Calibration 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.

A Day In The Life

Are you passionate about precision, process improvement, and building internal capabilities? As a Calibration Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy of our equipment while driving strategic initiatives to insource calibration activities and elevate the service levels of our department.

This position is ideal for a proactive individual who thrives on identifying opportunities for improvement, implementing solutions that drive efficiency and quality, and contributing to the long-term sustainability of our calibration operations. You’ll join a dynamic, self-propelling team based in Heerlen, dedicated to delivering successful and accurate calibrations. With a flexible hybrid work model, this role offers a balance between in-office collaboration and remote productivity.

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

• Lead and support insourcing initiatives for calibration activities, including feasibility assessments, resource planning, and implementation
• Analyse existing calibration workflows and processes, identifying areas for optimization that carry strategic value
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement initiatives that enhance efficiency, reduce downtime, and improve response times
• Maintain accurate calibration records and reports to ensure traceability and audit readiness and support internal and external audits by providing accurate calibration documentation
• Perform regular reviews and updates of quality procedures, ensuring alignment with evolving requirements and best practices and perform calibration and verification of instruments, equipment, and systems used in production and testing
• Proactively monitor service metrics and key performance indicators, identifying trends and recommending corrective actions
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices to drive innovation and maintain competitiveness in calibration methods

Required Knowledge And Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or a closely related field)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Dutch
• Basic understanding of calibration principles, measurement uncertainty, and metrology
• Familiarity with calibration tools and software
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail combined with excellent organizational 

Experience with insourcing technical services, especially calibration or metrology-related functions, previous experience in calibration, metrology, or quality assurance, knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025 or similar standards, hands-on experience with sensors, gauges, and testing equipment, exposure to stakeholder engagement and change management and experience in project management or continuous improvement initiatives (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) are considered advantages in this role.

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. 

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.
 

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 95,000+ 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