Manufacturing Engineer II 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
The candidate will be working on the introduction on a new product that may include:
Process Development and documentation
Equipment validation
SOP Development
Line layout and infrastructure and development
MES (Manufacturing Execution System)
Special Build Documentation and Line Support

This position will be for a specific project and will last until the completion of the related activities.

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

• Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.


• 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.


• Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.


• 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.


• Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.


• Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.


• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires practical knowledge and demonstrated competence within job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. • 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience.

Engineering Degree Required

Nice to have

• Experience in equipment IQ Experience in OQ (Operational Qualification) and PQ (Performance Qualification) and/or process validation Process Validation Lifecylce ( from process characterization, operational qualification to performance qualification)


• Preferred experience in DOE (with minitab)

Other skills:

• Computer and software validation CSV


• SOP Development


• Change control of Medical Devices

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.