Senior R/D Engineer

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 Life The Sr R&D Engineer will serve as a key contributor within the NS Mechanical Engineering team, supporting product development and sustaining engineering initiatives for medical devices. This role will lead and execute mechanical design activities, engineering analyses, documentation development, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure products meet performance, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing requirements. The position requires independent technical leadership, project ownership, and mentoring of engineering team members.Primary Responsibilities Lead mechanical design, development, and optimization activities for medical device products, components, tooling, and related engineering solutions. Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to execute product development and sustaining engineering projects from concept through release. Conduct and lead design reviews to ensure designs meet safety, reliability, manufacturability, quality, and performance requirements. Develop and release component and assembly drawings using ASME standards and applicable Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems. Support engineering change management, product release activities, and sustaining engineering efforts while ensuring compliance with applicable procedures and design controls. Contribute to risk management activities, including Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), risk assessments, and related design history documentation. Apply regulatory and quality requirements, including Food and Drug Administration (FDA), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and Design Control requirements, throughout development and sustaining projects. Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and review support to engineering team members while leading projects through milestone reviews and stage-gate approvals. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and 8 to 12 years of product development experience in a regulated engineering environment. Demonstrated experience with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools such as PTC Creo (Pro/ENGINEER) or SolidWorks, including robust modeling and detailed drawing creation. Strong expertise in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), tolerance stack-up analysis, and application of mechanical engineering fundamentals. Experience supporting medical device product development activities, including design controls, technical documentation, and engineering change management processes.