Technical Writer (Minnesota)

Sales & Marketing Support      ·         Fridley, Minnesota, United States        ·        Full time

Job Description

Careers That Change Lives

As a Technical Writer, you will support the production of customer facing product documentation, including but not limited to: user’s guides, service manuals, and instructions for use (IFUs). This includes labeling for both clinicians and patients that accompany medical device products that conform to the Medtronic documentation and quality assurance standards. Projects include R&D new product development as well as sustaining activities/legacy document maintenance for various products produced by the Medtronic Neuroscience portfolio. You will collect inputs from cross-functional technical staff to gather data for documentation, as well as research and translate technical information into manuals and/or web-based documents for nontechnical and technical users. Responsible for supporting documentation to the customer-facing literature which may include labeling design plans, trace documents, technical reviews and verification deliverables. You will support product documentation updates to comply with EUMDR, FDA and other regulatory body requirements by incorporating customer inputs and ensuring standardization of document development to comply with Medtronic design standards.

A Day in the Life

• Manage all aspects of document development and assist in production release, including draft reviews and formal labeling approvals, coordination of translations, and initiating CO/CA release.
• Revise, edit, and format legacy product documentation as required, including but not limited to user’s guides, service manuals, instructions for providers (IFPs), and instructions for use (IFUs).
• Ensure compliance of labeling with all applicable regulatory/QSR requirements.
• Create, edit, and format documentation as part of the compliance with requirements from the European Union (EU Medical Device Regulation).
• Deliver supporting documentation to the labeling product, including labeling design plans, trace documents, technical reviews and verification deliverables.
• Effectively manage multiple projects, changes in project scope, and shifting priorities to maintain project requirements and ensure deadlines are met.
• Collaborate with departmental and cross-functional peers to ensure proper resolution to questions and issues during the document development process.
• Continually review the document development process to ensure quality in labeling output.

Must Have:

Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor’s degree required and 2 years of technical writing experience

OR

• Advanced degree with 0 years of technical writing experience

Nice to Have

• Advanced writing/editing skills
• Self-directed and highly organized
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent communication skills
• Cross-functional collaborative nature
• Product Lifecycle Management software experience
• Working in a federally regulated environment (FDA)
• European Union Medical Device Regulation (EUMDR)
• Medical terminology experience
• Familiar with the principals of neuromodulation
• Product development workflow

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.  We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations – but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

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. 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. (ADA-United States of America)

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