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

In this exciting role as a Senior Manufacturing (Sustaining) Engineer, you will work closely with manufacturing, quality engineers, other manufacturing engineers as well as R&D, Strategic Sourcing, Quality and Packaging functions. You will lead Medtronic manufacturing in one of the Grand Rapids clean rooms. You will provide guidance to junior engineers regarding processes to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques as well as develop manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop these techniques.

The Sr. Manufacturing Engineer works with the site on validation strategy and execution and may be involved in designing and planning layout for such activities as machining, plastics processing, assembly and equipment implementation while adapting machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions. In this role, you will assist the site with the design and arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure the most efficient and productive layout. 

The ideal candidate will demonstrate standout leadership behaviors and will have an expert understanding of a variety of manufacturing technologies and processes, with a demonstrated track record of driving tangible process improvements, leading teams, and using structured problem solving. The ideal candidate is also an expert in understanding process improvement techniques such as Business Process Management, Kaizen, DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Lean manufacturing, PDCA, 6-sigma, etc.

We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader — that’s why we make it a point to seek out, attract and develop employees who are patient centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients.
 

As the Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, you will: 

• Support manufacturing partners development of lean manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing and material handling.

• May engage with supplier and facilities with the arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.

• Collaborate with Product Development and Manufacturer on the sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.

• Support the adaptation of machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.

• Ensure capable inspection and test requirements are specified into the production Control Plan with suppliers and design Quality Engineering.

• Inspect performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigate and initiate corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.

• Ensure manufacturing processes are scalable and capable by applying the appropriate Manufacturability analysis and Gage RR Statistics,

• Ensure processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations (21 CFR 820).

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

Nice to Have

• 5+ years of Manufacturing Engineering experience

• GDP/GMP

• Validation planning and execution experience

• Process mapping/Control plan Generation

• Ability to review and update drawings

• Experience with creation of FMEAs

• Statistical analysis using (e.g.) Minitab

• CAD experience such as Solidworks

• Working Knowledge of Agile Map

• Experience using SAP

• Experienced in Supplier Engagement and support

• Experience working in Medical Device Industry and with 13485/FDA requirements

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 b