Associate Mapping Specialist
Medtronic
About the Role
The Associate Mapping Specialist role is designed as a training pathway into Medtronic's Electrophysiology (EP) Mapping Specialist career. This field-based clinical role involves working alongside healthcare professionals and Medtronic teams to support advanced cardiac procedures and introduce innovative mapping and navigation technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Complete a structured training program focused on building clinical, technical, and procedural expertise in cardiac electrophysiology.
- Support physicians, clinical staff, and hospital teams during advanced cardiac mapping and ablation procedures.
- Learn to provide technical, educational, and clinical support for Medtronic's Cardiac Ablation Solutions portfolio, including the Affera™ Mapping and Navigation System.
- Partner with Clinical Specialists, Mapping Specialists, and Sales teams to support customer training, technology adoption, and patient care initiatives.
- Develop strong clinical, communication, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills.
- Gain exposure to cutting-edge cardiac technologies for treating heart rhythm disorders.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Working toward a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Anticipated graduation date: Winter 2026 or Spring 2027.
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States. (Medtronic does not sponsor work authorization for entry-level positions).
- Possess a valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
- Environmental exposure to infectious disease and radiation.
- Must reside within their assigned territory and be able to travel regularly within the region.
- Ability to drive approximately 25-50% of the time within the assigned territory, potentially requiring overnight travel.
- Must have a valid driver's license and active vehicle insurance policy.
- Ability to freely move throughout facilities, use a phone, keyboard, and mouse, and visually interact with personal computers.
- Must be able to stand/sit/walk for 8 hours a day.
Qualifications
- Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (Preferred).
- Ability and willingness to travel within the assigned territory and work in hospital and clinical environments, including observation of live medical procedures (Preferred).
- Experience in healthcare, clinical, research, customer service, patient-facing, or other relationship-based environments (Preferred).
- Leadership experience through student organizations, athletics, employment, volunteer activities, research, or academic projects (Preferred).
- Experience presenting technical, scientific, academic, or project-related findings to groups or stakeholders (Preferred).
- Experience working on team-based projects with defined deliverables and deadlines (Preferred).
- Exposure to healthcare, medical devices, human physiology, biomedical engineering, life sciences, or patient care settings through coursework, research, volunteering, shadowing, internships, or employment (Preferred).