Sr Product Engineer at Medtronic in Juncos, Puerto Rico

Job Description:

Careers that Change Lives
You'll always have new challenges pursuing ideas that are exciting, innovative, and just plain cool. Build out the future of robotic healthcare. Think critically about healthcare problems and/or opportunities to advance science faster than others. Do research on improving the healthcare of millions.

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible for production support engineering with respect to testing methods, procedures, and problems; device specification and yield problems; minor redesign of devices and masks; analysis of customer returns; supplier related engineering changes and optimizing device production relative to cost constraints.
• Assumes responsibility for device and/or internally produced or externally purchased components after transfer into high-volume production and usually responsible for entire device manufacturing operations other than wafer fabrication.
• May assist customer in device usage problems or customer testing of complex devices.
• Designs and plans layout for activities such as machining, metal forming, plastics processing, welding and brazing, assembly and materials handling.
• Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
• Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
• Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
• May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
• Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
• Complies with company programs, procedures and applicable quality system regulations and standards.
• Leverages technical expertise and knowledge of Medtronic's standard engineering approaches, design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Support manufacturing in the day to day activities. Becoming the main contact of the assigned area.
• Lead an execute projects for the following disciplines (Scrap Reduction, Equipment efficiency, and Cost reduction, among others.
• Lead and execute NCMR's resolutions and NCMR reduction initiatives.
• Support and lead equipment troubleshooting until resolution applying lean sigma concepts.
• Interprets data from multiple sources to accomplish decisions towards course of action.
• Updates documentation related to process, maintenance and calibrations.
• Observes proper process and product specifications compliance.
• Performs validations for mechanical and computer driven equipment.
• Participates and lead meetings as engineering representative.
• Solves problems as appropriate for the level of expertise.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Engineering degree required
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

• Laser Welding/Engraving Experience (Programming/Execution)
• ETO Sterilization Knowledge
• Vision Systems (Programming and Improvement)
• Mechanical Assembly (Plan Reading and Interpretation)
• Automation concepts and automatic assembly (PLC, Integration)
• Packaging Systems (Printing/Controls)
• Ultrasonic Welding knowledge
• Lean Sigma Belt

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)