Senior Engineering Supervisor

Medtronic•Boulder, CO

9h•$124,000 - $186,000•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 Location: Boulder, Colorado Onsite: 100% As a Senior Engineering Supervisor, you will lead and oversee a team of engineers responsible for manufacturing lines in Boulder, driving the planning, design, and execution of complex projects. You are responsible for ensuring technical excellence, fostering innovation, and driving continuous improvement within the team. Key duties include mentoring junior staff, managing project timelines and resources, coordinating cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring compliance with industry standards and company policies. You will attend Tier 2 and Tier 3 meetings daily to ensure effective communication, issue escalation, and cross-functional alignment. As the primary engineering representative in these forums, you will provide updates on project status, address operational challenges, and facilitate timely resolution of technical and process issues. Leveraging insights from these meetings, you will drive continuous improvement initiatives and inform team priorities. A critical aspect of your role will be tracking Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and prioritizing improvement projects to address issues related to low OEE outputs. You will analyze OEE data, identify root causes of inefficiencies, and implement targeted solutions to maximize equipment performance and reliability. Additionally, you will target material usage variance (MUV) and scrap goals, developing strategies to minimize waste and optimize resource utilization. Your leadership will be essential in delivering high-quality solutions on time and within budget, while promoting a culture of safety, accountability, and professional growth. 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.

Requirements

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)
minimum of 3 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Electrical, Mechanical, or Electromechanical degree
Medical Device experience
Experience with equipment development and process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
Small tooling design and development
Engineering experience with medical devices
Design of Experiments (DOE)
Electro-Mechanical troubleshooting skills
Strong statistical skills using Minitab
Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing experience preferred
Previous leadership experience

Responsibilities

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.

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.
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)