Senior Manufacturing Engineer in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Careers that Change Lives

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. We’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people worldwide. Join us as a valued team member at our manufacturing site in Grand Rapids, MI.  This site manufactures cardiac cannulae, suction sump and vent products along with products that support beating heart procedures for our Cardiac Surgery (CS) portfolio.

In this exciting role as Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you will work with a team to design, develop, fabricate, and qualify new and improved equipment used in the manufacture of life saving devices. These product lines and supporting systems are growing at an accelerated rate and require innovation for greater process efficiency, safety, speed, and quality. The operations group seeks candidates who are intuitive problem solvers and driven to succeed. This role reports to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

Schedule: This position will work on-site Monday-Friday in Grand Rapids, MI.

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 required with 4+ years of operations and process validation experience, or advanced degree with 2+ years experience

Nice to Have

• Experience in medical product manufacturing / assembly operations techniques and practices

• Knowledge in Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma methodologies (A3, DMAIC training)

• Aptitude for quickly learning and simulating a broad array of information

• Experience with line layout, line balancing, and ergonomic analysis

• Excellent data analysis skills, and proficient in the use of statistical tools in problem solving

• Preference to know and understand the whole business

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.

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, recruiter or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)

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. Learn more about our benefits here (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&co_num=30601&co_affid=medtronic) .

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here .

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

Min Salary

97600

Max Salary

146400

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.