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A Day in the Life

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The Automation Controls Engineer role designs delivers and supports equipment solutions used in the manufacturing of batteries supporting implantable medical devices. They are responsible for the creation and maintenance of equipment solutions supporting both current and new battery production lines. This Engineer takes daily action to ensure key performance metrics are being met in production and they assess if existing equipment is adequate to support production manufacturing requirements and will plan and execute continuous improvement upgrades as needed.

This Engineer is responsible for taking appropriate actions to ensure daily completion of production goals and uses process yield and output data to make corrections solve problems and support Operations stakeholders. They will also support continuous improvement of the automation processes by interfacing with both Operations and New Product Development stakeholders including component design process development and quality to create a compliant solution for production equipment release and support. The process and equipment improvements involve leveraging site operational technology requirements integration of software and hardware or management of a vendor performing integration equipment R&R (repeatability & reproducibility) analysis qualification and validation documentation and support for system releases. The role will utilize software languages and environments including PLC structured text.

This role is 100% onsite at our Brooklyn Center MN manufacturing site.

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

• Develop and improve software applications to manufacture batteries utilizing software languages and environments preferably in PLC Ladder Logic and/or structured text.

• Design develop and debug dedicated hardware and software performing verification and validation activities performing Measurement Systems Analysis (Gage R&R studies); all in support of equipment solution release for production manufacturing of batteries.

• Deployment and qualification of equipment. Ensure appropriate documentation is maintained and completed for all technology programs transferred to product line specific areas.

• Support design and qualification of new custom tooling/equipment (Requirements Procurement Commissioning IQ/Gage R&R Support).

• Follow software application development procedures and demonstrate compliance through technical documentation generation.

• Develop electromechanical technical solutions to complex problems that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.

• Embrace a culture of driving toward high-quality designs collaboration and innovation.

• Work is performed with moderate direction and partnership with more senior peers.

• All activities must be performed in compliance with the Quality System.

• Performs duties in compliance with environmental health and safety related site rules policies or governmental regulation.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

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

Nice to Have

• Experience with automated assembly equipment

• Solid experience with hands on equipment troubleshooting including conventional diagnostic tools and PLC software

• Experience with Rockwell PLCs (CompactLogix and ControlLogix Platforms) and supporting software

• Experience with Rockwell HMIs and associated software

• Experience with 6 axis joint and SCARA robotics

• Experience with scanners and vision systems (Cognex/Adept preferred)

• Experience with servo and stepper motion control amplifiers controllers and position feedback devices

• Experience with cutting and marking laser systems (Keyence)

• Experience with automating manufacturing data acquisition trending and networking architecture

• Proficiency with electrical systems. Able to review and understand schematics

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.