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Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the LifeAt Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts.

The candidate must reside within commuting distance of Mounds View, Minnesota for training and occasional work onsite.

         

         

The Associate Technical Service Specialist provides in-house technical support for Medtronic’s Electrophysiology Technologies portfolio, serving as a key resource for customers and field staff on products such as the Affera™ Ablation System.

This role is responsible for troubleshooting hardware and software issues through a Technical Support call center, including time-sensitive situations during live procedures as well as support outside of the clinical setting.

The specialist ensures accurate documentation of all customer interactions, drives timely follow-up, and leverages insights from support cases to inform cross-functional teams. This individual also plays an important role in representing the Voice of the Customer, contributing feedback to support continuous improvement and new product development.

Compensation:

• Annual Salary

• Annual Bonus: Target of 5%

• 4 weeks paid time off per year

• 10 paid holidays per year

• 401(k) with up to 6% match

• Comprehensive benefits plan, including medical, dental, vision, and more

• Fully subsidized Bachelors degree programs paid up front, and many other paid training opportunities!

• Paid family, medical, and parental leave after 1 year of employment

• Many more benefits to choose from!

Training Schedule and Location:

• Monday through Friday, 7 am - 4pm, for 3-6 months, remote with

• Training classes are 100% onsite at Mounds View

Ongoing Schedule after the 3-6 month training period is complete:

• 8 hour shifts from Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7 am and 4pm CST

• Occasional on-call shifts, 

• Schedules rotate and the schedule is set for 3 months at a time. 

• 5 days remote, but access to campus is necessary on short notice

Key Responsibilities:

• Resolves technical problems that originate by telephone in a call center/help desk environment.

• Uses expertise in customer service and technical knowledge gained from previous experience to resolve issues surrounding the installation, usage, and training of customers on software and/or hardware products.

• May work with technical, sales, customer service or marketing staff to resolve recurring problems and issues with products.

• Provides technical support to users for either PC, server or mainframe applications and hardware.

• Answers questions regarding system procedures, on-line transactions, systems status and downtime procedures.

• Interacts with network services, software systems engineering and/or applications development in order to restore service and/or identify problems.

• Maintains a troubleshooting tracking log ensuring timely resolution of problems.

• Recommend systems modifications in order to reduce user problems.

• Participates on project and process teams to provide the business with technical and clinical insight, ensuring that Service’s interests are well represented.

• Assists with creation of Service Support Plans for new product development to increase serviceability of new and existing products/systems.

• Assists with other Educational, Service, Marketing, and Business support as needed.

 

Minimum Requirements (Must Have):

• High School Diploma (or equivalent) AND 4+ years experience OR

• Associate’s Degree AND 2+ years experience OR

• Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have):

• BS / BA in a technical, scientific, or medical related field.

• 2+ years of work experience in a clinical/technical setting.

• Technical or related experience in medical devices, MedTech, healthcare, life sciences or relevant industries.

• Experience in networked computer environments and operating systems (DOS, UNIX preferred).

• Solid aptitude for using PC/Desktop support

• Prior technical service, support and training experience.

• Experience in conflict management

• Willingness to troubleshoot collaboratively in a team environment

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 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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. 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.

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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):$53,600.00 - $80,400.00

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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

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