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Medtronic Senior Mechanical Engineer – Physiological Sensing Systems - Mervue Site in Galway, Ireland
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
The Senior Mechanical Engineer leads mechanical development activities for product development and research applications across physiologic monitoring systems and accessories, including wearable and cable‑integrated solutions.
Medtronic
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Our Purpose
The Physiological Sensing R&D team is dedicated to the end-to-end development, continuous advancement, and clinical validation of innovative monitoring technologies that measure, interpret, and leverage physiological signals to improve patient outcomes. Their expertise spans anesthesia and depth of sedation monitoring, respiratory monitoring, pulse oximetry, regional oximetry, and the integration of predictive algorithms and clinical decision support solutions. By focusing on non-invasive, real-time technologies, they empower clinicians with actionable insights in surgery, critical care, and other high-risk settings.
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A Day in The Life Of:
The Senior Mechanical Engineer leads mechanical development activities for product development and research applications across physiologic monitoring systems and accessories, including wearable and cable‑integrated solutions.
Translates system and user needs into practical mechanical designs, working closely with industrial design, electrical, software, systems, and test engineering partners.
Leads mechanical design and development of components and subsystems for physiologic monitoring devices, including wearable and cable‑integrated solutions for product development and research applications.
Highly hands‑on, developing CAD models, building and evaluating prototypes, performing structural and thermal analyses, and iterating designs based on test results.
Perform FEA studies (structural, thermal, fatigue) to predict performance and guide design decisions.
Collaborate with external vendors for tooling and fabrication.
Contribute to risk management, documentation, and technical reviews required for quality and regulatory compliance.
Select, characterize, and qualify materials and manufacturing processes appropriate for performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
Plan and execute mechanical verification and validation activities, including defining test methods, executing tests, and documenting results.
Analyze test data, identify failure modes, and implement design improvements to address performance or reliability issues.
Owns the mechanical integrity of assigned components and subsystems, supports verification and validation activities, and contributes technical expertise to ensure designs meet performance, usability, reliability, and regulatory requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
Key Skills & Experience
Requires a Minimum NFQ level 8 Engineering degree (Mechanical or Biomedical) with 4 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience.
Hands-on experience designing mechanical components and subsystems for electromechanical products, including wearable and cable‑integrated solutions.
Proficiency with 3D CAD tools and creation of detailed drawings, GD&T, and technical documentation.
Working knowledge of FEA tools and methods, including structural, thermal, and fatigue analysis, to support design decisions.
Experience with material selection, characterization, and qualification for performance, reliability, biocompatibility, and environmental requirements.
Familiarity with manufacturing processes such as injection molding, overmolding, extrusion, machining, and assembly.
Experience planning and executing mechanical verification and validation activities, including test method development, execution, and reporting.
Ability to analyze test results, identify failure modes, and implement effective design improvements.
Experience collaborating cross-functionally with electrical, software, systems, industrial design, and manufacturing engineers.
Experience working in regulated development environments; knowledge of medical device quality systems, designing for compliance to IEC 60601 preferred.
Strong communication skills and ability to clearly document and present technical findings and recommendations.
Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package
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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.
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.
Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 62,320.00 EUR - 93,480.00 EUR |
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
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.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com)
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.
We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.
We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.
This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…
Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning
These commitments set our team apart from the rest:
Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care
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