Quality Engineer I

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 19 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. In this exciting role as a Quality Engineer on the Plymouth Nathan Lane Sustaining Quality Engineering team, you will serve as the quality voice and subject matter expert across a broad range of sustaining engineering activities supporting the Peripheral Vascular Health (PVH) platform. This role provides an opportunity to make a direct impact on product quality, manufacturing performance, and business continuity. Responsibilities will span day‑to‑day manufacturing support, capacity expansion, equipment end‑of‑life replacement, yield improvement, technology and process changes, quality improvement, and Lean transformation initiatives. You will partner closely with a broad cross‑functional team—including Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations, Regulatory, and other functional organizations—to identify risks, develop solutions, and implement sustainable improvements that strengthen our products and processes. The role requires strong problem‑solving skills, technical judgment, and the ability to influence across functions while maintaining a strong focus on quality and compliance. This is an in‑person/on‑site position at the Plymouth Nathan Lane facility with very limited travel required. The Plymouth Nathan Lane facility supports the Peripheral Vascular Health (PVH) Operating Unit (OU). PVH brings together multiple peripheral vascular businesses into one cross‑functional and collaborative operating unit, leveraging the breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients around the world. As a member of the Sustaining Quality Engineering team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the continued quality, reliability, compliance, and performance of products throughout their lifecycle while enabling the organization to respond effectively to evolving business and customer needs. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality standards and protocol for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product. Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place. Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment. Designs or specifies inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements. May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality. Nice to Have: Experience reviewing technical documentation Previous process validation experience (including installation qualifications, process characterization, operational and performance qualifications) Previous experience with developing, executing, and analysis of Test Method Validations Previous experience with Master Validation Records and Risk Management documentation (including DFMEA and PFMEA) Strong written and verbal communication skills Strong critical thinking and analytical skills General understanding of project management 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. Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver results… the right way. That’s the Medtronic Mindset — our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action, not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better, healthier lives. 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’re working a minimum of 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross‑functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. These commitments set our team apart from the rest: Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career‑building resources you need. Life‑transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. 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