Description:

Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader that addresses the most challenging health problems facing humanity with innovations that transform lives. Our mission is to improve healthcare outcomes by leveraging cutting-edge technology and a commitment to quality and excellence. With a worldwide presence, we are dedicated to advancing medical technology to enable people to live healthier and more fulfilling lives. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned :

- Responsible for development & tracking procedures, establishment and maintenance of service contracts and warranties with vendors.

- Be accountable for compliance to Lab and MEIC procedure including presenting required evidence during audit.

- Directs and coordinates the laboratory support staff for R&D Project Lab activities & support.

- Plans and execute preventative maintenance and calibration for lab requirements.

- Maintains an adequate inventory of materials, and laboratory equipment.

- Ensures effective operation of all laboratory equipment and serves as point of contact for instrument repairs.

- May organize and participate in vendor negotiations, product and software evaluations, tutorials, and facility modifications.

- Interfaces with Employee Health and Safety (EH&S) and acts as a liaison between departments and the scientific staff to complete lab modifications and ensure safety compliance.

- Provides technical input to purchasing and other functional areas.

- May trouble shoot and repair general instrumentation.

- Trains new scientific staff in the general use and function of designated instrumentation and creates and refines user protocols for general use.

- Be the single point of contact for stakeholder holder communication, maintain dashboards.

- Enable operational excellence & continuous improvement initiatives.

- May have budget accountability for a department, function.

- Manages subordinate supervisors and/or experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in assignments.

- Provides tactical and / or operational leadership and coaching.

- Receives assignments in task and objective oriented terms.

- Risk identification and mitigation.

- Decisions impact program schedules, customer satisfaction levels, or allocation of time, material resources, expenditures and funds.

- Innovation and Complexity: Proposes modifications to functional operating policies and day-to-day processes.

- Problems and issues faced are complex, difficult and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem.

- Communication and Influence: Communicates with internal and external customers and vendors regarding ongoing operations.

- Uses information exchange, influence and active persuasion without direct exercise of command to gain cooperation of other parties.

- Defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

- Bachelors Degree in Engineering.

- 12 + years of engineering lab / product development experience and 5+ years of leadership or managerial experience.

- Prior work experience in a regulated industry (medical device, pharma, aerospace, defense).

- Strong coaching and people leadership skills.

- Experience in R&D feasibility studies and product development.

- Effective engineering/analytical/problem solving skills in a team environment.