Sensor Engineering Manager

4 days ago


Northridge, United States Medtronic Full time

**Careers That Change Lives**

Join us in Engineering the Extraordinary as an Engineering Manager in the Sensor and Infusion Engineering R&D division at Medtronic Diabetes.

As a lead in the team, you will help in supporting the evaluation of technology and assess the feasibility of innovative sensor designs. As the team leader, you will be instrumental in providing essential project management and leadership to enable product development success.

Your role will encompass collaboration with technical program managers to provide engineering leadership. You will participate in the ideation, design, development, clinical testing, and regulatory submissions of micro-fabricated electrochemical glucose and bio-sensors. These sensors are crucial components of our next-generation diabetes management products. Your leadership will be key in validating designs and contributing towards the Medtronic mission.

In this role, you will be responsible for identifying and implementing top-tier processes and technologies, as well as fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Your leadership will focus on coaching, developing, and mentoring your team to enhance performance metrics, thereby supporting the organization’s short and long-term goals. You will also directly manage significant operational projects, ensuring that our program management and clinical practices are of the highest standard, thereby providing a competitive advantage for our business.

This is an in-person full-time position and may require travel less than 10% of the time.

The Diabetes Operating Unit focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community. As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We’re committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, always with an aim to make their lives easier. Our portfolio of innovative solutions is designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health, helping them achieve better glucose control, while spending less time managing their disease.

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide.

**A Day in the Life**
- As the leader of the Clinical Oversight team, you will be accountable to the Sensor R&D leadership for overall study execution. Your responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Oversee the design and execution of all CGM R&D pre-clinical and human feasibility studies in collaboration with clinical partners ensuring they align with the organization’s financial and competitive goals.
- Maintain the study plan and schedule, engaging cross-functionally for successful completion, ensuring stakeholder engagement.
- Engage, maintain, and cultivate relationships with our clinical partners both internal and external to Medtronic.
- Develop mechanisms for monitoring study progress and intervening when necessary.
- Provide a communication link between the clinical team, regulatory function, and the rest of the Sensor R&D organization.
- Foster a deep understanding of clinical sensor signals and their integration into diabetes management systems.
- Develop a robust understanding of system interdependencies as they relate to sensor signals, and drive requirements accordingly.
- Maintain system and platform-level visibility to ensure seamless integration of continuous monitoring devices into standalone and closed-loop systems.
- Develop clear and attainable project objectives, build project requirements, and manage the triple constraints of time, cost, and technical scope
- Develop and maintain a detailed project plan for workstreams and engage with the technical team to deliver on milestones
- Work across engineering teams (chemistry design, sensor electrode design, sensor manufacturing, algorithms, system engineering, clinical feasibility, etc.) to manage technical effort and design integration
- Manage technical risks and issues by working with the technical team to develop and maintain risk burndown plans, tracking metrics that relate to the sensor performance goals, investigating issues and implementing solutions in a timely manner
- Promote team professional development to enhance engagement, growth, job satisfaction, and organizational health.
- Mentor junior staff to develop best practices to ensure process adherence and effective project management, utilizing best practice skills, as well as framing and resolving issues.
- Respond to business environment demands through resource planning, resource allocation, skill set competencies, and long-term capacity planning.
- Manage and track the clinical budget.
- Develop communication mechanisms including storyboards and leverage PowerPoint slides to inform Senior level leadership and progra



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