
Quality Engineer II
Medtronic · North Haven, CT
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $79k–$119k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Medtronic (medical devices) in North Haven, CT. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, CAPA, Minitab, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Base pay
- $79k–$119k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Connecticut: typical posted base $82k–$119k. This one lists $79k–$119k.
Median of the low and high ends of 6 live postings that list pay, out of 8 quality engineer openings in Connecticut, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Connecticut plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 7 other live quality postings in Connecticut.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 4+)
Typical $82k–$119k, from 5 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 88%
- ✓ Six Sigma 75%
- Root cause 63%
- ✓ CAPA 63%
- FDA / GMP 50%
- Lean 38%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Medtronic in North Haven
3 other open roles at this site · 5 people we found in quality roles at Medtronic.
- Operations Quality Engineer II · Quality
- Principal Reliability Engineer · Reliability · Senior
- Sr. Reliability Engineer (Stapling Portfolio / Surgical) · Reliability · Senior
Quality Engineer II at Medtronic in other locations
Medtronic lists this title in 2 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
- Irvine, CA · $79k–$119k
Full description from MedtronicAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Develop, apply, and maintain quality standards and protocols for manufacturing processes and products.
- ◆Execute process validation activities across the validation lifecycle, supporting compliant and reliable manufacturing processes.
- ◆Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing to establish and maintain quality standards and resolve product and process quality issues.
- ◆Develop and implement inspection, testing, and evaluation methods for products, materials, processes, and production equipment.
- ◆Perform quality assurance testing and statistical analysis to evaluate process and product performance.
- ◆Investigate nonconforming products or materials and support corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities.
- ◆Ensure corrective measures meet reliability standards and associated quality documentation complies with requirements.
- ◆Support quality activities across production control, product evaluation, reliability, incoming materials, and process quality.
Required Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or a technical field with 2+ years of Engineering and/or Quality experience OR advanced degree in Engineering, Science, or a technical field with 0 years of Engineering and/or Quality experience
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Biomedical, or Mechanical Engineering; advanced degree preferred.
- ✓Manufacturing environment experience.
- ✓Process validation experience across the validation lifecycle, including Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), Test Method Validation (TMV), and Performance Qualification (PQ).
- ✓Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) experience.
- ✓Experience with Minitab statistical software and/or Six Sigma training.
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the
requirements
of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
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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
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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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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 an
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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
The Quality Engineer II supports the Surgical Sutures Manufacturing business within Medtronic’s Surgical Innovations group and Enterprise Operations. The Quality Engineering function supports manufacturing operations through process validation, quality system execution, and maintenance of quality standards for medical device manufacturing.
This role is 100% onsite at the North Haven, CT manufacturing site, five days per week.
The Quality Engineer II provides quality engineering support for manufacturing operations, with a primary focus on process validation and quality system execution. This role partners with Engineering and Manufacturing to maintain product and process quality, execute validation activities, address nonconformances, and ensure required quality documentation is complete and compliant.
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