
Senior Quality Engineer
Medtronic · Boulder, CO
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $98k–$148k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Medtronic (medical devices) in Boulder, CO. Additionally, this role is responsible for identifying and validating improvements to reduce cycle time and improve overall production cell reliability.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Base pay
- $98k–$148k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Colorado: typical posted base $88k–$130k. This one lists $98k–$148k.
Median of the low and high ends of 24 live postings that list pay, out of 29 quality engineer openings in Colorado, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Colorado plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 28 other live quality postings in Colorado.
- Base pay
- About 22% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Typical $82k–$120k, from 20 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 55%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 45%
- Supplier quality 34%
- Six Sigma 34%
- ISO 9001 34%
- AS9100 31%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Medtronic in Boulder
1 other open role at this site · 5 people we found in quality roles at Medtronic.
- Supplier Quality Engineer II · Quality
Senior Quality Engineer at Medtronic in other locations
Medtronic lists this title in 2 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
- Salt Lake City, UT · $98k–$148k
Full description from MedtronicAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
responsibilities
include investigating and evaluating nonconforming devices and process identified during the manufacturing process as well as determining and implementing robust corrective actions to address the issues.
Additionally, this role is responsible for identifying and validating improvements to reduce cycle time and improve overall production cell reliability. Monitoring and evaluation of complaints on devices used during surgical procedures is also required.
Responsibilities
may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- ◆5 day on site support of daily manufacturing operations including troubleshooting of equipment, investigation of defects, and validation of equipment/processes.
- ◆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.
- ◆May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.
Required Knowledge and Experience
Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience.
requirements
of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
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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.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
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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
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 onsite 5 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
This is an on-site role supporting the Global Operations & Supply Chain organization at the Boulder, CO manufacturing facility. As a Quality Engineer, you will serve as a key member of a cross-functional core team responsible for supporting the production of Class II medical devices.
This position will support the Advanced Surgical Instruments Manufacturing business 5 days onsite within Medtronic’s Surgical Innovations group located in Boulder, CO.
This role is responsible for ensuring all aspects of the manufacturing process produce products to the highest possible reliability and quality. Some
Nice to Have
- +Experience working in a fast paced Manufacturing environment
- +Medical Device experience
- +Experience in quality engineering
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the
