About the role
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
In this exciting role as Senior Packaging Engineer, you will have responsibility to manage medical device packaging projects (NPI and Sustaining products). As part of the packaging and labeling group you will be responsible for capturing product / packaging requirements for packaging and labeling, designing and testing packages, that meet the internal requirements and comply to ISO 11607 standard.Our Global Quality Strategy is rooted in the Medtronic Mission and our Quality Policy. Being a 'trusted partner' means always putting patient safety first, upholding product quality, and maintaining the highest ethical standards in our business relationships and programs.
You can grow your career with us; we hope you’ll consider joining our team!
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
Designs, develops, and tests a wide variety of containers used for the protection, display, and handling of products.
Determines packaging specifications according to the nature of the product, cost limitations, legal requirements, and the type of protection required, considering need for resistance to such external variables as moisture, corrosive chemicals, temperature variations, light, heat, rough handling, and tampering.
Designs package exteriors considering such factors as product identification, sales appeal, aesthetic quality, printing and production techniques.
Responsibilities may include documentation management and/or coordination of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and may support prototype line development in manufacturing facilities/plants.
Create Design Verification and Validation Plan / Protocols for producing and testing packaging system for integrity, strength aseptic presentation and other related tests. That are based on statistically sound rationales
Perform Root Cause analysis for test failures and / or write technical rationales based on sound engineering principles
Must Haves
• Bachelors degree with 4+ years of Packaging Engineering experience in a regulated industry or advanced degree with 2+ years or experience
Nice to Have
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• MiniTab
• Lean Design & Manufacturing experience
• Experience in regulated industry submission
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.
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