Sr. Process Engineer at Medtronic in Villalba, Puerto Rico

Job Description:

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.

A Day in the Life
Following our mission to alleviate pain, restore Health and extend life, we are currently looking for a Sr. Process Engineer, to provide engineering support to our Leads manufacturing Sterilization area. This is a great opportunity to make meaningful technical contributions, while serving our patients and customers with medical devices of the utmost safety and quality.

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

• Provides technical and sustaining engineering support in the product sterilization area.


• Recommends and implements equipment and process modifications to meet quality standards and improve production efficiencies, manufacturing techniques as well as production yields for existing products.


• Integrates equipment and material capabilities to meet process module target specifications and technology target specifications.


• Reviews product development requirements for compatibility with processing methods to determine costs and schedules.


• Interacts with product / process design and development personnel to ensure that processes and designs are compatible.


• May develop and conduct statistical analysis or recommend additions to document work.


• Leads the innovation, development and/or optimization of new equipment concepts, processes and procedures for transfer to manufacturing operations.


• This can include scouting and feasibility work, material selection, process and equipment selection, tooling / fixture and equipment installation and assessment of inputs, outputs and alignment to requirements.


• Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques including the measurement systems.


• Ensures processes and procedures comply with quality and environmental, health and safety regulations.


• Collaborates with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Facilities and EHS counterparts, to ensure process is kept in operational conditions and meeting or exceeding compliance standards.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering

• and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

Nice to Have- Preferred skills and education:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, chemical or electrical Engineering with previous experience in medical device sterilization processes.


• Experience with troubleshooting, problem solving and / or root cause analysis.


• Knowledge on Six Sigma (DMAIC) methodology is also preferred

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.

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.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 90,000+ 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

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.