Senior Controls Manufacturing Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 15 Jul 2026

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*
* The Senior Controls Manufacturing Engineer provides electrical and controls engineering support for multiple manufacturing areas within the Medtronic North Haven Manufacturing facility. This role leads and supports initiatives focused on cost savings, manufacturing process improvements, assembly equipment retrofits, and the procurement and implementation of new manufacturing equipment. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure manufacturing equipment meets Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) requirements and consistently produces high-quality assemblies that meet product specifications.

Responsibilities include developing and maintaining engineering standards and best practices, supporting validation activities through the development and execution of defining documents and IQ protocols, and ensuring all required equipment documentation is created and maintained, including operating instructions, electrical schematics, equipment specifications, parameter settings, and software backups.

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 a minimum of 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

** Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:*
* + Designs, implements, supports, and troubleshoots Cognex Vision Systems (In-Sight Explorer, In-Sight Vision Suite), Keyence Vision Sensors (IX series, IV series), Fiber optic and laser sensors, safety circuits, and more for critical automated and semi-automated medical manufacturing equipment

+ Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.

+ Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.

+ Designs sequence of operations and specifies 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.

+ Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.

+ Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

+ Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

** Must Have:*
* ** Minimum*
* ** Requirement*
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* _To be considered for this role, please_   _ensure_   _the_   _minimum_   _requirements are_   _evident_   _in your applicant profile. _

+ Requires a Bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of relevant experience, a Master's degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience, or a PhD with no prior relevant experience required.

** Nice to Have*
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Experience with PLC/HMI programming and troubleshooting in automated manufacturing

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Experience with robotics, vision systems, motion control, or industrial networking

+ Background in regulated manufacturing environments such as medical device or pharma

+ Familiarity with equipment validation, change control, and quality systems

+ Proven…