Product Engineer II

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 19 Oct 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 95000 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 is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life. Our 95000 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.

The product engineering II supports sustaining engineering activities for stapling products in the Released Product Engineering (RPE) group within the CSI. This role is responsible for evaluating and implementing product and process changes developing design and test documentation supporting investigations and collaborating across functions to resolve product supplier and manufacturing issues while maintaining compliance with medical device regulations and design control the RPE group this role focuses on sustaining engineering for commercially released products including Open Laparoscopic stapling devices and GYN products. The team partners closely with Manufacturing Quality Regulatory Affairs and suppliers to maintain product performance quality compliance and continuity of supply throughout the product lifecycle. This position is based in North Haven CT and follows a hybrid work model requiring on-site presence four days per week. Travel is expected to be minimal and may include visits to manufacturing sites or suppliers as needed.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Represents the organization in providing imaginative thorough practical solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific products that are consistent with the organizations objectives.

• Anticipates and identifies problems of a unique and challenging nature including those requiring research and/or analysis to identify.

• Work on highly complex technical problems and provide solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious to a broad range of problems.

• Collaborates with peers to manage the development of appropriate testing to verify product meets internal and external customer requirements.

• Reviews and evaluates development protocols results and conclusions.

• Demonstrates an understanding of functional and customer requirements.

• Collaborates with peers to develop appropriate testing to verify product meets requirements and sets appropriate specifications to ensure product reliability and manufacturability.

• Investigates customer complaints on existing products and helps to determine root cause of complaint and corrective actions if necessary.

• Incorporates required regulatory standards in developmental and/or sustaining engineering projects.

• Contributes inventions new designs and techniques associated with the completion of specific projects.

• Provides primary technical contributions and or may lead sub projects.

• Adheres to safety policy and procedures.

• Conducts project management tasks and documentation with design controls and risk analysis in accordance with established SOPs.

• Prepares reports presentations and spreadsheets of an analytical and interpretative nature to be presented to peers executives and customers.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience or advanced degree with 0 years of experience

Nice to Have

• BS in Engineering
• Experience with FDA 21 CFR part 820 ISO 13485 ISO 14971 and GMP
• Experience working with statistical analysis tools to include Minitab DOE process capability measurement system and confidence interval analysis
• Process V&V IQ OQ PQ and TMV
• Knowledge of DFMEA and PFMEA process mapping and critical to quality reviews
• Demonstrated knowledge DFA/DFM design and manufacturing documentation to include specifications procedures sampling methods tolerance studies and GD&T
• PTC Creo or Solidworks
• CAPA root cause investigations quality tools to include DMAIC A3 5 Whys 6 M Ishikawa Diagram and Pareto Charts
• Experience or knowledge of engineering drawings and GD&T
• Traveling maybe required-up 10%.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B TN J etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Recruitment Fraud Alert

We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind:

Apply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @ email addresses.

Medtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate.

If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic do not respond click links or open attachments.

If you have any questions concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic please contact us immediately at .

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$80000.00 - $120000.00

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

The base salary range is applicable across the United States excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience certification/education market conditions and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insurance Health Savings Account Healthcare Flexible Spending Account Life insurance Long-term disability leave Dependent daycare spending account Tuition assistance/reimbursement and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match Short-term disability Paid time off Paid holidays Employee Stock Purchase Plan Employee Assistance Program Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

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 addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic Inc. (Medtronic) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Required Experience:

IC