R-D Engineer II

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on 30 Jul 2026.

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.

• Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots, and provides technical skills during research and/or product development.
• Designs studies to investigate root cause or identify process parameters.
• Supports product development activities.
• Provides feedback on machine design and prototypes.
• Designs fixturing for manufacturing equipment or testing.
• Creates prototype test samples.
• Supports the voice of customer and pre‑clinical studies.
• Prepares and tracks test samples.
• Assists in DOE planning and execution.
• Performs statistical analysis and presents results.
• Composes engineering reports.
• Researches technical and procedural topics and reports findings to groups.
• Work will be performed in R&D laboratories and in manufacturing facilities.

• Bachelor’s Degree required with 2+ years of experience or Advanced Degree with 0+ years of experience.

Degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering.

• Practical experience in the following areas:
• Suture and/or needle test methods.
• Equipment and/or test fixture design.
• Polymer development and manufacturing.
• Fiber extrusion.
• Textile manufacturing.
• Material characterization.
• Development and manufacturing of combination products.
• Experience in the medical device industry.
• Knowledge of Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Demonstrated ability to deliver quality technical work within project schedules and timelines.
• Must be team oriented, with the ability to work well on common deliverables with diverse cross‑functional teams and to interact at the highest professional manner with all organizational levels.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and interpersonal skills to successfully partner on varying levels ranging from cross functional to global multi‑site and multi‑business unit.

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

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, the employee is independently mobile and interacts with a computer and communicates with peers and co‑workers.

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.

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