Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer - Brooklyn Center, MN

Medtronic•Brooklyn Center, MN

1d•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. The Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer will work as a Lean Manufacturing change agent and coach. The role supports the organization as a senior Technical contact on Lean Manufacturing and projects. The position will be responsible to lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives across the site and coach continuous improvement practitioners in problem solving and program management. This will require the ability to educate and motivate individuals at various levels of the organization and the ability to manage projects to a successful and timely conclusion. Additionally, this position will support new product introductions to ensure that the manufacturing processes, equipment and the production cells are "born lean". The position interacts with senior internal personnel on technical matters often requiring cross-functional collaboration. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant 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.
The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree
Green Belt Certification (Internal or ASQ)
BB/Master Black Belt certification
Ability to facilitate groups and teams
Expertise in Lean Manufacturing
Knowledge project management and lean transformations
Experience with problem solving using analytic s such as DMAIC/A3
Coaching Experience
AutoCAD, Visual Basic

Responsibilities

Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.
Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.
Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

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)