Principal Automation Engineer Plymouth, MN

Medtronic

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Plymouth, MA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 128000 - 192000
Posted on: 31-10-2025
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 10 Nov 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

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 9 November 2025.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Equipment & Automation team at the Plymouth - Nathan Lane location. This role will provide site level support for manufacturing equipment in an automation and controls capacity. Project work will include new technology integration equipment improvements & redesigns. We are looking for a technically competent ambitious individual with a strong mechanical design background.

Responsibilities include the following and other duties may be assigned.

  • Support equipment mechanization & automation initiatives from business case to implementation.

  • Provide advanced support for the technician department in equipment troubleshooting to reduce / eliminate downtime

  • Collaborate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team to incorporate process changes into existing equipment.

  • Document equipment requirements & review vendor designs.

  • Support full equipment life-cycle development through sunsetting

  • Complete equipment documentation for new deployments.

  • Equipment improvements of up time through troubleshooting design changes vendor partnerships & Hypercare.

  • Execution of automation opportunities for equipment/technology implementation from idea to production.

  • Work with a team to help design develop and customize electromechanical systems for manufacturing

  • Accepting supporting installation and hypercare of electromechanical systems

  • Own internal design for fixtures equipment updates and stand alone systems

Must Have

  • Bachelors degreeand a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience

OR

  • Masters degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

OR

  • PhD with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience.

Nice To Have

  • Experience in implementing Mechanical equipment design

  • Experience writing & executing equipment development documentation such as Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and User Requirement Specifications (URS) for new equipment.

  • Experience selecting and working with equipment vendors

  • Experience in site support or new equipment design/installation for manufacturing.

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):$128000.00 - $192000.00

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.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic Inc. (Medtronic) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County you can findhere a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.


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