Job Description

Locations: Northridge, California, United States of America

Posted on: Posted Yesterday

Job Requisition ID: R11566

Position Description:

Responsible for the planning, executing reliability testing, and product verification efforts for products within the portfolio. Draft and release engineering and verification test plans, protocols, and reports, and translate use conditions and functions into appropriate and validated test methods designed to evaluate and assess device operation in their intended environments comprehensively. Responsible for defining verification strategy, reliability goals, and developing requirements test methods based on use conditions across electro-mechanical products with Class III Medical Devices classification. Perform FEA simulations to identify the effect of use conditions on design reliability and structural analysis using tools including ANSYS Sherlock and Mechanical, and derive mathematical models and transfer functions to understand design margin against known stressors. Plan and set up HALT testing to determine potential failure modes and identify targeted design improvement areas. Derive acceleration factors for accelerated testing including end of life test, fatigue, and UV exposure testing. Conduct Design of Experiments (DOE), perform root cause analysis (RCA), and recommend corrective and/or preventive actions based on structured failure methods and investigations. Set up reliability models, perform life analysis using ReliaSoft Weibull++, ALTA, BlockSim, RGA, and XFMEA, and calculate the number of cycles in fatigue testing using n-code. Design and complete test method validation of test fixtures for mechanical testing, including push, pull, torque, bend, impact, and drop testing. Operate lab equipment including Instron, torque testers, 3D printers, CNC machines, LCR meter, signal generator, microscopes, digital microscopes, soldering equipment, IPX8 tanks, artificial tissues, DAQs, and thermocouples.

Basic Qualifications:

Master’s degree in mechanical, industrial, or biomedical engineering or a related engineering discipline. Requires at least three (3) years of experience as a Reliability or Test Engineer or related occupation. Must possess at least three (3) years of experience in all of the following areas:

1. Defining verification strategy, reliability goals, and developing requirements test methods based on use conditions across electro-mechanical products with Class III Medical Devices classification.
2. Running FEA simulations using ANSYS Mechanical and Sherlock and deriving mathematical models and transfer functions to understand design margin against known stressors.
3. Planning and conducting HALT testing.
4. Outlining steps to determine acceleration factors for UV testing, life testing, and fatigue testing.
5. Conducting DOE, RCA, and physics of failure investigations.
6. Setting up reliability models, performing life analysis using ReliaSoft Weibull++, ALTA, BlockSim, RGA, and XFMEA, and calculating the number of cycles in fatigue testing using n-code.
7. Designing and completing test method validation of test fixtures for mechanical testing, including push, pull, torque, bend, impact, and drop tests.
8. Operating lab equipment, including Instron, torque testers, 3D printers, CNC machines, LCR meter, signal generator, microscopes, digital microscopes, soldering equipment, IPX8 tanks, artificial tissues, DAQs, and thermocouples.

Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.

Alternate Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, industrial, or biomedical engineering or a related engineering discipline. Requires at least five (5) years of experience as a Reliability or Test Engineer or related occupation. Must possess at least five (5) years of experience in the areas listed above.

The position is located at Medtronic, Inc., 18000 Devonshire Street, Northridge, CA 91325.

Salary: $137,000 to $148,800 per year

THIS POSITION QUALIFIES FOR THE MEDTRONIC EMPLOYEE REFERRAL BONUS PROGRAM AT THE LEVEL OF $1,000. Refer to the program guidelines located at InternalJobs.Medtronic.com.

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