Prin Field Clinical Engineer

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.

Join us as a Field Clinical Engineer and immerse yourself in an exhilarating role where you'll engage with cutting-edge technology, specifically implantable cardiac devices, across both pre- and post-market trials. In this role, you will support the Operating Unit of Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) and oversee several research centers within Germany. As a key player, you'll drive the clinical trial execution for the CRM at the site level, acting as an extension of our study teams based in Maastricht while navigating the local landscape. You'll collaborate closely with Key Opinion Leaders, local Medtronic colleagues, and various departments including Clinical & Regulatory Solutions, Sales, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, and Regulatory.

This position demands a blend of clinical and technical proficiency, ideally suited to those with experience in the cardiac catheter laboratory. You will interact with diverse stakeholders, proactively managing site performance and nurturing robust clinical research partnerships with leading hospitals across Germany. Integrated in the Global Field Clinical and Medical Science Organization and based in Germany, your role encompasses nationwide coverage, with occasional travel to other European countries to provide technical support. If you're ready to make an impact and drive innovation in cardiac care, we invite you to apply for this dynamic opportunity.

There is a facility-based immunization requirement for this position. Therefore, full Measles immunization is a requirement to fill the open position.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Provide technical assistance and act as a bridge between engineering and the medical community, especially during clinical trials involving complex products

• Manage all aspects of pre-market and post-market clinical research studies, including investigator identification, site nomination, protocol & study training , protocol compliance, enrolment encouragement, and data quality assurance

• Be present during initial implants and relevant clinical procedures to understand product interactions with the human body and facilitate data collection and patient testing

• Assist in evaluating new product concepts and modifying existing devices, providing feedback from clinical sites to enhance product performance

• Develop and maintain relationships with clinical sites to understand physician interests and capabilities, drive clinical activity while serving as a local technical and clinical resource for Medtronic and customers

• Educate, train and/or mentor internal clinical research talents, customers, clinical staff and sales partners on technology

• Lead major programs, function in a project leadership role, communicate effectively with various levels of internal and external customers, and represent the organization as a primary contact in their given territory for clinical study enrolments and follow-ups

Required Knowledge and Experience :

• University Masters or Bachelor's degree Clinical or Biomedical engineering

• Minimum 6 years of experience in the medical device industry in clinical research departments as a clinical specialist, field clinical engineer or sales representative roles in related fields

• Fluent in English and German (both written and spoken)

• Experience in a Cath lab, biomedical engineering, hospital/ clinic or medical sales - Experience in Clinical studies and/or trial site management/protocols according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

• Experience collaborating with cross functional clinical partners/customers, physicians and/or medical sales colleagues in the healthcare industry

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.

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.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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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.