Mechanical Engineering Manager

Medtronic · Healthcare & Pharma

Nanakramguda, Hyderabad, India
On-site
Posted yesterday
Core Engineering

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About the job

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

The Medtronic Engineering and Innovation Center (MEIC) supports global product development, sustaining engineering, and technology advancement across Medtronic businesses. The Neuroscience Mechanical Engineering team partners with global stakeholders to design, develop, optimize, and sustain medical device products throughout the product lifecycle. The team supports a broad Neuroscience portfolio including spinal implants and instrumentation, electrosurgical devices, enabling technologies, and associated capital equipment, supporting product development, sustaining engineering, design optimization, risk management, design verification, and lifecycle management activities while ensuring compliance with applicable medical device quality and regulatory requirements.

This Engineering Manager position will lead the CST Mechanical Engineering team supporting the Neuroscience portfolio. The role is responsible for people leadership, technical and project oversight, resource planning, capability development, and delivery of product development and sustaining engineering initiatives. The manager will collaborate with global business and cross-functional partners to align priorities, strengthen engineering ownership, and ensure predictable delivery of high-quality engineering solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

Lead a team of mechanical engineers supporting product development and sustaining engineering across the neuroscience portfolio

Set team priorities, define responsibilities, and ensure clear accountability

Align resources to portfolio needs and changing business priorities

Oversee execution of multiple engineering projects against scope, schedule, quality, cost, and technical goals

Provide technical leadership in mechanical design, analysis, verification, validation, documentation, and product release activities

Ensure compliance with design controls, quality system requirements, and applicable medical device regulations

Support risk management activities, including DFMEA and other design risk assessments

Build team capability in mechanical design, engineering analysis, design controls, and medical device lifecycle processes

Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop engineering talent

Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable team environment

Communicate progress, risks, resource needs, and business impact to leadership and stakeholders

Support continuous improvement in engineering practices, execution, and knowledge sharing

Partner with global and cross-functional teams to deliver portfolio objectives

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or B.E./B.Tech in a related engineering discipline

15+ years of relevant engineering experience

5+ years of people management experience

Ability to manage and develop teams of approximately 15 to 20 members

Strong background in mechanical product development and sustaining engineering

Experience in a regulated product development environment

Proven ability to lead engineering teams and manage multiple priorities

Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals, including design, materials, manufacturing processes, tolerance analysis, and engineering documentation

Experience with design controls, engineering change management, and product lifecycle processes

Knowledge of risk management practices such as DFMEA

Experience working with cross-functional teams across engineering, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, operations, or program management

Strong communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

Willingness to travel as required

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in the medical device industry

FEA and simulation experience

Experience supporting multiple product lines or portfolios

Experience managing principal-level engineers or technical leaders

Experience with CAD tools such as Creo, SolidWorks, or similar platforms

Experience with PLM tools and engineering change systems

Experience in design verification, validation, and lifecycle management

Exposure to spinal implants and instrumentation, electrosurgical devices, or related capital equipment

Experience leading distributed or global teams

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.

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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.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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