Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Director

Medtronic • Plymouth, MN

16h • Onsite

About The Position

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 At Medtronic’s Plymouth Nathan Lane facility, we are redefining what’s possible in healthcare technology, transforming bold ideas into life‑changing solutions for patients around the world. Today, we’re partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges—and this requires bold leadership. If you want a challenging, energizing, and rewarding career that truly changes lives, join us and help bring the next generation of life‑changing medical technology to patients worldwide. As Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME) Director , you will lead the evolution of our manufacturing and process development capabilities by integrating advanced technologies, robust process design, and scalable production strategies. You will empower teams to rethink how we develop, industrialize, and manufacture products—driving step‑change improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost while enabling sustainable growth. Together, we will build high‑performing, future‑ready teams that not only exceed performance targets but set new benchmarks for manufacturing and engineering excellence. In this role, you will serve as a Tier 4 Leader at the Plymouth Nathan Lane site, representing advanced manufacturing and process development across the organization. You will lead New Product Introduction (NPI) support, process development, new automation, and the site technology roadmap, ensuring strong cross‑functional alignment and on‑site synergies. You will be responsible for defining and executing strategies that enable innovative solutions, flawless scale‑up, relationship building across the organization, and compliant manufacturing systems. Through strong technical leadership, program execution, and talent development, you will foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous advancement—delivering impactful manufacturing solutions to patients worldwide. 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. At Medtronic, 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.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science or technical field and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience, or advanced degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience.

Nice To Haves

• Green Belt, Black Belt, or PMP certification.
• Experience in Medical Device with metal processing experience.
• 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 working across businesses, sites, or regions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead in an FDA-regulated environment.
• Experience working within a quality system or regulated industry with subsequent knowledge of appropriate documentation and or quality requirements.
• Understanding of Qualification protocols – IQ/OQ/PQ.
• Experience with manufacturing systems such as MES, Blue Yonder, SAP, etc.
• Experience and accountability driving change resulting in improvement of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost KPIs.
• For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead, form, mentor, develop and coach engineering leaders and teams on meeting / exceeding performance expectations.
• Partner across organizations to develop relationships with internal stakeholders to drive Innovation through New Product Introduction (NPI) and Technology Roadmap – Operating Units, Operations Innovations, and Strategy and Network teams.
• Participate in establishing project objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets.
• Navigate head count allocations between funded projects and burden resourcing.
• Ensure high expectations for manufacturing performance when a new product launches, including: safety, yield, and OEE.
• Lead or participate in the appropriation of funds for projects through the preparation and approval of capital expenditure requests.
• Influence across functions and businesses to deliver the results according to plan and budget.
• Communicate and lead meetings with internal /external suppliers and stakeholders.
• Interface with Senior Management to communicate/report progress and receive strategic updates impacting projects.
• Conceive, develop, and propose NPI (aligned to Plymouth NL’s core competencies) solutions to solve product needs for Medtronic Operating Units.
• Oversee the investigation and evaluation of new and existing processes and technologies to find opportunities for improvement and develop action plans for execution.
• Ensure 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.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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
• Simple Steps (global well-being program)
• 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)
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees