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.
At 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. This role will require up to 25% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.
We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader —that’s why we make it a point to seek out, attract and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients.
The Associate Technical Service Specialist provides in-house technical support, including hardware and software troubleshooting, for Medtronic Endoscopy portfolio products via Technical Support call center to assist customers and field staff. Utilize expertise to resolve patient-on-the-table issues as well as those occurring outside of surgery. Record all incoming support calls and emails into appropriate systems and perform appropriate follow-up actions. Share experience from customer interactions with other departments and act as the Voice of Customer on new product development teams.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
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.
All activities must be performed in compliance with the Quality System.
Performs duties in compliance with environmental, health, and safety related site rules, policies, or government regulations.
Performs all other duties as assigned.
Travel requirement: 10-20%
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s degree required in Computer Science or technical related field.
Nice to Have
Solid aptitude for using PC/Desktop support
Prior technical service support and training experience.
2+ years of work experience in a clinical/technical setting
Experience in networked computer environments and operating systems (DOS, UNIX preferred).
Experience in conflict management.
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.
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.
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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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.
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