Senior Extrusion Engineer - Plymouth, MN

Medtronic • Plymouth, MN

3d • $100,000 - $150,000 • 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 In this Senior Extrusion Engineer role on the Plymouth Nathan Lane Manufacturing Engineering team, you will serve as the extrusion subject matter expert and technical owner for high volume medical device extrusion processes, with responsibility for both daily manufacturing performance and long-term process stability and capability. You will define and execute a long-term extrusion strategy across equipment, tooling, materials, and process controls, provide hands-on shopfloor support to resolve complex issues, lead validations and revalidations, and drive continuous improvement efforts focused on yield, reliability, and cost optimization. This role requires close collaboration with cross functional partners, including Production, Maintenance, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Technicians, and external suppliers, to manage technical risk, support change initiatives, and elevate extrusion capability across the site. This role is based at the Plymouth Nathan Lane facility, which supports the Peripheral Vascular Health (PVH) Operating Unit (OU). The PVH OU brings together our various peripheral vascular businesses into a single cross-functional, collaborative operating unit, leveraging the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients worldwide. 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with medical‑grade polymer extrusion, such as multi‑lumen or tight‑tolerance tubing
• Background working in a regulated manufacturing environment (FDA, ISO 13485, GMP)
• Proficiency with SPC, process characterization, DOE, and data‑driven process optimization
• Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Six Sigma, scrap/yield reduction)
• Demonstrated ability to act as a technical mentor or extrusion SME for engineers and technicians
• Experience with extrusion equipment lifecycle management, including upgrades or obsolescence planning
• Familiarity with supplier qualification and technical collaboration for materials, tooling, or equipment

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner for extrusion processes at the Nathan Lane site, accountable for both short-term manufacturing performance and long-term process stability.
• Define, document, and execute a long-term extrusion stability strategy, including equipment, tooling, materials, process controls, and standard work.
• Establish and maintain robust process windows, control plans, and monitoring strategies to ensure consistent output and sustained process capability.
• Provide direct shop-floor engineering support to troubleshoot and resolve complex extrusion process issues related to materials, tooling, equipment, and process parameters.
• Lead process validations and revalidations (IQ/OQ/PQ) in support of sustaining operations, capacity expansion, and process changes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on yield, scrap reduction, OEE, and cost optimization, with emphasis on preventing recurrence of chronic issues.
• Partner with Production, Maintenance, and Quality to improve equipment reliability, preventive maintenance strategies, and process robustness.
• Lead technical risk assessments and proactively address aging equipment, supplier variability, and material obsolescence risks.
• Support change management activities, ensuring changes align with the long-term extrusion strategy and quality system requirements.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, including process specifications, control plans, and work instructions.
• Support quality investigations and CAPAs by performing deep technical root cause analysis and implementing sustainable corrective actions.
• Act as the extrusion subject matter expert for the site, mentoring engineers and technicians and elevating overall technical capability.

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, and 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), and 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: Mid Level