Lead Systems Engineer

Job Description 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. A Day in the Life The Lead Engineer is an experienced contributor responsible for the design, development and integration of Surgical Robotics systems. This role involves to Lead , oversee and drive small and medium CDPs at MEIC. The successful candidate will be responsible for prioritizing deliverables and ensuring seamless technical execution of CDP projects. It involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure systems meet customer requirements and industry standards, performing tasks such as requirements analysis, system design, testing, and troubleshooting to ensure optimal performance and reliability. Lead Engineer should also have expertise in Design of Experiments, Test Method Development, Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Process Control, and Risk Management to ensure system reliability and compliance. This role focuses on verification and validation processes, fixture qualification, and adherence to industry standards and best practices, driving high-quality outcomes for complex systems along with Driving CDPs. Key responsibilities include 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. A Day in the Life The Lead Engineer is an experienced contributor responsible for the design, development and integration of Surgical Robotics systems. This role involves to Lead , oversee and drive small and medium CDPs at MEIC. The successful candidate will be responsible for prioritizing deliverables and ensuring seamless technical execution of CDP projects. It involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure systems meet customer requirements and industry standards, performing tasks such as requirements analysis, system design, testing, and troubleshooting to ensure optimal performance and reliability. Lead Engineer should also have expertise in Design of Experiments, Test Method Development, Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Process Control, and Risk Management to ensure system reliability and compliance. This role focuses on verification and validation processes, fixture qualification, and adherence to industry standards and best practices, driving high-quality outcomes for complex systems along with Driving CDPs. Key responsibilities include Summary Of Position - Take ownership of small and medium CDP activities from MEIC, prioritizing deliverables based on PI (Program Increment) planning and business needs. - Continuously assess the team's technical workload and effectively assign ad-hoc requests arising from unforeseen priorities. - Provide support to the team in creating design verification strategies as required. - Manage and maintain the Kanban board to track and monitor all tasks undertaken by the MEIC team, ensuring transparency and progress. - Train team members on new or evolving processes as needed to maintain high standards and adaptability. - Attend CDP kick-off meetings to understand project scope and relay relevant information to responsible team members. - Act on behalf of any team member during their absence by maintaining a comprehensive understanding of the scope and status of all ongoing CDPs within the team. - Demonstrate extensive technical knowledge and expertise in Design of Experiments, Measurement System Analysis, Test Method Development, Root Cause Analysis, Capability Studies, Fixture Qualification, Statistical Process Control and Risk Management. - Well-versed in verification and validation methodologies, industry standards, and best practices. - Work closely with cross-functional teams, including design engineers, project managers, and quality assurance teams, to ensure seamless integration of verification and validation activities into the overall development process. - Develop and validate HW/SW fixtures and demonstrate high-quality standards. - Write validation protocols and reports based on requirement inputs. - Exhibit strong technical leadership skills to guide and mentor a team of engineers involved in system verification and validation processes. - Maintain comprehensive documentation of all verification and validation activities, including test plans, test results, drawings, and reports. Provide regular updates to stakeholders and management. - Collaborate with cross-functional team members, suppliers, and test laboratories. - Coach and review the work of junior team members. - Tackle difficult problems and demonstrate understanding across multiple issues and specialties. - Communicate effectively with senior internal customers and external vendors. - Experience with solid modeling software (CREO, SolidWorks) is preferred. - Familiarity with concepts of design input, design output, traceability, and risk analysis is preferred. - Implement and maintain data collection or self-diagnostic test systems and scripts for environmental testing of electrical components and subsystems. - Demonstrated experience with testing and evaluating electrical performance, failures, and determining the useful life for complex electro-mechanical and robotic systems; proficiency with test and measurement equipment, analysis methodologies, and test documentation is required. Principal Working Relationships - Reports to the Sr. Engineering Manager/Engineering Manager - Accountable to Project Manager(s) for project-related responsibilities - Frequent interaction with team members from other disciplines, particularly hardware engineers, to develop project requirements and other project artifacts such as project schedules. Possible interaction with clinicians, third-party vendors, manufacturers, subcontractors, and other users. Knowledge, Skill, And Ability - Experience with validation of test methods, hard and software, test fixtures, knowledge on execution of small and Medium CDP's. - Experience writing technical reports for the medical device industry - Solid understanding of Design Controls, Medical Device Design Verification, and GDP (Good Documentation Practices) Experience 10 to less than 14 Years of experience or with an advanced degree with 9+ years of experience Education - Required: - B.E or B. Tech in Mechatronics, Mechanical Electronics or Electrical. - Preferred: - M.E or M. Tech in Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electronics and Electrical. 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. Benefits & Compensation 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. 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. 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. 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). About Medtronic 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