Medtronic offers a career of exploration and innovation in healthcare access and equity.
A Day in the Life
The Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (AME) will collaborate with R&D to ensure seamless product transitions from development to manufacturing. This role involves designing manufacturing processes, developing plastic injection molding techniques, and enhancing line efficiency while managing risks. The AME will implement Operational Excellence tools and be responsible for creating and maintaining Bill of Materials (BOMs), work instructions, and Device Master Records (DMRs).
Our Purpose
At Medtronic, we value individuality and think differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.
We believe diverse cultures, genders, and perspectives foster innovation — and everyone benefits. Medtronic promotes an inclusive culture where you can thrive.
Responsibilities
* Designing manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining, and material handling.
* Designing sequences of operations and specifying procedures for fabrication of tools and equipment affecting product performance.
* Adapting machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
* Incorporating inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
* Inspecting machinery, equipment, and tools to verify efficiency and initiating corrective actions as needed.
* Developing manufacturing processes applicable to statistical process control.
* Providing guidance on design concepts and specifications to optimize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
* Ensuring processes and procedures comply with regulations.
Key Skills & Experience
* Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Electromechanical Engineering.
* Minimum of 4 years relevant experience, or an advanced degree with at least 2 years in a similar role.
* Experience with product development.
* Knowledge of project management, equipment, facility, and process validations.
* Experience managing BOMs and DMRs.
* Project management skills including Gantt charts, financial tracking, stakeholder communication, resource coordination, and delivering results.
* Strong communication, accountability, decision-making, feedback, meeting management, and conflict management skills.
* Problem-solving and root cause analysis capabilities.
Nice to Have
* Medical Device experience.
* Experience with injection molding, small tooling design, and development.
* Design of Experiments (DOE).
* Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
* Technical writing skills and documentation updating.
* Knowledge of drafting standards, fixtures, and tooling.
* Strong statistical skills using Minitab.
* Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing experience.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Access, Excel, Project, Visio, and Word.
* Knowledge of capital project budgets, including forecasting and quoting.
* Experience developing statements of work, project charters, and project plans.