Innovation Engineer - Senior Associate

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 6 Jan 2026

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

We are seeking an Innovation Engineer – Senior Associate to join the Strategy and Transformation Team within the Enterprise Risk & Facilities organization. This team operates at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and enterprise transformation, serving as catalysts for Medtronic’s continued evolution in a dynamic environment.

In this hands-on, high-impact role, you will help shape and deliver the next generation of digital solutions that enhance the workplace experience for all employees and Medtronic’s overall patient delivery. You will design, build, and implement innovative tools and data-driven processes that drive operational excellence and empower end-users. Your work will span advanced analytics, automation, digital product development, and software engineering, turning ideas into reality and ensuring measurable business outcomes. We want you to help elevate us to the next level – taking our current products, processes, and analytics and building them into long-term platforms and solutions for Medtronic.

This role can be based at any US Medtronic location

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

Key Responsibilities :

• Build and deploy interactive applications that enable end users to visualize data, automate processes, and solve business problems
• Support the full lifecycle of digital and analytics projects – from ideation and prototyping to deployment and continuous improvement
• Design, develop, and implement data-driven tools, dashboards, and automation workflows using Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps), Python, and modern web application frameworks (e.g., Streamlit)
• Using software engineering, evolve existing analytics into dedicated platforms.
• Analyze complex datasets to uncover trends, generate actionable insights, and support strategic decision-making
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand needs and translate them into technical requirements and innovative digital solutions
• Develop clear, compelling presentations and documentation to communicate findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences

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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.

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) : $101,600.00 - $152,400.00This 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, andSimple 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), andCapital 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.

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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 .

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.

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