Manufacturing Engineering Director

Medtronic•Plymouth, MN

1d•$198,400 - $297,600•Onsite

About The Position

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 6 Jul 2026 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 Today, we’re partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges – this requires bold leadership. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. Join our team as the Manufacturing Engineering Director where you will lead Manufacturing Engineering, leading the sustaining engineering strategy, performance, and continuous improvement of Plymouth Nathan Lane’s production lines. The role will ensure products are produced safely, with high quality, reliably, and efficiently, by developing robust manufacturing processes. The Plymouth Nathan Lane facility positively impacts over 1 million patients each year. 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 a minimum of 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. At Medtronic, Engineers are indispensable to achieving our Mission. That’s why we empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Apply your existing skills and develop new ones, with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise. With roles in specific business units, as well as at the corporate level, you’re sure to find an opportunity to make an impact that’s right for you.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and minimum 10 years relevant manufacturing engineering experience with 7+ years of people management experience, OR Advanced degree with a minimum 8 years relevant manufacturing engineering experience with 7+ years of people management experience.
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

Proven track record of strong relationships in a matrixed organizational structure, cross-functionally, with leadership and with direct labor/production staff.
Understanding of Qualification protocols – IQ/OQ/PQ.
Demonstrated ability to lead in an FDA-regulated environment.
Demonstrated change agent driving improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost KPIs.
Engineering Degree (preferably: Mechanical or Electrical Engineering).
Green or Black Belt certification.
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 across businesses, sites, or regions.
Experience with preventative/corrective action process.
Experience working within a quality system or regulated industry with subsequent knowledge of appropriate documentation and or quality requirements.

Responsibilities

Guide, deploy, and execute the Medtronic Performance System (MPS), our “one best way” methodology and tools that support our holistic operational excellence program.
Oversee, manage, and optimize 24/5 manufacturing in peripheral vascular product manufacturing.
Develop a high-performance engineering team to efficiently drive continuous improvement.
Hire, coach, develop, and performance manage talent within the department.
Develop and execute multi-year strategic Engineering roadmaps.
Collaborate with Design, Quality, Sourcing, Planning, Operations, and OpEx to achieve KPI goals.
Interface with Senior Management to communicate/report progress on critical projects.
Partner with fellow Tier 4 (Site Leadership team) and key business stakeholders to align on priorities and resources
Meet or exceed defined deliverables for Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
Manage overall department budget.
Develop, organize, and lead activities to significantly improve scrap and yield performance.
Identify, align, prioritize, and resource key projects to improve quality and efficiency.
Provide technical oversight and mentoring to resolve complex product and process issues.
Lead the team to drive continuous improvement.
Identify and deploy capital equipment ahead of demand.
Partner with the Advanced Engineering Org to receive New Product Introduction (NPI) into production.
Utilize and coach methods and tools like DMAIC, Six Sigma, Red X, Root Cause Analysis, to lead the organization to solve problems.
Focus and achieve high product quality and reliability for our patients.
Ensure the team is compliant with internal and external quality requirements.

Benefits

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)