We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 12 Dec 2024

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 Life
A career at Medtronic is like no other. We're committed to and driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people worldwide! In this exciting Product Development Engineering Technician role, you will be part of the dedicated, experienced, and high-performing team at the Medtronic Energy and Component Center (MECC) in Brooklyn Center, MN. At this facility, we design, develop, and manufacture components used in Medtronic medical devices.

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

• Start up and operate equipment independently according to approved parameters to support R&D builds


• Safe handling of chemicals and equipment operation in accordance with EHS policies


• Adjust tooling and processing parameters as required to meet experimental targets and criteria according to R&D build plans


• Actively monitor Observe machine operation to detect identify and address defects or machine malfunction


• Perform and develop product testing according to approved methods and standards


• Complete Author and submit all required documentation, or electronic data entry


• Provide feedback on tooling, machine performance, product testing, and issues to engineers, supervisors, and management


• Provides technical support to engineers to achieve improvements in cycle-time, yield, unit cost, quality, safety and compliance of production and operations processes and products


• Prepares documentation on build reports, study plans, and other QMS (Quality Management System) required documents to support project work using Microsoft Office Suite of products (Excel, pptPowerpoint, Word)


• Monitors instruments and equipment and collects operating data, including calibration, inspection, testing and repair activities, to assist in making on-line adjustments to instruments, equipment, or products.


• Analyzes and resolves malfunctions and deviations of instruments and control systems to identify and resolve problems.


• Conducts, analyses and prepares reports using metrics from salvage tracking, trending, reporting and root-cause analyses.


• Maintains process designs to optimize process, equipment and facility use while conforming to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).


• Ability to work with limited supervision, including problem solving, providing solutions to issues, and implementing improvements

Minimum Qualifications:
Requires high school diploma or equivalent (United States), vocational or technical education or certification (all other countries).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior operating experience of coating, mixing, web handling, or other small scale chemical manufacturing equipment


• Prior knowledge or experience in the medical device industry


• Prior experience in R&D, pilot scale operations, or manufacturing environments


• Prior experience Experienced designing using CAD software or a willingness to learn it

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):$57,600.00 - $86,400.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Operations Incentive Plan (OIP).

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).

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 90,000+ 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.

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 law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.