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

Engineers and Scientists create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. 

The Principal Continuous Improvement Engineer will work as a Lean Manufacturing change agent, coach, and technical contact on Lean Manufacturing projects. This position will be responsible to lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives across the site and coach continuous improvement practitioners in problem solving.

This will require the ability to educate and motivate individuals at various levels of the organization and the ability to manage projects to a successful and timely completion. The position interacts with senior internal personnel on technical matters often requiring cross-functional collaboration.

As the Principal Continuous Improvement Engineer, you will:
• Lead Site wide initiatives in regards to Operational Excellence.
• Hands on execution and project management of Lean transformation projects
• Drive Value Stream adoption of Six Sigma, Lean, and other performance improvement methodologies. 
• Deliver DMAIC, Six-Sigma and Lean Manufacturing training & Coaching.
• Assess and evaluate gaps in manufacturing work flows and management systems
• Facilitate Kaizen events across the site.
• Plan, re-design and organize manufacturing, and non-manufacturing facilities and production cells for lean flow.
• Estimate production times, staffing requirements, and related costs to provide information for management decisions.
• Capacity modeling
• Technical expert in Lean Manufacturing tools and principles including set-up reduction, standardized work, value stream mapping, pull systems and A3 thinking, has general knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Perform cost/benefit analyses.
 

Must Have Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree required with 7+ years of experience or Advanced Degree with 5+ years of experience.

Nice to Have:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, preferably in Industrial Engineering
• Master’s Degree
• Green Belt Certification (Internal or ASQ)
• BB/Master Black Belt certification
• Ability to facilitate groups and teams
• Expertise in Lean Manufacturing / Toyota Production System
• Knowledge project management and lean transformations
• Experience with problem solving using analytic s such as DMAIC/A3
• Coaching Experience 
• AutoCAD, Visual Basic 

• Experience with Danaher Business System

• New Product Introduction experience

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 be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$120,800.00 - $181,200.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as ex