Engineering Tech V - Automation

Medtronic • Humacao, PR

9h

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 A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide. This Engineering Technician role works directly with the Humacao Innovation Roadmap, providing the hands-on execution needed to convert automation concepts into deployable, scalable solutions. The position directly supports CAD drawing development, automation equipment buildout, and PLC electrical/infrastructure documentation, enabling faster prototyping, smoother commissioning, and more reliable implementation of innovative systems. By owning detailed drafting, electrical schematics, and shop-floor infrastructure, the role protects engineering capacity, reduces implementation risk, and improves documentation control in a regulated manufacturing environment. Overall, this role accelerates time‑to‑value for innovation initiatives, strengthens automation reliability, and is essential to sustaining Humacao’s long-term automation and operational excellence strategy. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Requires minimum of 15 years of relevant experience.
• Requires high school diploma or equivalent (United States), vocational or technical education or certification (all other countries).
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with industrial automation platforms (Allen‑Bradley, basic ladder logic understanding).
• Familiarity with electrical CAD tools (AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, or equivalent) for PLC schematics, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams.
• Exposure to automation equipment build, debug, or commissioning in a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of industrial controls infrastructure (control panels, I/O wiring, sensors, safety circuits, network layouts).
• Experience supporting equipment upgrades, retrofits, or automation pilots .
• Knowledge of change control, drawing revision control, and documentation standards .
• Basic understanding of robotics, vision systems, or motion control (support level).
• Experience working in regulated manufacturing environments (medical device, aerospace, pharmaceutical).
• Ability to collaborate cross‑functionally with engineering, maintenance, IT, and operations .
• Interest in learning and growing within automation and advanced manufacturing technologies .

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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).

Benefits

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
• 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 Operations Incentive Plan (OIP).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees