Prin Manufacturing Engineer

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 Principal Manufacturing Engineer- Global Contract Manufacturing A Day In The Life Provide manufacturing engineering support to enable the successful management and optimization of manufacturing lines within the Global Contract Manufacturing Platform. Work collaboratively with our internal businesses, global Cross functions and contract manufacturing partners to identify and mitigate risks, drive continuous improvement and maintain consistent service performance from active production lines. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. ·        Develop, validate, and maintain production fixtures for medical devices and subassemblies. ·        Support day‑to‑day manufacturing operations by troubleshooting test failures, equipment issues, and process deviations. ·        Create and execute validation protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ) for equipment and manufacturing processes. ·        Ensure all production systems remain compliant, calibrated, and audit‑ready. ·        Collaborate with Quality and Regulatory teams to maintain documentation aligned with ISO 13485 and FDA 21 CFR Part 820 requirements. ·        Drive improvements in throughput, and reliability through automation, fixture upgrades, and process optimization. ·        Analyze test data to identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities for improvement. ·        Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling. ·        Implement root‑cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA) for test‑related issues. ·        Develop and implement manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques. ·        Contribute to lean manufacturing initiatives and efficiency projects. ·        Designs arrangement of machines within manufacturing facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout. ·        Designs sequence of operations and specify 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. ·        Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques. ·        Ensuring processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.   TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM:  An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower-level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies – from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills. Partner with