As a Senior Principal Reliability Engineer at Medtronic's Post Market Quality organization in Mounds View, MN, you will lead technical and strategic initiatives to ensure the safety and reliability of commercial medical devices. Your daily responsibilities include conducting Health Risk Assessments, driving post-market surveillance strategies, and performing complex failure analysis. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to guide critical quality decisions, mentor senior engineers, and communicate complex reliability information to executive leadership and regulatory authorities. The role demands expertise in risk management, advanced analytics, and compliance with global regulations, requiring a Baccalaureate degree plus 10 years of experience or equivalent qualifications.
Skills
ISO
14971
Post-Market Surveillance
Health Risk Assessments
Root Cause Analysis
Statistical Analysis
Technical Writing
Regulatory Compliance
Quality Management Systems
Mentorship
Risk Management
Field Corrective Action
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Executive Communication
What you'll do
Lead portfolio-level risk management and Health Risk Assessments using post-market data.
Define and drive enterprise post-market reliability surveillance strategies across multiple products.
Serve as technical authority for high-impact failure investigations and complaint trend excursions.
Act as a subject-matter expert in regulatory interactions, ensuring compliance with global standards.
Lead cross-functional corrective actions to address systemic reliability risks across the product lifecycle.
Mentor senior technical talent and establish engineering best practices within the organization.
Translate complex reliability information into actionable insights for executive leadership.
What we're looking for
Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in medical device industry or related field.
Lead portfolio-level risk management and Health Risk Assessments using post-market data.
Define and drive enterprise post-market reliability surveillance strategies across multiple products.
Serve as technical authority for high-impact failure investigations and complaint trend excursions.
Act as a subject-matter expert in regulatory interactions, ensuring compliance with global standards.
Market check
Salary context
This
$163,200–$244,800
range sits above
70%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$130,050–$212,750
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$138,000–$219,475
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About Medtronic
Medtronic plc is the world's largest medical technology company by revenue, specializing in device-based therapies for over 70 health conditions.
Medtronic currently has
24 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$135,200–$198,000
across 24 roles with salary data.
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