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 technology to patients worldwide. The Senior Principal Continuous Improvement Engineer will work as a Lean Manufacturing change agent and coach. The role supports the organization as a senior Technical contact on Lean Manufacturing and projects. The position will be responsible to lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives across the site and coach continuous improvement practitioners in problem solving and program management. 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 conclusion. Additionally, this position will support new product introductions to ensure that the manufacturing processes, equipment and the production cells are "born lean". The position interacts with senior internal personnel on technical matters often requiring cross-functional collaboration.

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

• 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: Minimum Requirements 

To be considered for this role, please ensure that the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.  

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience OR PhD with 6 years relevant experience. 

Nice to Have  

• Experience leading Lean Transformations  
• Expertise in Lean Manufacturing / Toyota Production System 
• Coaching Experience  
• Experience with Danaher Business System/ Medtronic Performance 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