Senior Reliability Engineer-Failure analysis

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 LifeIn this role, you will lead failure analysis and root cause investigations of complex medical robotic systems and components. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including design, manufacturing, quality, and external labs, to ensure robust product reliability and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead system-level and component-level failure analysis investigations for the HUGO RAS platform.
• Perform hands-on troubleshooting of electrical circuits and mechanical assemblies to isolate faults and identify root causes.
• Disassemble hardware, interpret schematics, and utilize system-generated logs for root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with external failure analysis labs and utilize advanced tools such as CT, X-Ray, SEM, and Mass Spec for material and component analysis.
• Conduct destructive physical analysis (DPA) to evaluate failures and propose design or process improvements.
• Present findings to technical and non-technical audiences, including detailed fault analysis reports with proposed mitigations.
• Work closely with design and manufacturing teams to implement corrective actions and enhance product reliability.
• Apply statistical analysis techniques and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to support reliability assessments.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards, including EMC, IEC 60601, and risk management protocols.
• Drive reliability engineering best practices, including Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM) principles.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the development of reliability engineering processes and tools.

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 cross-functional teams, including design, manufacturing, quality, and external labs, to ensure robust product reliability and continuous improvement.

Experience

• 8 to less than 12 Years of experience or with an advanced degree with 7+ years of experience
• Minimum 8+ of experience in reliability engineering, failure analysis, or a related field, preferably in medical devices or robotics.
• Demonstrated expertise in system and component-level failure analysis, including fault isolation and root cause analysis.
• Hands-on experience with electrical/mechanical analysis tools and instruments.
• Proficiency in report writing and documentation.
• Strong understanding of system architecture and physics of failure.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (master's or PhD preferred).

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.
 

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  
 

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