Medtronic
Mechanical Design Engineer II
Fridley, Minnesota, United States of America · Mid · Contract
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~30% per draw at Level II). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$7,834 more — $93,434 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $93,434 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Mechanical Engineers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Mechanical Engineers (17-2141) · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 28 Oct 2026 Careers that change lives start here.
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Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and verify mechanical and electromechanical components and systems for released products.
- Analyze complex engineering issues and implement design solutions to improve product performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
- Initiate and implement design changes, including updates to bills of materials, specifications, and engineering drawings.
- Support Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) and Released Product Investigations (RPI), including ownership of assigned activities.
- Collaborate with Reliability, Regulatory Affairs, Operations, Quality, and Sourcing teams to execute product lifecycle initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 2 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree
- 2 years of experience in engineering or technical design and testing
- Identify and execute testing required to support regulatory submissions, renewals, field actions, and deficiency responses.
- Support product transfer and manufacturing implementation activities as required.
Nice to have
- Experience with concept design, prototyping and evaluation
- Experience with design change management and sustaining engineering activities.
- Experience supporting CAPA, product investigations, or root cause analysis activities.
- Experience effectively and proactively supporting cross-functional teams.
- 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.
- Physical Job Requirements
- 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.
- For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile.
Compensation
- and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).
- Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
Benefits
- 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.
Company info
- U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact.
- 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. Recruitment Fraud Alert We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers.
Visa & Work Authorization
- U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
This listing is sourced directly from Medtronic's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.