We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 31 Dec 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

In this exciting Design Technician role you will be part of the dedicated experienced and high-performing Engineering Development Services (EDS) team at Medtronic Rice Creek Central in Fridley MN. The EDS team supports the design development and production of tooling and molds used in implantable devices for a variety of global Medtronic this role you will gain experience with products across Medtronics portfolio supporting your development and growth. You will work as a key member on small and large technical teams helping to develop and release new and improvements on existing manufacturing tooling designs.

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. We are working onsite a minimum of 4 days per 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. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

A career at Medtronic is like no other. Were purposeful. Were committed. And were driven by our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide. You can grow your career with us; we hope youll consider joining our team!

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

• Partner with new product/process development or continuous improvement teams to design and document manual/semi-automated manufacturing tooling using the latest 3D solid modeling CAD design tools and best practices
• Develop design criteria with engineering manufacturing tooling sourcing supplier stakeholders to optimize specification control manufacturability and material availability
• Gather information prepare original rough layouts and sketches perform spatial/graphical analysis tolerance and finite element analysis present design proposals negotiate performance/cost/risk/schedule tradeoffs prepare and release formal documentation/drawings
• Prioritize and manage multiple concurrent projects and work tasks to help meet challenging deadlines
• Collaborate with manufacturing to ensure designs are robust and manufacturable
• Use geometric tolerancing and other appropriate methods to communicate design intent and promote design reliability and manufacturability
• Facilitate ECR/ECOs to release and modify design documentation (BOMs specifications drawings)
• Develop and improve design environment standard work and best practices to increase design productivity and/or reliability manufacturability cost
  

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience and may require vocational or technical education or certification in addition to prior work experience

Nice to Have

• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude practical hands on experience machining/fabrication construction assembly mechanic crafting etc.
• CAD expertise including advanced modules and methods (detailing assembly surfacing optimization FEA etc.) PTC Creo Parametric (preferred) and/or 3DS SolidWorks
• Proficient at creating detailed mechanical drawings for piece parts and assemblies per ASME Y14.5 drafting standards and in compliance with ISO standards
• Experience in technical writing and presenting
• Associate Mechanical Design (or similar) degree OR Bachelors Mechanical Engineering
• Comfort with personal productivity tools especially Microsoft Office Suite Visio Adobe Illustrator SharePoint WIKI etc.
• Product Data Management experience with Windchill PDMLink for use with Creo Parametric/ProE.
• Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• Experience with advanced CAD modeling predictive analysis and documentation concepts top down design model-based definition (MBD) design optimization finite element analysis (FEA) tolerance analysis requirements management
• Experience in manufacturing and/or design departments materials manufacturing processes prototyping methods tooling/equipment design quality-driven/regulated industry
• Experience with Windchill (document management and ECR/ECO)

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$65600.00 - $98400.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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).

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.