R&D Engineer I

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 11 Aug 2026   Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life Medtronic’s Interventional Cardiology Therapies R&D group is looking for a motivated engineer to be part of a high-performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of medical devices. In this role, you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to maintain the design integrity of commercially available products. The work you do will impact patients globally and help support Medtronic’s mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions. This position requires strong technical skills to support commercial product continuity and our global supply of products designed to treat diseases of the vascular system. The R&D Engineer will apply advanced engineering principles, theories, and concepts in working on complex technical problems and will provide technical support on post market objectives. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working onsite a minimum of 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.                     Responsibilities may include the following, and other duties may be assigned: Work in Released Product Engineering for root cause investigations, complaints analysis, manufacturing process changes, supplier change notifications and implementing corrective and preventive measures Develop design concepts/prototypes/test methodology to conduct material, component, and device level testing to meet development and regulatory requirements Conduct design verification and validation testing per approved protocols and document in accordance with applicable development regulatory requirements Prepare reports and presentations to communicate technical assessments and analysis results Maintain product design integrity of commercially available products using sound engineering principles while working within appropriate Design Control requirements Apply problem solving skills, critical thinking, technical principles, and theories to solve complex problems in the field of structural heart disease treatment Investigate product design and reliability issues in partnership with other R&D Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Quality Engineers, and other cross-functional departments to determine root cause and implement solutions Review and approve change orders of post-market products ensuring design integrity and reliability targets are met Review and approve design and process qualifications Review and approve verification and validation documentation Oversee process development objectives of internal and external partners Develop technical solutions and conduct testing, evaluate results using appropriate statistical analysis tools, and generate test reports Work collaboratively with external suppliers and business partners as well as internal cross-functional team members to maintain post market product quality Provide technical input supporting submissions to regulatory bodies and governmental agencies Support multiple projects within the Development group   Desired/Preferred Qualifications High level