We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 Jun 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

The Principal Manufacturing Engineer is a key Operations representative within the Needles Manufacturing Engineering team. The Principal Manufacturing Engineer will lead a team of Manufacturing Engineers with direct responsibility for all aspects of the day-to-day Engineering support of the focus factory. General responsibilities include Laser, metal forming and grinding, electropolishing, and coating manufacturing processes evaluation and troubleshooting and support of surgical needles manufacturing products quality and process safety. Optimize process tooling, machine uptime and lean methodologies to maximize production performance. Drive project execution for equipment development, various manufacturing methods and process validation of new and existing products. Create project teams to develop the highest quality and reliability medical devices for Medtronic.

The Principal Manufacturing Engineer will work under the direction of Engineering Manager in a fast-paced collaborative environment supporting program initiatives and compliant with company best practices.

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 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.  ​

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Support technical recruitments, trains, and mentor all Needles Manufacturing Engineering personnel. 
• Develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the engineering and technical work performed in the department, including storing of equipment documentation, spare computer components, and system backups.
• Apply knowledge of manufacturing processes, machine design, and components to provide technical direction for staff to troubleshoot, maintain, and modify automated and manual equipment. 
• Improve and manage process tooling, drawings, custom design fixtures and machine modifications.
• Contribute to continuous improvements in overall product cost and quality  
• Advise leadership of developments which may affect profit, schedule and costs. 
• Lead on projects to concurrently develop assembly methods, tooling, equipment and processes for new and existing products. 
• Partner with Manufacturing to develop lean principals to implement solutions for product manufacturing. 
• Create standardized work charts, work combination tables and process maps that result in an optimized production system and extended value stream. 
• Support project team members in achieving business including attainment of Safety, Quality, Service, and Project Schedule and Cost goals. 
• Follow established procedures to perform detailed, accurate, and compliant engineering documentation for Master Validation Plans, PFMEA, Equipment Installation, Characterization, Qualification and Validation activities. 
• Daily interaction with manufacturing providing support and responsibility for metrics such as labor time, lead-time, capability, and yield. 
• Provide detailed engineering analysis and documentation in the management of material disposition, process updates, NCR's and CAPA. 
• Complete on time project updates, development plans, self-assessments, and successful completion of all training requirements.