Manufacturing Engineer II - Automation & Equipment

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 19 Oct 2026

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

Job Specific Summary
In this exciting role as a Manufacturing Engineer for Medical Devices Operations you will have responsibility for executing detailed process analysis to assure that the operations are working in accordance with standard procedures and quality regulations. Also, you will have to perform equipment and process evaluations to determine methods for collecting objective data to identify opportunities of improvements and determine actions to increase current performance of the operations. Provide technical assistance to manufacturing and maintenance personnel to correct discrepancies, to update or to improve the equipment, machines and tooling used on production.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

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

• Team with manufacturing, maintenance and quality personnel on a daily basis to review / disposition production defects and provide potential process and/or equipment corrective actions to assure production schedules and quality expectations are met.
• Provide daily production support to set up, trouble shoot, repair, and monitor manufacturing metal forming, grinding and electropolishing related processes & equipment.
• Review manufacturing equipment and processes for potential improvement using OEE, statistical data and analysis of equipment condition then effectively manage change projects.
• Lead improvement projects by performing engineering studies and design of experiments related to existing manufacturing processes.
• Review and optimize existing tooling design used in manufacturing equipment by using Creo, Solidworks and /or AutoCad applications.
• Collaborate with toolmakers to determine critical measurements defining tooling failure, enabling data-driven improvements to enhance tooling performance and reliability.
• Create and update product specifications for documentation, BOM creation, and general ERP support.
• Prepare and execute process development, validation protocols and reports to support implementation of new and upgraded equipment.
• Support new process development, product quality improvement, and integration projects.
• Maintain excellent communications with Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, Safety, Planning, and Metrology departments on an as needed basis.
• Ability to lead cross functional teams a plus, holding successful meetings, and distributing timely minutes.
• Follow established guidelines and management direction with regards to engineering decisions and departmental/company policy.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
• OR Master's degree with a minimum of 0 years relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and/or Electro-Mechanical Engineering (Preferred).
• Experience in automated and manual machine design, repair, and troubleshooting
• Basic knowledge of electrical and automation components including robots is a plus.
• Experience in AutoCad, Solidworks and/or Creo applications.
• Experience in validation (IQ/OQ/MSA/PQ) in a medical device environment
• Knowledge of GD&T and problem-solving tools: MINITAB, SIX SIGMA, DOE, GR&R, CAPA, DMAIC
• Basic knowledge of vision systems such as Cognex and Keyence.
• Certified Lean six sigma yellow or green belt is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Solid presentation and computer skills (Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Projects, etc.)
• Project management skills
• Self-starter, self-motivated attitude with the ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work individually and in a team environment.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

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