Sr Manufacturing Engineer
Careers That Change Lives
In this exciting role as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer on the Fort Worth Service & Repair Engineering team, you will have responsibility for developing, sustaining, and improving a variety of processes involved in performing service & repair of distributed products. Projects supported in this role can span from capacity expansion, process validation, yield improvement, technology change implementation, quality improvement, and lean transformation initiatives. This role will collaborate with the various cross-functional teams inside and outside of the plant including but not limited to Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Operations, and Technicians. This is an in-person role with very limited travel required.
This role is at the Fort Worth facility in Americas Service Operations that primarily supports the Enabling Technologies Integrated Operating Unit under the Cranial and Spinal Technologies Operating Unit. Enabling Technologies delivers an innovative portfolio which include robotics, navigation, intra-operative imaging, advanced energy devices, powered surgical tools and systems, cerebral spinal fluid management, intelligent data solutions and critical care.
A Day in the Life
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.
- Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
- Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
- Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
- May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
- Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
- Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.
- Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
- Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 4+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Manufacturing OR Advanced Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 2 years of work experience in Engineering and/or Manufacturing.
Nice to Have
- Experience in the medical device industry, or related highly regulated industry
- Lean Six Sigma and/or DRM Green Belt certified
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Benefits & Compensation
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. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). Learn more about MIP and benefits here.
The provided base salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations). The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experience, certification/education, market conditions, location, etc.
Physical Job Requirements
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. (ADA-United States of America)
