Principal Systems Engineer - Verification - Surgical Robotics

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**Careers that Change Lives**
You will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform: HUGO TM Robotic-Assisted Surgery Platform .
**Come for a job, stay for a career.**
In the Surgical Robotics (SR) business, part of Medtronics Medical Surgical Portfolio, we believe patients around the world deserve access to quality care and improved outcomes. We strive to expand global access to care and reduce variability through robotic and analytics solutions.
If you like a role where you can apply your expertise on product development and design controls in a fast-paced, game-changing, and innovative environment this role is for you. If you are someone who strives to continuously learn, collaborate, and develop yourself then this is the team for you.
**A Day in the Life:**
You would be joining our Verification and Validation Center of Excellence (V&V COE) as a Principal Systems Engineer responsible for the Verification Strategy for Surgical Robotics products currently in development. To us, Verification is not just the last step on the path to commercialization; this role becomes an integral core team member in the Concept phase of the project. You will be responsible for partnering with Upstream Systems Engineering, Marketing, the design teams, Quality and Project Management to drive meaningful product requirements, a robust design, and ultimately an efficient and effective verification strategy. Along the path to launch, you will become a technical contributor towards the success of the product and help establish best-practices and innovative approaches towards proving that our products meet the expectations of the Medtronic Mission. This exciting challenge will allow you to use your expertise to develop a strategic roadmap of how to efficiently verify capital and instrumentation products in support of our exciting product pipeline.
The responsibilities of this role will include the following:
Represent the V&V COE on product-development core-teams
Drive strategic initiatives aimed at making our Verification processes and tools more efficient
Partner with System Engineering to develop, review and decompose product requirements
Develop and drive a robust and efficient design verification strategy for product requirements
Champion studies and/or activities that drive robust design, such as design of experiments, transfer function development, and simulations
Mentor junior verification engineers working on your projects, and approve engineering reports, verification protocols, and verification reports
Liaison with Reliability, Compliance (ex: IEC 60601) and Validation teams for your projects
Lead cross-functional failure investigations
Author or review/approve design verification protocols and reports
Support the development of regulatory submissions for your projects
Support QMS and/or DHF audits as the V&V SME on those projects
Support changes made to your projects post-launch
**You will:**
Working on the Medtronic Campus in North Haven, CT, you are responsible for driving product development activities in support of surgical robotics instrumentation, including:
Review and provide input to the development of product requirements
Review, provide input to and approve test methods
Design studies and experiments to gain confidence in meeting product requirements
Analyze test data
Author Engineering Analyses and Reports
Plan verification activities
Author Design Verification Protocols and Reports
Troubleshoot failures and make recommendations on design, test or requirement improvements
Mentor junior engineers on all of the above
Champion continuous improvement projects, such as implementing new SOPs or WIs related to V&V
**Must haves: Minimum requirements:**
A Bachelors Degree and 7 years of relevant experience, or an advanced and 5 years of relevant experience
**Nice to haves:**
A minimum of 4 years of direct experience with medical device V&V
Experience with applying or developing a product according to System Engineering principles
A strong understanding of Regulatory requirements for Design Controls and Design Verification
Industry-experience with statistical analysis of data
Experience with robotics or electro-mechanical systems
Proven track record of contributing to medical devices of high complexity
Strong communication and inter-personal skills
**Working Conditions:**
Standard office setting, surgical lab, operating room, pilot lab, external research organizations, supplier visits, limited travel as required (
Based in the greater New Haven, CT area (USA). **This is a HYBRID position (on average 2-3 days/wk in-office)**
**Must haves: Minimum requirements:**
A Bachelors Degree and 7 years of relevant experience, or an advanced and 5 years of relevant experience
**Nice to haves:**
A minimum of 4 years of direct experience with medical device V&V
Experience with applying or developing a product according to System Engineering principles
A strong understanding of Regulatory requirements for Design Controls and Design Verification
Industry-experience with statistical analysis of data
Experience with robotics or electro-mechanical systems
Proven track record of contributing to medical devices of high complexity
Strong communication and inter-personal skills
**Working Conditions:**
Standard office setting, surgical lab, operating room, pilot lab, external research organizations, supplier visits, limited travel as required (
Based in the greater New Haven, CT area (USA). **This is a HYBRID position (on average 2-3 days/wk in-office)**
**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. Lets 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. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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Posted:
2022-03-01
Expires:
2022-03-31
Medtronic

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