Quality Engineer II

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Mar 2026

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LOCATION:

This position will support the Advanced Surgical Instruments Manufacturing business 5 days onsite within Medtronic’s Surgical Innovations group located in Boulder, CO.This is an on-site role supporting the Global Operations & Supply Chain organization at the Boulder, CO manufacturing facility. As a Quality Engineer, you will serve as a key member of a cross-functional core team responsible for supporting the production of Class II medical devices.

This role is responsible for ensuring all aspects of the manufacturing process produce products to the highest possible reliability and quality. Some responsibilities include investigating and evaluating nonconforming devices and process identified during the manufacturing process as well as determining and implementing robust corrective actions to address the issues.

Additionally, this role is responsible for identifying and validating improvements to reduce cycle time and improve overall production cell reliability. Monitoring and evaluation of complaints on devices used during surgical procedures is also required.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
* 5 day on site support of daily manufacturing operations including troubleshooting of equipment, investigation of defects, and validation of equipment/processes.
* Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality standards and protocol for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.
* Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
* Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
* Designs or specifies inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
* Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
* May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.  
** Must Have:

Minimum Requirements
*** Bachelors degree required
* 2 years of quality experience required or a Master's degree and 0 years of experience.
** Nice to Have
*** Experience working in a fast paced Manufacturing environment
* Medical Device experience
* Experience in quality engineering

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
** 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…