Principal Statistician

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 24 Feb 2025

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 LifeCareers That Change Lives
In this exciting role as Principal Statistician - Diabetes Product Innovation, you will have responsibility for supporting Diabetes engineering teams in transforming the way we use data by applying your expertise in statistics, especially in Industrial statistics, and advanced analytics for process and product improvement and enabling our organization to make data-driven decisions.
The Diabetes Operating Unit focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community.  As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that significantly reduces the burdens of their disease state and providing support in the ways they need. Visit www.medtronicdiabetes.com for an overview of the products in our Diabetes product portfolio.
Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, unique backgrounds, and individual life experiences to work daily. It’s no accident — we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners.
The preference is for this to be a hybrid office position at our Northridge, CA, location.

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

• Develops and/or applies statistical methods, software, and theories in industrial statistics.
• Utilizes complex statistical modeling to solve business problems and product development challenges.
• Interprets and applies data in complex analyses and explains findings to cross-functional audiences to improve innovation and sustain efforts.
• Writes procedures for quality systems tasks that have statistical requirements (for example, test method validation, design verification, process validation)
• Participates in reviewing, developing, and presenting statistics training material. 
• Supports standard statistical tools in the Diabetes business (for example, Minitab)
• Maintains proficiency in statistical techniques, programming, and data management best practices.
• Participates in the Global Industrial Statistics Community of Practice, supporting alignment on standards and expectations across the company.
• Ensure adherence to applicable procedures to ensure quality system compliance and high-quality work.
• Understand the various regulations we operate under in the medical device industry and ensure that the statistical methods applied align with regulatory bodies' expectations. 

Must Have (Minimum Requirements):

To be considered for this role, the minimum requirement must be evident on your resume.

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have:

• MS or PhD degree in Statistics or equivalent
• Extensive and recent experience in the following:
  • Statistical software:  SAS and/or R
  • Statistical methods (in particular:  design of experiments, acceptance sampling, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis, reliability analysis, ANOVA, and regression)
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate (written and verbal) technical content.
• Experience as a Statistician or Biostatistician at Medtronic or other medical device company, or highly regulated industries.
• Experience with Test Method Validation, Design Verification, Risk Assessment, Design Verification, and/or Process Validation
• Medical device domain knowledge Experience with Diabetes therapies/products
• Experience in regulatory compliance guidelines for medical devices (e.g. ISO, MDD/MDR, CFR)

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. 

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.

Benefits & Compensation
 

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.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$139,200.00 - $208,800.00

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

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. 
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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.