Mechanical Engineering Manager

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A Day in the Life

The Medtronic Engineering and Innovation Center (MEIC) supports global product development, sustaining engineering, and technology advancement across Medtronic businesses. The Neuroscience Mechanical Engineering team partners with global stakeholders to design, develop, optimize, and sustain medical device products throughout the product lifecycle. The team supports a broad Neuroscience portfolio including spinal implants and instrumentation, electrosurgical devices, enabling technologies, and associated capital equipment, supporting product development, sustaining engineering, design optimization, risk management, design verification, and lifecycle management activities while ensuring compliance with applicable medical device quality and regulatory requirements.

This Engineering Manager position will lead the CST Mechanical Engineering team supporting the Neuroscience portfolio. The role is responsible for people leadership, technical and project oversight, resource planning, capability development, and delivery of product development and sustaining engineering initiatives. The manager will collaborate with global business and cross-functional partners to align priorities, strengthen engineering ownership, and ensure predictable delivery of high-quality engineering solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of mechanical engineers supporting product development and sustaining engineering across the neuroscience portfolio
• Set team priorities, define responsibilities, and ensure clear accountability
• Align resources to portfolio needs and changing business priorities
• Oversee execution of multiple engineering projects against scope, schedule, quality, cost, and technical goals
• Provide technical leadership in mechanical design, analysis, verification, validation, documentation, and product release activities
• Ensure compliance with design controls, quality system requirements, and applicable medical device regulations
• Support risk management activities, including DFMEA and other design risk assessments
• Build team capability in mechanical design, engineering analysis, design controls, and medical device lifecycle processes
• Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop engineering talent
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable team environment
• Communicate progress, risks, resource needs, and business impact to leadership and stakeholders
• Support continuous improvement in engineering practices, execution, and knowledge sharing
• Partner with global and cross-functional teams to deliver portfolio objectives

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or B.E./B.Tech in a related engineering discipline
• 15+ years of relevant engineering experience
• 5+ years of people management experience
• Ability to manage and develop teams of approximately 15 to 20 members
• Strong background in mechanical product development and sustaining engineering
• Experience in a regulated product development environment
• Proven ability to lead engineering teams and manage multiple priorities
• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals, including design, materials, manufacturing processes, tolerance analysis, and engineering documentation
• Experience with design controls, engineering change management, and product lifecycle processes
• Knowledge of risk management practices such as DFMEA
• Experience working with cross-functional teams across engineering, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, operations, or program management
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

• Willingness to travel as required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the medical device industry
• FEA and simulation experience
• Experience supporting multiple product lines or portfolios
• Experience managing principal-level engineers or technical leaders
• Experience with CAD tools such as Creo, SolidWorks, or similar platforms
• Experience with PLM tools and engineering change systems
• Experience in design verification, validation, and lifecycle management
• Exposure to spinal implants and instrumentation, electrosurgical devices, or related capital equipment
• Experience leading distributed or global teams

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. 

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Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
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This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).