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A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

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The Minimally Invasive Therapies Group strives to enable earlier diagnosis, better treatment, faster complication-free recovery, and enhanced patient outcomes through less invasive surgical solutions.

SURGICAL INNOVATIONS GROUP sets the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) by creating innovative surgical products and services that focus on obesity and diseases and conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, lung, abdominal wall, pelvic region, and the head and neck.

Summary Of Position

The Senior R&D Engineer will play a key role in supporting the R&D efforts for Hugo™ Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) systems. This role involves triaging system failures, conducting thorough root cause investigations, and contributing to system restoration and functionality. Success in this position requires exceptional written and verbal communication skills, strong analytical capabilities, and hands-on troubleshooting expertise

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Senior R&D Engineer – Root Cause Analysis and Triage

The Senior R&D Engineer will play a critical role in supporting R&D for Hugo™ Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) systems through root cause analysis, triage, and issue resolution.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide rapid response triage (log analysis) for reported R&D RAS system issues.
• Perform hands-on hardware troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Manage root cause investigations with external suppliers and drive corrective actions.
• Document investigation findings in Medtronic quality systems.
• Present investigation findings to internal customers.
• Recommend repair actions to the Fleet Management team.
• Perform statistical analysis and trend monitoring related to component failures.
• Work closely with the Released Product Engineering and R&D Reliability teams to share knowledge and support field investigations.
• Support CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) investigations.
• Maintain Design History Records for work performed on fleet hardware.
• Provide input on design changes related to failure investigations.
• This role requires exceptional analytical skills, hands-on troubleshooting expertise, and strong communication abilities to effectively collaborate across teams and deliver impactful results.

Specialized Skills or Experience:

The ideal candidate will bring the following specialized skills and expertise to effectively contribute to the role:

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Analyze software logs and debug software issues.
• Disassembly of complex components using basic hand tools.
• Understand mechanical and electrical assembly drawings.
• Write detailed and concise technical reports.
• Manage multiple tasks and customers simultaneously

Nice to Have (Preferred Skills):

• Experience with mechanical failures.
• Familiarity with highly regulated and/or safety-critical systems.
• Proficiency with QNX and Linux operating systems (GUI and command line interfaces).
• Knowledge of mechatronics and robotics.
• Understanding of mechanical and electrical interfaces.
• Familiarity with communication protocols, sensors, actuators, and controllers.
• Understanding the kinematics of mechanisms.
• Experience with vision and display systems.

Experience

• 8 to less than 12 Years of experience or with an advanced degree with 7+ years of experience

Education

• Required: - B.E or B.Tech in Mechatronics, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical
• Preferred: - M.E or M.Tech in Mechatronics, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical .

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.

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.

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, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.