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A Day in the Life

Location: Tempe AZ
Onsite: 100%

Careers that Change Lives

Medtronic is the worlds premier medical company delivering solutions that benefit patients around the globe. Medtronics Mission is to Restore Health Alleviate Pain and Extend Life.

Onsite

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

Medtronic Tempe Campus (MTC) is looking for aSoftware Automation Engineerto work in the Operational Technology team to support Manufacturing Operations. An ideal candidate for this position will be a self-motivated individual with a thorough understanding of current manufacturing automation software test data and analytics software development. The candidate must have strong problem solving and analytic skills in addition to excellent written and oral communication competencies.

A Day in the Life

This Software Engineer will design and develop custom equipment automation solutions as well as electronic data collection integrating with our Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Automated Equipment Controller and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). The senior automation system engineer is expected to play an active role in working with Manufacturing Operations Process and Test Engineering in user requirements gathering design build and validation of new automated manufacturing solutions to improve production efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Participate in cross-functional teams including QA Product/Process engineering and Operations for gathering requirements and defining project scope for wafer test and hybrid assembly automation solutions.
• Work with new product development team to define wafer data requirements and collect data from Probe and Test equipment used to construct wafer maps
• Work with process and equipment engineers to integrate new and/or existing manufacturing equipment with the MES systemusing MTCs standard automation framework
• Perform comprehensive software validation by creating system test plan and test cases; execute test cases and document test results to support system validation activities.
• Analyze all Product and Compliance requirements and work with system software developers to ensure system design/functions meet all requirements
• Analyze production issues related to automation equipment and software to provide root cause solutions.
• Provide technical support for 24x7 Manufacturing Operations when needed
• Provide Operational Innovation by expanding MTCs automation data management and analytics framework with new capabilities.
• Work with Product Development team on automation system enhancements needed to support the introduction of new manufacturing processes/products.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience or advanced degree with no relevant experience.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)

• C/C Perl Python JavaScript Shell scripting

• Linux OS experience

• SQL programming experience including ability to write queries Stored Procedures and ETL for Oracle and MS SQL databases

• Familiarity of LIMS platforms such as LabWare.

• Familiarity with Yield and Parametric data analytics tools such as JMP Spotfire R programming or Matlab.

• MS Visual Studio programming experiences (C#)

• Web services programming experience (WCF Rest gRPC)

• Experience with equipment interfaces such as SECS/GEM protocols and GPIB.

• Working knowledge of statistical process control (SPC) software systems such as Camline SPACE

• Working knowledge of MES (FACTORYworks) or other MES systems

• Experience working in an FDA regulated industry such as Medical Device or Pharmaceutical manufacturing.

• Experience with software source code repository tool (ex. Git Subversion TFS DevOps)

• Six Sigma certification

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.

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves. We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here.

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 addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.