Principal Automation Process Engineer at Medtronic in Plymouth, Minnesota

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 3 Jan 2025

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
A career at Medtronic is like no other. We are committed, we are purposeful and we are driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people worldwide

Do meaningful work, make a difference, and improve lives - starting with your own.

In this exciting role as an Principal Automation Process Engineer at the Nathan Lane production site your role is crucial in supporting manufacturing equipment in automation and controls. We're seeking a technically skilled, ambitious individual with a strong process automation background. You'll help integrate new technologies, improving equipment, and redesigning systems.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Provides technical and sustaining engineering support in a manufacturing 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 design and development personnel to ensure that processes and designs are compatible.

• Support equipment mechanization and automation from business case to implementation.

• Lead and support an automation roadmap for value streams.

• Develop processes to transition from manual to automated.

• Collaborate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and sustaining engineering teams to integrate process changes.

• Document equipment requirements and review vendor designs.

• Support the full equipment life cycle, from development to sunsetting.

• Drive standard work for equipment health assessment.

• Improve equipment uptime through troubleshooting, design changes, vendor partnerships, and hypercare .

• Execute automation opportunities from idea to production.

• Oversee installation and hypercare of electromechanical systems.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.


• Minimum of 7 years of relevant technical experience, or advanced degree with 5 years of technical experience

Nice to Have

• Experience writing and executing equipment development documentation like FAT and URS.

• Experience selecting and collaborating with equipment vendors.

• Experience in site support or new equipment design/installation for manufacturing.

• Medical product manufacturing experience.

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$119,200.00 - $178,800.00

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

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.