Chemical Engineer II (Finance)

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 12 May 2025

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
Join Medtronic as a Process Engineer and be part of a team that is dedicated to transforming healthcare technology. At Medtronic, we act boldly, compete to win, move with speed and decisiveness, foster belonging, and deliver results the right way. Our mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people around the world.

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for day-to-day manufacturing floor support in a medical device manufacturing area that produces materials used for wound closure products. You will focus on increasing the efficiency of the processed product while maintaining high standards for quality, cost, and safety. This includes supporting root cause analysis activities, output monitoring, and performing necessary experiments to establish robust processes. You'll gain a thorough understanding of capabilities and interactions with upstream and downstream processes and help define equipment needs, including tooling and operator interactions.

This position reports to the Engineering Manager and belongs to the North Haven Engineering department. While the role requires on-site work, flexible work arrangements are available to align with our current teamwork strategy and needs. Additionally, the position involves occasional domestic and international travel, determined based on specific business needs. As part of the job, you will collaborate closely with the Operations team and several engineering disciplines such as Quality, R&D, Biocompatibility, Regulatory Affairs, and others.

In the Surgical Innovations business unit, we advance minimally invasive surgery to improve outcomes for patients and providers around the globe. From concept to commercialization, we bring meaningful innovation to our robust and growing portfolio of surgical devices and technologies. Through wise investments, thoughtful planning, and world-class partnerships, we help patients get the care they need - from diagnosis to treatment - when they need it.

If you are passionate about making a difference and thrive in a dynamic, we invite you to join us to apply your existing skills and develop new ones, with the training, mentorship, and the guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise. In our daily bases, engineers are indispensable to achieving our Mission. That's why we empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Provide daily production support to set up, troubleshoot, repair, and monitor chemical and mechanical processes like crystallization, distillation, polymer extrusion, and bio-medical process equipment.
• Review manufacturing equipment and processes for improvement potential using statistical data and analysis of equipment condition then effectively manage change projects.
• Team with manufacturing and quality personnel on a daily basis to review / disposition production defects and provides potential process and/or equipment corrective actions to assure production schedules and quality expectations are met.
• Review production data to determine root causes of potential manufacturing defects then develop and implement effective corrective actions.
• Provide expertise in specification development, procurement, build, documentation, validation, and personnel training for chemical, polymer extrusion, textile, and bio-medical related processes.
• Support new product development, quality improvement, and integration projects.
• Manage Engineering changes like BOM creation/modification and general ERP support.
• Maintain excellent communications with Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, Safety, Planning, and Metrology departments on an as-needed basis.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams a plus, using project management tools such as Microsoft Project Gantt charts, tracking financials of projects, holding successful meetings, and distributing timely minutes.

Required Knowledge and Experience:
Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience.

Preferred qualifications:

• BS in Chemical, Mechanical, Bio-Medical, or Industrial Engineering
• Experience in any polymer extrusion process
• Experience on Medical Device Industry
• Dynamic, positive attitude
• Demonstrated abilities leading cross functional teams
• Self-starter and able to work with minimal supervision
• Strong communication, project management, and leadership skills
• Solid organizational, functional coordination and presentation skills

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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):$80,800.00 - $121,200.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: 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).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: 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).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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 95,000+ 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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .

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.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. ("Medtronic") in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.