We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 24 Jan 2026

 

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

This Software Automation Engineer role at Medtronic Tempe focuses on designing, developing, and validating automated manufacturing and data‑collection solutions that integrate with MES and equipment controllers. The position works closely with Manufacturing Operations, Process/Test Engineering, and New Product Development to gather requirements, improve production efficiency, and support new processes. Success in this role requires strong analytical and programming skills, the ability to troubleshoot automation issues, and readiness to support a 24x7 manufacturing environment while driving innovation in automation and data systems.

Location: Tempe, AZ
Onsite: 100%

Careers that Change Lives

Medtronic is the world’s premier medical company, delivering solutions that benefit patients around the globe. Medtronic’s Mission is to Restore Health, Alleviate Pain and Extend Life. 

Onsite

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 onsite 5 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. 

Medtronic Tempe Campus (MTC), is looking for a Software Automation Engineer to work in the Operational Technology team to support Manufacturing Operations.  An ideal candidate for this position will be a self-motivated individual with a thorough understanding of current manufacturing automation software, test data and analytics software development. The candidate must have strong problem solving and analytic skills in addition to excellent written and oral communication competencies. 

A Day in the Life

This Software Engineer will design and develop custom equipment automation solutions as well as electronic data collection integrating with our Manufacturing Execution System (MES), manufacturing data collections systems and Automated Equipment Controllers.  The senior automation system engineer is expected to play an active role in working with Manufacturing Operations, Process and Test Engineering in user requirements gathering, design, build, and validation of new automated manufacturing solutions to improve production efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:   

• Participate in cross-functional teams including QA, Product/Process engineering and Operations for gathering requirements and defining project scope for wafer, test, and hybrid assembly automation solutions.

• Work with new product development team to define wafer data requirements and collect data from Probe and Test equipment used to construct wafer maps

• Work with process and equipment engineers to integrate new and/or existing manufacturing equipment with the MES system using MTC’s standard automation framework

• Perform comprehensive software validation by creating system test plan and test cases; execute test cases and document test results to support system validation activities.

• Analyze all Product and Compliance requirements and work with system software developers to ensure system design/functions meet all requirements

• Analyze production issues related to automation equipment and software to provide root cause solutions.

• Provide technical support for 24x7 Manufacturing Operations when needed

• Provide Operational Innovation by expanding MTC's automation, data management, and analytics framework with new capabilities.

• Work with Product Development team on automation system enhancements needed to support the introduction of new manufacturing processes/products.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with no relevant experience.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)

• MS Visual Studio programming experiences (C#)

• C/C++, Perl, Python, ASP.NET, JavaScript, Shell scripting

• Linux OS experience

• Experience with equipment interfaces such as SECS/GEM protocols and GPIB.

• SQL programming experience including ability to write queries, Stored Procedures and ETL for Oracle and MS SQL databases

• Experience with data op