Research & Development Engineer I - Onsite

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 12 Nov 2026   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 Spine R&D organization develops spinal implants, instruments, and systems used to treat degenerative, deformity, and tumor/trauma conditions. This role supports new product development from early concepts through verification, validation, and market release, with a focus on translating clinical and customer needs into solutions for spine surgery.   Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic CST   This position is based at the Medtronic Spine Hub in Memphis, Tennessee, and requires onsite work a minimum of four days per week. Domestic travel is less than 10%, typically 1–2 days per month.   As an R&D Engineer I, you will develop spinal implants, instruments, and systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams and customers throughout the new product development process. You will translate Voice of the Customer (VOC) input into product requirements, design specifications, and mechanical concepts, and support testing, risk management, verification, validation, and design documentation.   Primary Responsibilities • Develop mechanical concepts and designs for spinal implants, instruments, and systems from initial design through market release. • Translate customer and clinical needs into stakeholder requirements, system requirements, design specifications, and product concepts. • Evaluate system interfaces, use cases, and design risks; investigate issues and implement design improvements. • Design and conduct tests, experiments, numerical analyses, and evaluations to optimize product performance. • Support verification and validation activities to demonstrate that designs meet requirements, user needs, and intended use. • Incorporate feedback from customers, clinical users, cross-functional partners, suppliers, and consultants into product designs. • Create engineering reports, presentations, drawings, and design documentation throughout the development lifecycle. • Build spinal systems and clinical-use knowledge through customer and field visits, pre-clinical in vivo labs, literature reviews, and training.   Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical discipline. • Experience with mechanical design principles. • Experience with engineering drawing standards, including Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and tolerance stack analysis.   Preferred Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or biomedical engineering with a mechanical design focus or experience. • Experience with Creo, SolidWorks, or similar three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) software. • Experience with systems engineering methodologies, including requirements development, analysis, allocation, traceability, and verification and validation. • Knowledge of surgical instrumentation, spinal anatomy, clinical procedures, machining, or additive manufacturing/3D printing. • Experience in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated medical device environment, including applicable International Organization for Standardization (ISO) requirements, Quality System Regulations, and product lifecycle management systems such as Agile or Windchill.   For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United State