R-D Engineer II

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.

R-D Engineer II position will work as part of a wider team. Key responsibilities for this job include software troubleshooting/deployments to robotic hardware, hardware repair, issue triaging, and associated documentation. 80% of time is spent on these tasks. The remaining 20% of time is spend on support tasks such as documentation, general organization, and miscellaneous computer work.

R-D Engineer II

R&D Engineer II with in the Fleet Management team which is part of the Product Development group within the broader Robotics Center of Excellence. The Fleet Management team is tasked with oversight, maintenance, and support for our global R&D fleet of Hugo robotic assets

R-D Engineer II position will work as part of a wider team. Key responsibilities for this job include software troubleshooting/deployments to robotic hardware, hardware repair, issue triaging, and associated documentation. 80% of time is spent on these tasks. The remaining 20% of time is spend on support tasks such as documentation, general organization, and miscellaneous computer work.

This role will involve working closely with multiple groups within R&D. This role requires on site work and offers limited opportunity for remote work. Work is typically completed during first shift, ~9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, 40 hours/week. Minor adjustments to hours are a possibility if necessary.

Careers that Change Lives

Engineers are indispensable to achieving our Mission. That's why we empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Apply your existing skills and develop new ones, with the training, mentorship and the guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise. With roles in specific business units, as well as at the corporate level, you're sure to find an opportunity to make an impact that's right for you.

A Day in the Life

• Represent the Fleet Management team in planning and strategy meetings, use your knowledge of the Hugo system and components to provide input on new product development and planning.
• Conduct debugging and support analysis of hardware and software issues to enable unimpeded use of the Hugo Robotic systems by development teams.
• Perform robotic repairs which involve replacing mechanical and electrical components with some associated software work on Hugo robotic systems.
• Maintain working knowledge of the team needs and variants of the hardware and software versions on each component.

• Create and update documentation related to hardware usage.

• Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots and provides technical skills during research and/or product development.

• Designs studies to investigate specific life science questions within field of expertise.

• Additional tasks as assigned

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of experience in engineering and/or IT

OR

• An advanced degree with 3+ years of experience in engineering and/or IT

Nice to Have

• Experience working in Jira databases
• Extensive experience and abilities to work independently and complete surgical robotic repairs.
• Field service engineering experience with robotic/software driven systems
• Understanding and familiarity with the Hugo robotic platform, subsystems, and components.
• Strong and clear communication over email, messaging apps, and in person.
• Self-motivated - Has a desire to learn and achieve.
• Growth mindset – Ability to learn new skills and continuously re-examine assumptions in the way we work.
• Strong organizational and time management both with individual and team tasks.
• Ability for interpreting, analyzing and translating information.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

About Medtronic

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.

Physical Job Requirements

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: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers.

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).

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.