Senior Packaging Engineer

Senior Packaging Engineer

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

The Senior Packaging Engineer’s purpose is to create and innovate packaging of new products/processes and lead their implementation in multiple manufacturing facilities. Additionally, the Senior Packaging Engineer will lead projects in the areas of cost reductions, identification and procurement of new packaging machinery, and packaging documentation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Identify and lead cost reduction opportunities (>$100K) in regards to Packaging.
• Provide technical support and training to manufacturing in regards to packaging systems and machinery.
• Prepare packaging validation protocols and reports to support packaging changes.
• Perform packaging validation testing to support changes.
• Lead material qualifications for packaging changes such as resin material changes.
• Create and update packaging specifications for manufacturing.
• Assist in artwork creation and revisions for product packaging.
• Operate various testing apparatus in qualifying packaging changes.
• Create sterilization pallet patterns as well as non-sterile pallet patterns for manufacturing locations.
• Ensure on time delivery to Project Engineering and R&D schedules and plans.
• Prepares monthly progress reports on projects.
• Provides work direction to lab technicians as required.
• Assists in mentoring of junior engineers.

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC/NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Conduct review meetings with multiple facilities regarding packaging issues.
• Provide support to various departments such as R&D regarding packaging issues.
• Create and update packaging specifications for documentation.
• Other duties as assigned with or without accommodation.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

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) and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

DESIRED/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to prepare written policies, procedures, proposals, and reports.
• Effective communication skills with superiors (department managers, senior management, steering committee members, cross functional vice presidents), peers, and subordinates.
• Ability to plan and document projects effectively. Ability to manage multiple ongoing projects by way of good organizational skills.
• Medical Device experience.
• Applicable experience in packaging engineering, medical devices, pharmaceutical or related industry preferred.
• Experience leading projects/programs including financial accountability.
• Prior experience in site-to-site transfer projects in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of systems including PowerPoint, MS Project, Power BI.
• Six Sigma Green Belt and/or Lean certification, DMAIC methodology preferred.
• Knowledge of GD&T.
• Knowledge of DFMEA and PFMEA.
• Ability to lead and manage multiple projects and collaborating across the matrix of different countries and states.
• AUTOCAD/SOLIDWORKS.

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Able to lift 30 pounds.
• Must be able to travel independently to various Medtronic buildings/sites (up to 30% of the time).

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD): $76,000.00 - $114,000.00. The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.