Senior Process Engineer - North Haven, CT
About The Position
The Senior Process Engineer is responsible for providing support for multiple product families related to safety, quality, service, product cost, process improvements, and customer feedback across chemical, extrusion, textile, and biomedical manufacturing processes. This role leads and participates in cross-functional teams to achieve project goals, support continuous improvement initiatives, and drive manufacturing performance. Based at Medtronic's North Haven, Connecticut campus, a major manufacturing and engineering site supporting Surgical Innovations products, the Senior Process Engineer serves as a technical expert for production equipment and manufacturing processes. The role also supports new products transitioning from R&D into manufacturing, helping ensure successful product launch, operational readiness, and long-term manufacturing sustainability. 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 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
- Experience applying statistical methods and science-based decision making to design experiments and implement process improvements.
- Experience managing multiple projects and priorities in a manufacturing, engineering, or product development environment.
- Experience working on cross-functional teams to deliver technical projects and business objectives.
- Experience using Minitab for data analysis and problem solving.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the medical device industry.
- Experience with Design for Reliability (DFR), Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), and/or Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
- Experience supporting absorbable polymer products or technologies.
- Experience with polymer development and manufacturing, fiber extrusion, textile manufacturing, and/or material characterization.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
- Bachelor’s degree or an advanced degree in Chemistry, Chemical, Mechanical, Bio-Medical Engineering, or related
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Support the day-to-day manufacturing of absorbable and non-absorbable sutures, including polymer development, crystallization, purification, extrusion, annealing, and textile manufacturing processes.
- Lead cross-functional teams and projects using project management tools to plan, track, and deliver technical, operational, and financial objectives.
- Provide technical expertise for the specification, procurement, installation, qualification, validation, troubleshooting, and training of chemical, polymer extrusion, textile, and biomedical manufacturing processes and equipment.
- Identify and lead opportunities to improve process and equipment capability, reliability, and manufacturing efficiency through data analysis, statistical methods, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support new product development, quality improvement, product integration, and capital equipment projects.
- Execute engineering qualifications and process validations, including IQ/OQ/PQ activities, to support manufacturing, compliance, and operational objectives.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, Planning, Safety, and other cross-functional teams to investigate production and field issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
- Manage engineering change notices, BOM creation and maintenance, ERP/SPAC system activities, and provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineering staff.
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)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
