Principal Field Clinical Engineer - New England/ North East

Principal Field Clinical Engineer (FCE) for Cardiac Ablation Solutions Operating Unit

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

The Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) business is one of the fastest growing businesses and helps patients all over the globe requiring mapping and ablation for cardiac arrhythmias. The Cardiac Ablation Solutions Operating Unit focuses on Arrythmia disease management (including Atrial Fibrillation). Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It's no accident we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it's the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions. To learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at Medtronic Click Here

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 70% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

In this exciting role as the Principal Field Clinical Engineer (FCE) for the Cardiac Ablation Solutions Operating Unit, you will be responsible for the introduction, implementation, and follow-up of clinical studies; support of research and development in evaluating concepts for new products and the modification of existing devices; serving as a technical resource between engineering, clinical research, and the medical community. Among these responsibilities, the highest priority is given to the support of clinical studies.

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

• Provides technical assistance to clinical study sites by serving as the technical resource between engineering and the medical community.
• Present for all ablation procedures at study sites for investigational device studies to guide the physician on the requirements for the protocol and ensure high quality data is being collected
• Accountable for identifying investigators, presenting protocols for a study, assisting investigators in product application, and submitting status reports on all programs.

Other Responsibilities:

• Provides all aspects of assistance for Clinical Research studies by identifying investigators, nominating and qualifying sites, performing activation duties, providing training, encouraging enrollment, ensuring quality data acquisition and performing study closure activities.
• Accountable for gaining and maintaining knowledge of clinical sites to best understand and assess physicians' interests and capabilities.
• Develops expertise in clinical and market released products and evidence, and functions as a local technical/clinical resource for Medtronic and the customer.
• Accountable for developing and leveraging relationships in the field to drive clinical activity and maintain focus on the customer.
• Provides feedback from clinical sites on the performance of the product to be incorporated in engineering designs or enhancements, assists research and development in evaluating concepts for new products, and considers potential modifications for existing devices while serving as a technical resource between engineering and the medical pacing community.
• Provides prospective and real-time feedback to clinical study management in study design and document development.
• Plays a critical role in educating customers, sales partners, and internal Clinical Research talent on the technology that they assist.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements):

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 7 years of clinical research, clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales representative experience
• Or Masters degree with 5 years of clinical research, clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales representative experience
• Or PhD with 3 years of clinical research, clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales representative experience

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):

• Electrophysiology and cardiac ablation device training strongly preferred.
• Experience at Medtronic or within the medical device industry
• Experience in the management of clinical devices.
• Experience in a Cath lab, biomedical engineering, hospital/clinic or medical sales.
• Experience in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and/or regulatory compliance guidelines for clinical trials.
• Experience in clinical studies and/or trial site management/protocols.
• Experience collaborating with cross functional clinical partners/customers, physicians and/or medical sales colleagues in the healthcare industry

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 impact. In 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.

Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend lifewhere your unique background and perspective are valued.

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):$131,200.00 - $196,800.00This 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.

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About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.Our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives