Senior Design Quality Engineer, Irvine California (On-Site)

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 4 Sep 2026   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 Medtronic Neuroscience is focused on transforming care for patients with neurological, spinal, and chronic pain conditions. Through meaningful innovation and strong clinical partnerships, we help clinicians deliver therapies that improve lives and expand what is possible in-patient care. Neurovascular is focused on improving outcomes for patients affected by stroke and cerebrovascular disease. We develop innovative technologies that support fast, precise treatment and help clinicians make a meaningful difference in critical moments. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. We’re working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance, foster an environment of belonging, and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the extraordinary.                      Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Neurovascular As a Neurovascular Senior Design Quality Engineer , you will partner directly with product development teams to influence the design, reliability, manufacturability, and quality of neurovascular medical devices. This role provides technical quality leadership throughout new product development, applying risk management, data analysis, and design quality principles to support safe, effective, and reliable products.

Partner with R&D and Process Development teams to influence product design decisions throughout the development lifecycle. Lead and support reliability studies, design characterization activities, and design of experiments (DOE) to evaluate product and process performance. Apply risk management methodologies to identify, assess, and mitigate product and process risks from development through commercialization. Develop and recommend test methods, statistical approaches, and process controls to achieve reliability and quality objectives. Analyze product performance data, process metrics, and investigation results to identify improvement opportunities and support decision making. Provide quality engineering leadership for verification, validation, and design transfer activities. Recommend design, material, or process improvements to enhance product performance, manufacturability, and reliability. Mentor engineers and collaborate across functions to support project execution and organizational capability development.

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science and a minimum of 4 years of engineering and/or quality experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of engineering and/or quality experience. Experience supporting product development, design quality, quality engineering, or related engineering activities. Experience applying statistical analysis and data-driven problem-solving techniques to engineering or quality challenges. Experience working in a regulated environment and supporting design control, risk management, verification, or validation activities.

Experience with vascular or neurovascular medical devices. Experience in product realization, design engineering, and/or design quality engineering. Advanced statistical analysis experience, including Minitab, Design of Experiments (DOE), capability analysis, stability analysis, and graphical analysis. Knowledge of medical device quality systems and regulations, including ISO 13485, European Union Medical Device Regulation