We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 20 Oct 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

Job Specific Summary
Medtronic has declared its bold ambition: to become the global healthcare technology leader. We seek to reach more patients, in more meaningful ways, more quickly. Global Operations and Supply Chain (GO&SC) plays an essential role in delivering on this bold ambition. Our vision is to become best-in-class and create a competitive advantage for the company. Our new GO&SC strategy and structure will help us do this.
Best-in-class means we consistently deliver excellence in service, quality, cost, safety, people management, continuous improvement, supply management, product lifecycle management, digitalization, and sustainability.
As a Machine Vision Engineer in the global Operations Innovation team at Medtronic, your role is crucial in developing machine vision technology and manufacturing equipment systems for automated inspection of high-quality components used in medical devices. Your work will contribute to improving the efficiency, accuracy, and reliability of manufacturing processes across Medtronic's 70 global manufacturing facilities. (https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/healthcare-professionals/products.html/).

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. 

• Design and optimize image acquisition manufacturing equipment systems, including camera selection, optic lens selection, lighting, and calibration techniques
• Leverage commercial machine vision technologies such as Cognex, Keyence, Halcon, LMI and/or GigE components, where appropriate
• Collaborate with internal and external resources to integrate machine vision manufacturing equipment systems into manufacturing processes, ensuring seamless operation and compatibility
• Develop and implement machine vision algorithms and systems for product quality, including image processing, object detection, recognition, and tracking
• Conduct feasibility studies, performance evaluations, including validation and verification (FAT/SAT) activities of machine vision manufacturing equipment systems
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in machine vision technology imaging techniques and apply them to enhance our product quality
• Collaborate with regulatory and quality teams to ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations governing medical devices
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting expertise for machine vision-related manufacturing equipment issues during the product development lifecycle
• Document and maintain comprehensive design specifications, test protocols, and reports
• Lead your own projects, synthesize requirements, and provide optimal technology solutions with an effective roadmap for the development of vision hardware and analytics applications

 

 

Must Haves

•         Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of Automation Engineering experience OR Master’s Degree and 2+ years of experience OR PhD

 

Nice to Have

• Expertise with 2D and 3D hardware components commonly used in machine vision equipment systems, including cameras, lenses, lighting, and frame grabbers
• Solid understanding of machine vision principles and image processing techniques 
• Strong background working with 3