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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.
A Day in the Life
The Neuromodulation Operating Unit develops implantable and minimally invasive technologies that address chronic pain, movement disorders, and other neurological conditions. Within Neuromodulation, the Interventional Pain portfolio develops procedural therapies that treat musculoskeletal pathologies, vertebral compression fractures, nerve pain, spinal tumors, and related conditions.
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This role is part of the Research and Development organization and partners closely with systems, software, electrical, mechanical, quality, regulatory, human factors, and manufacturing teams to support the development and commercialization of medical device technologies.
This position is based onsite in Santa Clara, California. This is an onsite role with no travel requirement.
As a Senior Research & Development Test Engineer, you will lead system-level verification and validation activities for Interventional Pain products throughout the product development lifecycle. This role partners with cross-functional teams to define test strategies, execute verification and validation activities, evaluate product performance, and generate documentation supporting design quality, regulatory compliance, and product commercialization.
Primary Responsibilities
Lead system-level verification and validation planning, execution, documentation, and reporting for product development programs.
Develop verification and validation strategies for system components including mechanical, electrical, and software elements.
Design and execute test methods, test method validations, protocols, fixtures, and engineering reports.
Conduct laboratory, simulated-use, and user validation testing to evaluate product safety, performance, and usability.
Facilitate design reviews, risk management activities, and design input traceability to verification and validation results.
Analyze test results, investigate failures, and recommend corrective actions to improve product performance and reliability.
Partner with manufacturing, quality, regulatory, marketing, and human factors teams to support compliant product development and design transfer.
Provide technical leadership to engineers and external development partners throughout the product lifecycle.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline and 4+ years of technical testing or engineering experience OR Advanced degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline and 2+ years of technical testing or engineering experience.
Experience leading system-level verification planning, execution, and documentation.
Experience leading system-level validation planning, execution, and documentation.
Knowledge of software development principles, electrical engineering fundamentals, and use of electrical test equipment such as oscilloscopes and multimeters.
Experience working independently and within cross-functional product development teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in regulated industries such as medical devices, aerospace, or defense.
Experience testing systems with integrated mechanical, electrical, and software components.
Knowledge of IEC 60601 standards, electrical safety testing, and electromagnetic compatibility testing.
Experience with design input traceability, risk management, and V-model product development.
Experience with Design for Reliability and…