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A Day in the Life

As a Senior Manufacturing Controls Engineer youll play a key role in advancing our New Product Development (NPD) efforts for cutting-edge surgical devices. Your expertise in automation process controls and validation will help transform design concepts into reliable scalable production systemsultimately improving patient outcomes around the world.

Youll collaborate closely with AME R&D Sourcing and supplier partners to specify develop and validate advanced assembly tooling and automation systems that ensure safety quality and efficiency throughout the product life cycle.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Plan develop and manage technical and financial specifications for reliability prototype and production assembly tooling and automation equipment.
• Partner with AME and R&D teams during design and FMEA reviews to identify assembly risks and implement robust manufacturable solutions.
• Conduct Design for Assembly (DFA) analyses and drive effective resolutions with design/development teams.
• Provide input to Assembly Tooling Strategy and Process FMEAs integrating controls that mitigate high-risk failure modes.
• Contribute to the Capital Asset Request (CAR) process by defining cost estimates aligned with standard cost and capacity requirements.
• Participate in supplier selection proposal reviews and quotation analyses to identify capable and cost-effective automation partners.
• Generate purchase requisitions and manage supplier relationships for design build and acceptance testing of capital assembly equipment.
• Lead equipment design reviews ensuring compliance with Medtronic fabrication standards safety requirements and documentation practices.
• Direct factory and site acceptance testing (FAT/SAT) and support installation qualification (IQ) to release equipment to production.
• Program troubleshoot and upgrade PLCs vision systems HMIs and data acquisition systems on both new and existing equipment.
• Deliver technical training to Maintenance and Manufacturing Engineering teams to ensure smooth handover of automated systems.
• Investigate and integrate emerging controls technologies to continuously improve manufacturing capability and process efficiency.
• Support product transfer deliverables from pilot to receiving plants ensuring equipment readiness and process repeatability.
• Evaluate tooling maintainability repeatability and perform Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA).
• Advise management on any unmitigated risks or developments that could impact time-to-market or product cost targets.

Must Have: Minimum Qualifications

• Batchelors degreeand minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR
• Masters degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience OR
• PhD with 0 years relevant experience.

Nice to Have: Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering Controls Engineering Mechatronics or related field
• Hands-on experience with PLC programming HMI design motion control and vision systems (Allen-Bradley preferred)
• Knowledge of industrial safety systems equipment validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) and FDA/GMP manufacturing environments
• Experience developing and commissioning automated assembly systems for medical devices or other regulated industries
• Strong understanding of robotics sensors and data acquisition systems
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical projects and supplier management efforts
• Familiarity with SolidWorks Electrical AutoCAD or similar tools for controls documentation
• Excellent communication analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced collaborative team environment

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.