We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 31 Oct 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

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 October 2025.

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Plymouth’s Nathan Lane Operations is thrilled to offer an exceptional opportunity for an Engineering Manager to lead our Stent Fabrication team. This pivotal role centers around advancing our expertise in metal processing, transforming raw nitinol tubing into life-changing self-expanding stents.

This position is at our Plymouth MN manufacturing site and requires on-site presence 5 days a week. 

This is an exciting time to join Nathan Lane Operations, as we’re making significant investments in automation and process improvements to better serve our patients. If you’re a passionate, results-driven leader eager to make a real difference, this role offers a unique chance to leverage your people leadership, engineering expertise, and process development 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. 

This is an excellent opportunity for an Engineering professional. Are you ready to take the next step in your career and write a chapter in our story of innovation? 

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll:

• Drive innovation and excellence in supporting our two largest value streams.

• Develop and execute both short- and long-term strategies to advance our manufacturing processes.

• Inspire, coach, and grow a high-performing team dedicated to delivering meaningful results. 

• Provides leadership to a sustaining engineering team support our stent fabrication production area.   

• Collaborates with Operations to define strategy for our fabrication area.   

• Collaborates with our Equipment and Automation leadership to develop business cases for equipment and automation supporting the strategic direction. 

• Partners with AME (Advanced Manufacturing Engineering) team defining new technologies, processes, and product opportunities/initiatives. 

• Collaborates and networks with the other manufacturing sites within the manufacturing region and broader Medtronic. 

• May develop, evaluate, implement, and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems or reliability systems and standards pertaining to materials, techniques, or company products. 

• Oversees the investigation and evaluation of existing technologies, processes and equipment utilized in production. 

• Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, processes, or products. 

• Directs the development of new concepts from initial design to implementation. 

• Manages feasibility studies of the design to determine if capable of functioning as intended. 

• Monitors documentation maintenance throughout all phases of sustaining engineering. 

• Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery. 

• Defines and drives standard work within functional area of responsibility. 

• Experience leading, developing, and mentoring technical employees. 

• Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function. 

 
Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or a technical discipline required.  

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, with 5+ years of managerial experience

• OR advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, with 5+ years of managerial experience  

Nice to Have

• Demonstrated people and team development.

• Experience with supporting and/or deploying automation and automated processes. 

• Experience with leading teams through automated process development - process characterization, FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ and PQ phase gates. 

• Strong interpersonal skills, communication skills with demonst