Stephanie Salazar (‘11 B.S. Mechanical Engineering) is a senior sterile device engineer at Medtronic and currently works in Research and Development for the Restorative Therapies Group, Brain Division. She joined Medtronic in 2011 as a Technical Specialist in the Services Organization.

Stephanie’s technical expertise includes mechanical design, biocompatibility, device reprocessing, sterilization and packaging of single use, reusable and capital equipment medical devices.

She is the founder of the Medtronic Women’s Network Chapter at the Louisville, Colorado site and is currently the co-chair of the Develop Committee, orchestrating business, diversity, and mentoring initiatives across the company. Additionally, she champions and partners with STEM outreach opportunities in her community.