Process Engineer II

Careers that Change Lives

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The Process Engineer is responsible for provide support for growth activity of automated assembly equipment in support of high-speed assembly, form-fill and seal packaging, vacuum chambers, and final packaging/labeling operations in a Clean Room environment under the site engineering for the sutures manufacturing growth team.

The Process Engineer will support strategic project initiatives of absorbable suture product finished goods and sub-assembly families with specific regard to equipment qualification, equipment upgrades, and implementing transformational technology changes into current process that directly improve OEE, output, yield, and cost savings opportunities. They will be a point of contact for Capital Equipment upgrades, process development and process validations of new and current automated equipment. Duties include participating in cross functional teams to accomplish project and site-specific goals.

A Day in the Life

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

• Design manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.

• Design arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.

• Lead and execute validation processes in new and current equipment (IQ,OQ,PQ)

• Develop, coordinate, and conduct technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs.

• Design sequence of operations and specify procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.

• Adapt machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.

• May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.

• Inspect performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigate and initiate corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.

• Develop manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques.

• Provide guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

• Ensure processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

• Key participant in DFMEA, PFMEA, Machine Risk Assessments, and CTQ processes assuring specifications are well-defined and documented.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience

Nice to Have

• BS or MS degree in Engineering

• Experience with capital equipment acquisitions: Design Reviews, FAT, SATs.

• Strong communication, project management, and leadership skills

• Assist in creating equipment specifications to vendors for quoting automated and manual equipment.

• Solid organizational, functional coordination and presentation skills

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

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. Learn more about our benefits here.

The provided base salary range is used nationally in the United States (except in Puerto Rico and certain CA locations). The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experience, certification/education, market conditions, location, etc.

Physical Job Requirements

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. (ADA-United States of America)