Medical Devices STEM OPT Jobs in New Jersey
New Jersey's medical devices industry spans major employers like BD (Becton, Dickinson), Johnson & Johnson MedTech, and Integra LifeSciences, with hiring concentrated in Somerset, Morris, and Middlesex counties. F-1 students in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, and materials science find STEM OPT-eligible roles across R&D, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs at companies that have established sponsorship track records.
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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 Life
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.
The Quality Specialist supports Quality Management System (QMS) execution and quality operations within the Woolwich Distribution Center, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, internal quality standards, and Medtronic quality system procedures. This role partners closely with Distribution Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, and Quality leadership to support product flow, nonconforming product management, audit readiness, process improvement, and continuous quality initiatives that enable safe and compliant distribution activities.
This position is based in Swedesboro, New Jersey and is fully onsite. Approximately 5% travel is required, primarily for training activities.
The Quality Specialist serves as a key quality partner to distribution operations, providing day-to-day support for quality systems, compliance activities, product disposition, investigations, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role helps ensure products are managed in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, internal procedures, and quality standards while supporting efficient distribution center operations.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Provide daily quality support to distribution operations and serve as a quality resource during operational escalations and issue resolution activities.
- Manage Product Hold Orders (PHOs), Return-to-Vendor (RTV) activities, product segregation processes, and disposition of nonconforming products.
- Support investigations, containment activities, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions for quality issues.
- Maintain and support Quality Management System documentation, including Job Instruction Bulletins (JiBs), work instructions, and controlled documents.
- Participate in internal, external, and regulatory audit preparation, evidence collection, response activities, and follow-up actions.
- Conduct quality walk-throughs and Gemba activities to identify compliance risks and process improvement opportunities.
- Support calibration, environmental monitoring, validation activities, and reporting of quality-related excursions.
- Monitor quality metrics and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on compliance, risk reduction, and operational performance.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.
Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience in Quality, Manufacturing, Distribution, Supply Chain, or regulated industry environments OR Master's degree and 0 years of experience.
Nice to Have
- Experience supporting Quality Management System (QMS) processes.
- Experience investigating nonconforming products, quality events, or corrective and preventive action activities.
- Experience supporting audits, compliance programs, or regulated quality processes.
- Experience working with controlled documentation, procedures, or change control processes.
- Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other regulated industries.
- Experience with Product Hold Orders (PHOs), Return-to-Vendor (RTV) processes, or product disposition activities.
- Experience with Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) and Supplier Corrective and Preventive Action (SCAPA) processes.
- Experience supporting calibration, environmental monitoring, or validation activities.
- Experience applying continuous improvement methodologies within distribution, warehouse, or manufacturing operations.
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.
Recruitment Fraud Alert
We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind:
Apply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses.
Medtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate.
If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments.
If you have any questions, concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic, please contact us immediately at AskHR@medtronic.com.
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): $75,200.00 - $112,800.00
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
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 5 Nov 2026
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 Life
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.
The Quality Specialist supports Quality Management System (QMS) execution and quality operations within the Woolwich Distribution Center, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, internal quality standards, and Medtronic quality system procedures. This role partners closely with Distribution Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, and Quality leadership to support product flow, nonconforming product management, audit readiness, process improvement, and continuous quality initiatives that enable safe and compliant distribution activities.
This position is based in Swedesboro, New Jersey and is fully onsite. Approximately 5% travel is required, primarily for training activities.
The Quality Specialist serves as a key quality partner to distribution operations, providing day-to-day support for quality systems, compliance activities, product disposition, investigations, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role helps ensure products are managed in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, internal procedures, and quality standards while supporting efficient distribution center operations.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Provide daily quality support to distribution operations and serve as a quality resource during operational escalations and issue resolution activities.
- Manage Product Hold Orders (PHOs), Return-to-Vendor (RTV) activities, product segregation processes, and disposition of nonconforming products.
- Support investigations, containment activities, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions for quality issues.
- Maintain and support Quality Management System documentation, including Job Instruction Bulletins (JiBs), work instructions, and controlled documents.
- Participate in internal, external, and regulatory audit preparation, evidence collection, response activities, and follow-up actions.
- Conduct quality walk-throughs and Gemba activities to identify compliance risks and process improvement opportunities.
- Support calibration, environmental monitoring, validation activities, and reporting of quality-related excursions.
- Monitor quality metrics and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on compliance, risk reduction, and operational performance.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.
Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience in Quality, Manufacturing, Distribution, Supply Chain, or regulated industry environments OR Master's degree and 0 years of experience.
Nice to Have
- Experience supporting Quality Management System (QMS) processes.
- Experience investigating nonconforming products, quality events, or corrective and preventive action activities.
- Experience supporting audits, compliance programs, or regulated quality processes.
- Experience working with controlled documentation, procedures, or change control processes.
- Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other regulated industries.
- Experience with Product Hold Orders (PHOs), Return-to-Vendor (RTV) processes, or product disposition activities.
- Experience with Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) and Supplier Corrective and Preventive Action (SCAPA) processes.
- Experience supporting calibration, environmental monitoring, or validation activities.
- Experience applying continuous improvement methodologies within distribution, warehouse, or manufacturing operations.
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.
Recruitment Fraud Alert
We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind:
Apply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses.
Medtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate.
If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments.
If you have any questions, concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic, please contact us immediately at AskHR@medtronic.com.
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): $75,200.00 - $112,800.00
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
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
STEM OPT Medical Devices Job Roles in New Jersey
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Search Medical Devices Jobs in New JerseyMedical Devices STEM OPT Sponsorship Jobs in New Jersey: Frequently Asked Questions
Which medical devices companies in New Jersey sponsor F-1 STEM OPT visas?
New Jersey hosts several medical devices employers with documented STEM OPT hiring activity, including BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) in Franklin Lakes, Integra LifeSciences in Plainsboro, and Siemens Healthineers' regional operations. Johnson & Johnson MedTech, headquartered in New Brunswick, also has a history of sponsoring international STEM graduates. Larger multinationals in this sector tend to have established HR infrastructure for OPT work authorization verification and E-Verify enrollment, both required for STEM OPT extensions.
Which cities in New Jersey have the most medical devices F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship jobs?
Somerset County and Morris County together account for a large share of New Jersey's medical devices employment, with towns like Franklin Lakes, Parsippany, and Bridgewater hosting major company offices and R&D centers. Middlesex County, including New Brunswick and Plainsboro, is another active cluster. These areas sit along the Route 1 and Route 287 corridors, which have historically attracted life sciences and medtech employers looking for proximity to research universities and pharmaceutical neighbors.
What types of medical devices roles typically qualify for F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship?
Roles in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, quality systems, regulatory affairs, and software development within medical devices companies commonly qualify, provided the position requires a degree in a USCIS-designated STEM field. Research and development positions, manufacturing process engineering, and data science roles tied to device performance or clinical outcomes are frequently listed under qualifying STEM degree classifications. The job offer must align with your designated STEM degree, and your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify before the STEM OPT extension can be authorized by your DSO.
How do I find medical devices F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship jobs in New Jersey?
Migrate Mate lets you filter specifically for medical devices roles in New Jersey that are open to F-1 STEM OPT candidates, showing which employers have active or recent sponsorship history based on DOL filing data. This is more targeted than general job searches because it surfaces companies that have already demonstrated willingness to work with international students. You can narrow results by role type and location within the state, which is useful given how concentrated New Jersey's medtech hiring is in specific counties.
Are there any New Jersey-specific or industry-specific considerations for F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship in medical devices?
New Jersey's medical devices sector operates under FDA regulatory oversight, which means many roles involve quality management systems and documentation standards that require strong technical credentials, often reinforcing why employers seek degreed STEM candidates. The state's proximity to FDA's northeast offices and its dense concentration of life sciences companies means compliance-oriented roles are common. F-1 students should confirm their specific degree program appears on the USCIS STEM Designated Degree Program List and that their employer is E-Verify enrolled before beginning STEM OPT extension paperwork with their DSO.