Chemist I

Medtronic•Fridley, MN

14h•Onsite

About The Position

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 Life Our Global Quality Strategy is rooted in the Medtronic Mission and our Quality Policy. Being a 'trusted partner' means always putting patient safety first, upholding product quality, and maintaining the highest ethical standards in our business relationships and programs. This is an entry level role with responsibility for performing a variety of routine and non-routine tasks in a regulated laboratory environment in order to support, as well as help develop, pharmaceutical platforms. The chemist I will work in conformance with company policies, current Good Lab Practices (GLP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and regulatory requirements and standards to meet quality and accuracy requirements. Individuals will perform procedures for process/analysis and assist their manager and peers with routine and non-routine Quality Control and Research procedures. 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 a minimum of 5 days a week onsite 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 role is 100% onsite at our Rice Creek, MN manufacturing site.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology or related technical discipline with 0+ years of experience.
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.
Must be able to stand/sit/walk up to 8 hrs/day.

Nice To Haves

Perform experiments at bench height, perform light lifting/bending or stretching to support test apparatus setup or teardown.
General wet chemistry laboratory techniques and/or experience with liquid chromatography (UPLC/HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), dissolution (Apparatus 2 and 7), Karl Fischer, FT-IR, and UV-Vis.
Experience with chromatography software (Empower).
Microsoft Word and Excel skills.
The ability to work in a laboratory with solvents and pharmaceutical substances.
Solid technical ability, experience with equipment set up, and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

Comply with all quality system requirements
Perform preparation, collection, measurement and recordkeeping of samples
Document test and data analysis results
Participate on cross-functional teams for continuous improvement activities
Communicate with team members to ensure schedule requirements are met
Apply knowledge of performed tasks to elucidate test method failures
Analyze and deduce data and collate test results
Communicate priority and timeliness for completion of customer requests
Help drive the team to meet business goals
Support development area as needed / commercial QC release
Learn and understand the manufacturing organization that the lab supports

Benefits

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
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
Simple Steps (global well-being program)
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)
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)