.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 LifeResponsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.- Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality standards and protocol for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.- Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.- Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.- Designs or specifies inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.- Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies - from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills.DIFFERENTIATING FACTORSAutonomy: Seasoned individual contributor.Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions.Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area.Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties.Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area.Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors.Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making.Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others' work product