Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Medtronic in Plymouth, Minnesota

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 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
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 January 2025.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Manufacturing Engineering team at Plymouth Nathan Lane. In this role as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you will have responsibility for developing, characterizing, and validating new & existing process technology. The focus will be on supporting the stent manufacturing value stream. This role will collaborate with the various cross-functional teams inside and outside of the plant including but not limited to Operations Innovation, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Operations, Technicians, and external vendors/consultants. This is an in-person role with very limited travel required.

This role is at the Plymouth Nathan Lane facility which supports the Peripheral Vascular Health (PVH) Operating Unit (OU). The PVH OU brings our various peripheral vascular businesses together into one cross-functional, collaborative operating unit to employ the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients across the globe.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Sustains & improves the day-to-day manufacturing process line(s).


• Drives continuous improvement efforts through A3's & projects for safety, quality, delivery, & cost. (i.e. cost reductions, programmatic savings, automation introduction, and yield improvement)


• Perform process development / process validation in support of key projects.


• Apply first principles thinking to complete robust process characterization (process development).


• Leverages a multi-disciplinary approach to solve problems - Physics, Chemistry, Thermodynamics, & Electronics.


• Ability to understand how to flow requirements from a top-level design down to a manufacturing process specification.


• Create and complete validation documentation and route engineering change orders.


• Ability to remain self-motivated and supports the culture and mission of Medtronic.


• Quickly learn and collaborate on product design to help inform manufacturing changes.


• Make use of appropriate technical skills and tools, such as DOE, SPC, hypothesis testing, capability studies, Gemba walks, and "hands on" analysis, to perform in depth analysis, determine root cause, and identify corrective actions.


• Generate actionable ideas to reduce cost, cycle time and increase yield.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• Quick Learner, detail oriented, and able to make and deliver on commitments.


• New process and/or technology implementation within highly regulated industries.


• Experience with leading/executing process validation activities (installations qualifications, process characterization, operational and performance qualifications)


• Experience interpreting mechanical drawings


• Experience with DFMEA and PFMEA


• Experience with design of experiment (DOE) and other statistical methods


• Work experience with the following: FDA Quality System Regulations, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), ISO 13485, ISO 9001 standards or equivalent.

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):$97,600 - $146,400

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.