Senior Mechanical Technician

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 18 Aug 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 August 2025.

This job requires a highly skilled technician to support O-Arm/Solis programs. This includes debug mechanical issues, assess designs for design for manufacturing, design for service, support the development of work instructions and train operations personnel on proper assembly techniques. Knowledge of CAD systems and familiarity with tolerances and inspection techniques.

As a lead Mechanical Technician, you will develop world class medical products for image guided surgery, including the O-Arm. You will participate in the design, development and testing with an emphasis on mechanical product development.

Our journey to take healthcare Further, Together, begins with the collective efforts of our employees around the world. It’s those efforts that are reflected in Tenet 5 of our Mission, and rewarded through a complete package of benefits, pay, and resources designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Familiar with Electromechanical and Motion Assembly of large capital equipment systems in a development environment.
  
• Work with development team to design, build, test and validate performance of prototype systems.
  
• Familiar with mechanical inspection techniques and tools
  
• Familiar with geometric dimensioning, tolerancing, able to read mechanical drawings
  
• Experience writing assembly work instructions.
  
• Amenable to learning system level User Interface and running tests of capital equipment systems
  
• Operates machines to build prototypes for product development
  
• Perform failure analysis on customer, test and production components and sub-assemblies to determine root cause of failure.
  
• Can support testing through writing and executing tests. Experience with formal V&V activities.
  
• Coordinate analysis and completion for requested ECO's
  
• Generate BOM's, qualification reports, and assist in creating FMEA's
  
• Completes tasks or objectives with some direction or assistance from experienced engineers/technicians
  
• Complete understanding and able to successfully move a project through design control, quality and regulatory system processes.
  
• Basic understanding of optimization for production, reliability and cost.
  
• Monitor and communicate development status with stake holders
  
• Evaluate cost effective designs in selection of materials, assembly and manufacturing methods, conducting the appropriate investigation to recommend alternative solutions.
  
• Support design goals within the mechanical engineering project team. Design goals may include cost, size, weight, durability, manufacturability, and serviceability among others.
  
• Computer literate and skilled with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
  
• All activities must be performed in compliance with the Quality System
  

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent and minimum of 15 years of experience of relevant experience
  

Nice to Have

• Experience in Electromechanical and Motion Assembly of large capital equipment systems in a development environment
  
• Associate degree in Mechanical Engineering
  
• 10+ years of experience in industry product development
  
• Working knowledge of Mechanical Technical Principles, theories and concepts
  
• Experience with design and use of X-Ray products.
  
• Knowledge and interest in CNC machining for rapid prototyping.
  
• Knowledge in manufacturing and machining processes as they apply to the design process.
  
• Knowledge of experimentation methods and statistical techniques.
  
• Familiarity with Solidworks
  
• Familiarity with building cables, soldering, repairing PCBA�s
  

Travel

• Less than 10% annually
  

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.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

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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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$90,400.00 - $135,600.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple Steps (global well-being program).The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.Further details are available at the link below:

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About Medtronic

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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.It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronicâ€) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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