We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 20 Sep 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 Medtronic Cardiac and Vascular Portfolio provides interventional devices to treat coronary arteries that are blocked by atherosclerotic plaque and devices and therapies to treat structural defects of the heart.
Our Advanced Manufacturing Engineering group located in Danvers Massachusetts is currently looking for an Equipment Process Engineer II with experience in equipment technologies to procure and provide technical support in new product designs and process improvements. You will be an important part of cross functional teams supporting corporate projects both internally and internationally within Medtronic and external vendors.
You will be an individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new equipment technology. Formulates, delivers and / or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies – from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills.
We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

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

• Equipment and Fixturing: Determine specific requirements of manufacturing operation in order to specify equipment, fixturing.  May collaborate on design with suppliers to fulfill equipment and fixturing requirements.
• Qualification and Validation: Develop plans to evaluate process repeatability and stability through equipment qualification and process validation.
• Continuous Improvement and Cost Analysis:
• Improve manufacturing methods, optimize product performance and reduce manufacturing costs in a systematic fashion.
• Deploy Lean 6 Sigma methodology to identify and evaluate opportunities for improvement inherent in manufacturing processes and make specific recommendations for adoption.
• Develop and Optimize Work Design, Manufacturing Layout and Product Flow:  Using Lean Manufacturing principles, recommend and implement process layouts for efficient manufacturing.  Recommend appropriate staffing levels to support manufacturing requirement.
• Define and generate all required documentation in support of manufacturing protocols, reports, manufacturing instructions and procedures.
• Engineering protocols, reports, manufacturing instructions and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with GMPs and internal protocol.
• Contribute to project milestones on the team and this may have some involvement in cross functional assignments.Communicate primarily and frequently with internal team members.
• Set objectives for own job area to meet the objectives of projects and assignments.
• Work with upstream and downstream process owners to improve process reliability.
• Generation of 3D CAD models.
• Responsible for coordinating material, equipment and tooling with external vendors.

Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties. Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.

Medtronic is intensely focused on creating a workplace environment which reflects our standing as the world’s top medical device company. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the patients we serve and an unrelenting desire to improve our business.

Required Knowledge and Experience: 
Requires a Baccalaureate degree in Engineering and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Mechanical Engineering experience is helpful. 
• Vendor Experiences Identifying and Procuring Equipment
• Demonstrated computer skills such as Solidworks, Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Working knowledge of Statistics.
• Experience in Medical Device, Pharmaceutical or other Regulated Industry.
• Working knowledge of Design of Experiments and familiarity with Statistical software su