Senior Research and Development Engineer Peripheral Vascular Health (PVH)

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

At our Medtronic, plc, R&D (Research & Development) Department in Galway, Ireland, we focus on the development of cutting-edge medical devices in the Coronary, Structural Heart, PVH and Neuromodulation space. Our R&D Engineers in Galway are directly involved in working on the development of innovative products for use in medical procedures.

As a Senior R&D Engineer within the Peripheral Vascular Health (PVH) operating unit you will be tasked with supporting a team in the technical development of new products through early-stage investigation/research and/or translation of that into commercial medical devices.

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A Day in The Life Of:

• Medtronic R&D seeks an experienced engineer to focus on all stages of the product development process from concept generation through to commercializing of innovative medical devices.  
• Design and develop new medical devices from initial concept phase through design freeze, verification, and validation and finally into commercialization phase 
• Work from basic clinical need through opportunity assessment and device concept to prototype  
• Effectively represent Medtronic while interacting with physicians to distil their needs into product requirements and concepts  
• Participate in technical innovation across the department  
• Identify and mitigate technological risks throughout the design process  
• Apply understanding of anatomy & physiology with engineering knowledge in materials and processes to produce working designs  
• Interface effectively and build relationships with team members, other staff and key technology and component suppliers, both locally and globally  
• Contribute to resolution technical obstacles with existing designs and support portfolio sustaining activities  
• Contribute to generation of intellectual property  
• Delegate/direct work of experienced engineers  
• Provide coaching/guidance to less experienced team members  

Key Skills & Experience  

• Level 8 Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering or related discipline with minimum 4 years relevant direct engineering experience within medical device environment 

• You are a dynamic team player and can work effectively and proactively on cross-functional teams and across organizational boundaries and take appropriate actions when problems occur
• Medical device product development experience desirable 
• Technical experience in DOE (Design of Experiments), Six Sigma, DFM etc. 
• Experience in interfacing with physicians and reducing feedback to device concepts 

Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package

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 / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik:  Ireland: 64,640.00 EUR - 96,960.00 EUR |  

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