Reliability Engineer II, Post-Market Quality

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 5 Oct 2026

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.

Across our global Neuroscience portfolio, we advance care for complex neurological, spinal, bladder, and bowel conditions through innovative technologies, data-driven insights, and clinical expertise. Our Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health Operating Units deliver personalized neuromodulation therapies that help restore function, reduce symptoms, and improve quality of life for patients worldwide.

This role is based onsite at our Rice Creek campus in Fridley, Minnesota, where teams collaborate to accelerate innovation and put patients first. The position requires less than 10% travel to support cross-functional collaboration and project execution.

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As a Reliability Engineer II
, you will play a critical role in ensuring the continued safety, reliability, and performance of our market-released medical devices. You will serve as a technical leader responsible for evaluating real-world product performance, identifying emerging risks, and driving continuous product improvements across hardware, firmware, and software systems. You will be working closely with engineering, manufacturing, medical safety, regulatory, and quality teams, you will transform field data into actionable insights that influence product enhancements, strengthen risk management strategies, and reinforce the trust that patients and clinicians place in our therapies every day.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Lead technical evaluations of field-observed product performance, performing risk assessments aligned with product risk management files and existing mitigations.
• Analyze complaint data, software performance, hardware reliability, labeling considerations, and product trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Partner with Medical Safety to assess potential patient harm, estimate occurrence probabilities, and evaluate overall product risk.
• Evaluate the reliability and risk impact of design, manufacturing, supplier, and software changes for commercially released products.
• Serve as the technical representative for post-market quality processes, including Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Medical Safety to investigate field issues and implement effective solutions.
• Develop data-driven recommendations that improve product reliability, patient safety, and long-term product performance.
• Support post-market risk evaluations and decision-making related to containment actions, product corrections, field actions, recalls, and labeling updates when necessary.
• Help shape and continuously improve post-market reliability strategies, processes, and risk management practices.

Required Knowledge and

Experience:

• Requires a Baccalaureate degreeand minimum of 2 years of relevant experience,
• OR Master’s degree with a minimum of 0 years of relevant experience.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience supporting post-market quality, reliability engineering, or product performance for regulated medical devices.
• Knowledge of medical device risk management methodologies, including ISO 14971.
• Experience investigating product complaints, field issues, and CAPA activities.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using statistical methods to evaluate product reliability and performance trends.
• Experience partnering with manufacturing, operations, supplier quality, or design engineering teams to implement product improvements.
• Ability to interpret hardware, firmware, and software performance data to support technical investigations.
• Experience authoring technical reports, engineering assessments, and documentation within a regulated environment.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, communication, and…