At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the LifeToday, we’re partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges – this requires bold leadership. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.Join our team as the Sr. Manufacturing Engineering Director where you will lead Manufacturing Engineering, Program Management to drive continuous improvement. The Tempe facility positively impacts 1.4M people per year with implantable microelectronics that save and sustain life as the center of excellence for microelectronics.
At Medtronic, we must work with a sense of purpose and ownership, knowing there is a human life on the other side of every decision.
We bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
At Medtronic, Engineers are indispensable to achieving our Mission. That’s why we empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Apply your existing skills and develop new ones, with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise. With roles in specific business units, as well as at the corporate level, you’re sure to find an opportunity to make an impact that’s right for you.
As the Sr. Manufacturing Engineering Director, you have the following responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership and Operational Oversight
Guide, deploy, and execute the Medtronic Performance System (MPS), our “one best way” methodology and tools that support our holistic operational excellence program.
Oversee, manage, and optimize 24/7 manufacturing in wafer fab, assembly, and test.
Develop a high-performance engineering team to efficiently drive continuous improvement.
Hire, coach, develop, and performance manage talent within the department.
Develop and execute multi-year roadmaps for wafer fab, assembly, and test aligned with needs.
Collaborate with Design, Quality, Sourcing, Planning, Operations to achieve key process indicators.
Interface with Senior Management to communicate/report progress on critical projects.
Meet or exceed defined deliverables for Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
Manage overall department budget.
Engineering and Technical Management
Identify, prioritize, and resource key projects to achieve significant scrap reduction.
Provide technical oversight to resolve complex product and process issues.
Lead the team to drive continuous improvement.
Identify and deploy capital equipment ahead of demand.
Partner to receive New Product Introduction (NPI) into production.
Utilize methods and tools like DMAIC, Red X, KT to lead the organization to solve problems.
Quality and Compliance
Focus and achieve high product quality and reliability for our patients.
Ensure the team is compliant with internal quality requirements.
Ensure the team is compliant with internal and external quality standards.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.
Bachelor’s degree and minimum 15 years relevant manufacturing engineering experience with10+ years of people management experience, OR Advanced degree with a minimum 13 years relevant manufacturing engineering experience with10+ years of people management experience.
Nice to Have:
Experience in Microelectronics and Wafer Fab operations
Understanding of Qualification protocols – IQ/OQ/PQ.
Demonstrated ability to lead in an FDA-regulated environment.
Demonstrated change agent driving improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost KPIs.
Engineering Degree (preferably: Mechanical or Electrical Engineering).
Green or Black Belt certification.
Demonstrated experience managing large, complex transformation initiatives with high level of visibility and business criticality.
Ability to lead, energize and influence change efforts at all levels of a complex organization.
Hands-on experience managing cross-functional projects across businesses, sites, or regions.
Experience with preventative/corrective action process.
Experience working within a quality system or regulated industry with subsequent knowledge of appropriate documentation and or quality requirements.
Relocation assistance may be considered.
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 & CompensationMedtronic 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.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico. Base pay is based on numerous factors and may vary by job-related knowledge, skills, experience, etc. 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 insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple 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 match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital 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 MedtronicWe 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 95,000+ 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.
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