We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 Dec 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 Design Automation Engineer will spearhead transformative automation programs from initial vision through full production deployment. This leader advances equipment mechanization, innovative process development, and frictionless system integration, elevating operational efficiency, reliability, and scalability across the manufacturing landscape.

Working alongside diverse engineering and production teams, this role shapes and maintains automation roadmaps, enforces robust equipment standards, and ensures every solution meets performance, safety, and compliance expectations throughout its lifecycle. It’s a critical, hands-on position for an expert who thrives on turning complex challenges into robust, future-ready automation solutions.

Our vision is to become best-in-class and create a competitive advantage for the company. Best-in-class means we consistently deliver excellence in people, safety, quality, service and cost. If you thrive in dynamic environments and excel at managing multiple priorities while fostering innovation, we’d love to hear from you! 

 

Responsibilities Include: 

• Design and implement integrated automation systems, ensuring compatibility across hardware and software platforms. Develop processes to transition from manual to automated operations. 

• Develop and drive best practices around Automation equipment design principles and standards, software change control, and process control for consistent and scalable applications. 

• Oversee and support the construction and integration of automated machinery from business case to deployment. Support the full equipment life cycle, from development to sunsetting. 

• Develop, build, and test Designs and concepts for feasibility 

• Improve equipment uptime through troubleshooting, design changes, vendor partnerships, and hypercare. 

• Work with sites and maintain an automation roadmap for value streams. 

• Collaborate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and sustaining engineering teams to integrate process changes. 

• Document equipment requirements and review vendor designs for compliance. 

 

Minimum Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's degree plus 7+ years of relevant Engineering experience OR 

• Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience 

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Must have experience in troubleshooting of control systems software, I/O issues, controls/electromechanical equipment, DC Drives, VFD's, Servo Drives, PLC's and PC based systems to ensure reliable automation performance. 

• Utilize simulation tools to validate