Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.
A Day in the Life
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Plans, directs and implements all aspects of the company's design and development of new medical device products or software systems.
- May develop, evaluate, implement and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems or reliability systems and standards pertaining to materials, techniques, or company products.
- Oversees the investigation and evaluation of existing technologies.
- Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, processes or products.
- Directs the development of new concepts from initial design to market release.
- Manages feasibility studies of the design to determine if capable of functioning as intended.
- Monitors documentation maintenance throughout all phases of research and development.
- Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery.
- Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONAL CAREER STREAM: Management and supervisory professionals with one or more employees who are focused on tactical, operational and some strategic activities within a specified area. Levels within the management career stream typically have six or more direct reports. The majority of time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility, managing performance, developing talent, engagement and inclusion, communicating business and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of direct reports. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of direct and / or indirect reports. A key responsibility of roles in this career stream is managing people. which includes: accountability for mentoring, developing and coaching staff on meeting/exceeding performance expectations and defined objectives, providing leadership to staff ensuring the prioritization of strategic and department level initiatives to include defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.
DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS
Autonomy: Supervises team members or subordinate supervisors, providing tactical and / or technical leadership. May perform ongoing operational tasks. Receives assignments in task-oriented terms and delivers results according to established procedures.
Organizational Impact: Plans and establishes goals and objectives for a team, typically within (1) department. Decisions impact project or department schedules, customer satisfaction levels, or allocation of time or material resources. Typically does not have budget or P&L accountability, but may manage day-to-day elements of the budget (eg, overtime for staff).
Innovation and Complexity: Makes improvements to processes, systems or products. Problems and issues faced are difficult and may require understanding of broader set of issues, including multiple job areas or specialties.
Communication and Influence: Communicates with internal and external customers and vendors, across various levels of the organization. Shares and exchanges relevant information to reach solutions, and gaining cooperation of other parties .
Leadership and Talent Management: May be a second level supervisor of employees in the Support career stream, such as production, distribution or technicians . May be a first level supervisor of employees in the Associate or Intermediate level in the Specialist career stream . May be a first level supervisor of employees at level IV and V in the Support career stream . Leads, directs and reviews the work of team members in order to accomplish operational plans and results. Provides primary input to hiring, firing, promotion, performance and rewards decisions for direct reports.
Required Knowledge and Experience: Understands basic management approaches such as work scheduling, prioritizing, coaching and process execution. Requires advanced knowledge of job area obtained through advanced education combined with experience. Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 3 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.
Industrial, Electric, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent BS degree.
Minimal experience 10 years in similar position
Experience in AutoCAD /Solid Work to design/re-design tooling and fixtures and production lines
Experience in Product Transfers, New Product Introduction
Experience in Process Automation and Managing through a crisis
Experience in Capacity Studies, Lean Implementation/Improvements and Product Costing,
Advanced level in NCMRs, Costumer Complaints, CAPAs and Validations (Processes and Product)
Finance Knowledge and Experience, advanced level (Savings and Capital Projects, AOP)
Knowledge of cGMP, ISO 13485; 2016
Lean/Black Belt Certified.
Minimum Computer Packages (Excel, Word, Power Point Intermedium Level)
English 80%
Personnel Management.
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.
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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.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).