $158k · in the market band
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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.
In this role as a Senior R&D Sensor Mechanical Engineer, you will design and develop patient monitoring consumables for physiologic sensing applications. You will contribute across the full product lifecycle, from concept development and prototyping through design transfer and sustaining engineering.
This role will support technologies across the sensor portfolio, including Nellcor™ pulse oximetry, INVOS™ regional oximetry, and BIS™ depth of anesthesia monitoring solutions.
The position is intended for an engineer who can own complex mechanical and optomechanical design work, guide technical decisions within project teams, and translate early concepts into robust, manufacturable sensor products.
Key Responsibilities:
Mechanical Design, Product Development & Technical Execution
Lead mechanical product design activities for patient monitoring consumables, including concept development, component design, prototyping, verification/validation builds, and design transfer.
Own complex design tasks that balance product performance, manufacturability, usability, patient safety, cost, quality, and schedule.
Develop product specifications, material specifications, assembly drawings, manufacturing documentation, and component/subsystem requirements with traceability to user needs and system requirements.
Apply engineering analysis methods such as GD&T, tolerance analysis, material characterization, finite element modeling, statistical analysis, and design for manufacturability.
Design and execute experiments, simulations, and test methods to evaluate sensor adhesion, durability, optical performance, patient interface performance, and component/system interactions.
Build CAD models, prototypes, fixtures, test units, and engineering builds using SolidWorks, lab equipment, and rapid prototyping methods.
Analyze test data and communicate technical findings, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to support design decisions.
Cross-Functional Execution & Design Transfer
Lead technical workstreams within product development or sustaining projects, including planning technical tasks, coordinating inputs, and driving closure.
Partner with R&D, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, systems engineering, clinical, marketing, suppliers, and operations to ensure designs are feasible, manufacturable, and aligned to product needs.
Support design transfer and sustaining activities, including DFM/DFA, supplier engagement, process development input, manufacturing qualification, released-product investigations, material changes, and cost-reduction opportunities.
Interpret applicable specifications, standards, regulatory requirements, and quality system expectations as they apply to product design, testing, and documentation.
Minimum Qualifications (Must Have):
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related engineering discipline with 4+ years of relevant engineering experience
OR
Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related engineering discipline with 2+ years of relevant engineering experience
Experience in an engineering role within the medical device industry.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with sensor development, product development, sustaining engineering, or regulated manufacturing experience.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical workstreams, influence design direction, and coordinate cross-functional engineering activities.
Design engineering and CAD expertise, with SolidWorks preferred.
Experience applying engineering analysis techniques and tools such as MATLAB, Python, Minitab, Excel, Ansys, or equivalent tools.
Finite element modeling experience.
Experience with thin films, adhesives, liners, flexible materials, laminates, and related mechanics, including adhesion, durability, and failure modes.
Experience developing test methods for material properties, reliability, design characterization, verification, or requirement development.
Experience designing test fixtures, equipment, and data analysis methods to evaluate material, component, or system performance.
Experience with flexible material manufacturing, converting, assembly processes, or high-volume consumable product manufacturing.
Strong communication, prioritization, and organizational skills, with the ability to work effectively in local and global team environments.
Experience with tissue optics, optical sensing, optomechanical systems, physiological signals, LEDs/photodetectors, spectroscopy, or oximetry systems.
Demonstrated ability to mentor or coach less experienced engineers.
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.
Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.
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.
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:
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
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.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.
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.
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