We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 22 Sep 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

Our Cardiac Rhythm Management Integrated Operating Unit offers devices and therapies that treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure. It is comprised of four key businesses: Cardiac Pacing Therapies, Defibrillation Solutions, Patient Management, and Procedure Innovations. Together, we will transform the lives of people with cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 70% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

This is a remote role.

In this exciting role as the Field Clinical Engineer (FCE) for the Cardiac Rhythm Management Operating Unit, you will be responsible for the introduction, implementation and follow-up of clinical studies; support of research and development in evaluating concepts for new products the modification of existing devices; serving as a technical resource between engineering, clinical research, and the medical community. Among these responsibilities, the highest priority is given to the support of clinical studies. 

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

• Provides technical assistance to clinical study sites by serving as the technical resource between engineering and the medical community.
• This position is applicable when complex products are involved in clinical trials.
• Typically present during initial implant to determine how the product interacts with a human body.
• Accountable for identifying investigators, presenting protocols for a study, assisting investigators in product application, and submitting status reports on all programs.
• Assist research and development in evaluating concepts of new products and modifying existing devices or therapies.
• Individuals in this role are often publishing data and findings in journals and may have existing patents and/or patent applications.

Other Responsibilities:

• Provides all aspects of assistance for Clinical Research studies by identifying investigators, nominating sites, performing activation duties, providing training, encouraging enrollment, ensuring quality data acquisition and performing study closure activities.
• Accountable for gaining and maintaining knowledge of clinical sites to best understand and assess physicians’ interests and capabilities.
• Develops expertise in clinical and market released products and functions as a local technical/clinical resource for Medtronic and the customer.
• May be present in the operating room during clinical procedures as well as physician office to facilitate patient testing and data collection.
• Accountable for developing and leveraging relationships in the field to drive clinical activity and maintain focus on the customer.
• Provides feedback from clinical sites on the performance of the product to be incorporated in engineering designs or enhancements, Assists research and development in evaluating concepts for new products, and considers potential modifications for existing devices while serving as a technical resource between engineering and the medical pacing community.
• Provides prospective and real-time feedback to clinical study management in study design and document development. 
• Plays a critical role in educating customers, sales partners and internal Clinical Research talent on the technology that they assist.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements):

To be considered for this role, the minimum requirements must be evident on your resume.

• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of experience in clinical research or as a clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales rep
• Or advanced degree and 0 years of experience in clinical research or as a clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales rep

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):

• Experience at Medtronic or within the medical device industry
• Experience in the management of clinical devices.
• Cardiovascular/Cardiac rhythm management device training (e.g., pacemakers & defibrillators) strongly preferred.
• Experience in a Cath lab, biomedical engineering, hospital/clinic or medical sales.
• Experience in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and/or regulatory compliance guidelines for clinical trials.
• Experience in clinical studies and/or trial site management/protocols.
• Experience collaborating with cross functional clinical partners/customers, physicians and/or medical sales colleagues in the healthcare industry

• Provides technical support to clinical study sites by serving as the technical resource between engineering and the medical community.
• This position is applicable when complex products are involved in clinical trials.
• Typically present during initial implant to determine how the product interacts with a human body.
• Responsible for identifying investigators, presenting protocols for a study, assisting investigators in product application, and submitting status reports on all programs.
• Support research and development in evaluating concepts of new products and modifying existing devices or therapies.
• Individuals in this role are often publishing data and findings in journals and may have existing patents and/or patent applications.

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
 

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):$84,000.00 - $126,000.00

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:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

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.

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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.