NextGen Academy Graduate Intern: Technical Consultant

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

Join Medtronic for a Career of Innovation and Compassion
At Medtronic, you can embark on a lifelong journey of exploration and innovation, championing healthcare access and equity for all. Lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

Careers that change lives
As a participant in this program, you will provide specialised technical expertise and support to hospital clinical teams. Your role will include regular procedural support of transcatheter aortic valve implants (TAVI) for the treatment of aortic stenosis in the catheterization laboratory (cath lab). Training and educating our customers is essential to build their competence and confidence in our products, while also developing long-lasting clinical relationships.
 
NextGen Field Academy
Medtronic's NextGen Academy offers individuals from diverse educational backgrounds the opportunity to pursue a career in healthcare technology. This 12-month program provides a structured training and education pathway to support your professional development in becoming a qualified Technical Consultant in the Structural Heart (SH) business within Medtronic.  The program ensures you become confident and competent in all aspects of clinical and business settings, transforming you into a highly skilled and specialised professional.
 
Internship details: 
•    Start date: May 2026 
•    Duration: 12 months (extendable + 6 months)
•    Working hours: Full time (flexible 7:30-10:00 to 16:00-18:30)
•    Working model: around 70% in the field and 30% at home
•    Location: Barcelona
•    Internship agreement

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
•    Shadow Technical Consultants (TCs) in hospital Cath Labs and clinics to observe device implant procedures and follow-up visits.
•    Participate in structured online and in-person training sessions over a 12-month period.
•    Engage in regular check-ins with your assigned mentor and TC team for guidance and support.
•    Take on regular projects to complement and reinforce your learning.
•    Participate in ongoing assessments with dedicated trainers and mentors to track your progress.
•    Join activities across the European cohort.
 
Required Knowledge and Skills: 
•    Recently graduated or in the final year of Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, Cardiac Physiology, Nursing or a related healthcare field
•     Fluency in Spanish and English (at least B2 upper-intermediate level), with strong communication skills
•     Able to participate full time for a 12-month program as an Intern
•    Legally authorised to work in the country where the position is based on a full-time basis and does not require sponsorship in the future for an employment visa
•    Driver’s licence and willingness to travel with occasional overnight stays, which may include some unsociable hours. Expected minimum travel of 60% 
•    Motivated, ambitious, and passionate about people, innovation, and medical technology, with a strong desire to help patients by providing healthcare solutions
•    Demonstrated integrity, ethics, respect, strong organisational skills, and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team; eager to self-develop and learn technical information at a high level
 

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.
 

Pay range: 1000 EUR gross/month + Food Aid (Ticket restaurant) 

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