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A Day in the Life

This Engineering Manager position will lead the CST Mechanical Engineering team supporting the Neuroscience portfolio. The role is responsible for people leadership, technical and project oversight, resource planning, capability development, and delivery of product development and sustaining engineering initiatives. The manager will collaborate with global business and cross-functional partners to align priorities, strengthen engineering ownership, and ensure predictable delivery of high-quality engineering solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a team of mechanical engineers supporting product development, sustaining engineering, technology advancement, and lifecycle management initiatives across the CST Neuroscience portfolio.
• Provide functional, technical, and operational leadership while establishing clear priorities, objectives, roles, and accountability across the team.
• Partner with global engineering and business leaders to understand portfolio priorities, define engagement models, and align team capabilities and resources with current and future program needs.
• Provide engineering leadership for the development, sustainment, and lifecycle management of spinal implants and instrumentation, electrosurgical devices, and related enabling technologies, ensuring alignment with technical, quality, regulatory, and business requirements.
• Oversee the planning and execution of multiple engineering projects, ensuring delivery against agreed scope, schedule, quality, cost, and technical objectives.
• Provide technical oversight for mechanical design, engineering analysis, design verification, validation, documentation, risk management, engineering changes, and product release activities.
• Ensure robust technical reviews and engineering decision-making to verify that designs meet safety, reliability, manufacturability, quality, regulatory, and performance requirements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Design Controls, quality-system requirements, engineering procedures, and medical device regulations throughout product development and sustaining activities.
• Guide teams in developing and maintaining technical specifications, engineering analyses, drawings, design history documentation, and product lifecycle records.
• Support risk-management activities, including Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), risk assessments, hazard analyses, and associated mitigation strategies.
• Establish resource and capacity plans based on portfolio demand, project priorities, technical complexity, and required engineering competencies.
• Monitor execution, proactively identify risks and constraints, and work with stakeholders to implement timely mitigation and recovery plans.
• Build organizational capability in mechanical design, product development, design controls, engineering analysis, verification and validation, risk management, and medical device lifecycle processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, standard work, design quality, productivity, execution consistency, and knowledge management.
• Promote the effective use of automation, modeling, simulation, digital engineering, and AI-enabled tools to improve engineering efficiency, quality, and decision-making.
• Recruit, onboard, coach, mentor, and develop engineering talent while building appropriate succession and capability-development plans.
• Establish individual and team goals, conduct regular one-on-one discussions, provide timely feedback, and support employee performance and career development.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-accountability environment that encourages innovation, knowledge sharing, and effective cross-functional teamwork.
• Communicate project status, engineering risks, resource needs, operating metrics, and business impact clearly to leadership and global stakeholders.
• Coordinate with external suppliers, development partners, and consultants to ensure technical alignment and timely delivery.
• Support departmental planning and responsible management of engineering resources, infrastructure, tools, budgets, and operating expenses.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant engineering experience in medical device product development, sustaining engineering, or related engineering disciplines within a regulated environment.
• At least 8 years of progressive people leadership experience, including responsibility for leading engineering teams, developing talent, managing performance, and delivering technical and business objectives.
• Proven track record of leading global engineering teams supporting product development and sustaining engineering programs.
• Strong experience in medical device product development throughout the product lifecycle, including concept development, feasibility, design controls, design verification, design validation, product release, sustaining engineering, and post-market support.
• Strong knowledge and practical application of FDA Quality System Regulations, including 21 CFR Part 820 Design Controls, Design History File (DHF) requirements, engineering change management, and product lifecycle processes.
• Strong knowledge of risk management principles and standards, including application of DFMEA, risk assessments, and design risk mitigation strategies.
• Experience working within regulated quality systems and applying FDA, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and applicable regulatory requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams across multiple projects, priorities, and stakeholder groups.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical engineering fundamentals, including mechanical design, materials, manufacturing processes, tolerance analysis, engineering documentation, and product development methodologies.
• Experience with CAD platforms such as PTC Creo (Pro/ENGINEER), SolidWorks, or equivalent engineering design tools.
• Strong understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), tolerance stack-up analysis, and engineering drawing standards.
• Experience planning and prioritizing engineering work, managing resources, addressing execution risks, and supporting delivery across multiple projects.
• Demonstrated experience coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers while establishing clear objectives, expectations, and accountability.
• Experience managing engineering resources, portfolio priorities, organizational growth, and stakeholder relationships.
• Experience working with global cross-functional teams across engineering, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, operations, sourcing, and program management functions.

 

 

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. 

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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.
 

 

 

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This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).