Senior Process Development 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

As a process development engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing and enhancing production processes for advanced medical devices. Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to work hands-on with high-tech, automated manufacturing technologies such as laser cutting, laser welding, assembly, and (optical) measurement systems. Overall, you’ll be involved in the evolution of production processes throughout all stages of product maturity—from initial concept through to market launch.

You are a smart, eager and result driven engineer who thinks in terms of solutions rather than problems. You present your ideas convincingly and to the point. Collaboration is in your nature and you value different opinions and perspectives. You have strong analytical skills and you are capable of suggesting out-of-the-box solutions. You show a strong sense of ownership.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Design and develop production processes for advanced medical devices by translating product requirements into robust process outputs
• Define required process inputs(/settings) and establish equipment requirements
• Characterize and validate production processes through a strong understanding of input-output relationships and the establishment of effective process controls
• Drive world-class product manufacturability by optimizing processes using Lean Six Sigma methodologies, with a strong emphasis on cost efficiency and consistency
• Assess and improve product manufacturability through prototype build activities, providing structured feedback to product design teams to drive design improvements

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, applied physics, industrial automation or chemical engineering with 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Mastering the Dutch & English language
• Hands-on mentality, ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
• Preferably lean six sigma qualified (green belt or black belt)
• Experience with process validation activities aligned with ISO 13485 requirements is preferred

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. 

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.
 

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik:  Netherlands: 68,000.00 EUR - 102,000.00 EUR |  

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

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