Senior R-D Engineer Polymer Joining and Balloon Forming Centers of Excellence; CoE

Senior R-D Engineer for the Polymer Joining and Balloon Forming Centers of Excellence

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.

The Senior R-D Engineer for the Polymer Joining and Balloon Forming Centers of Excellence (CoE) role is part of the Manufacturing Innovation and Technology (MIT) engineering team within Medtronic's Operations Innovation organization. The team is responsible for identifying, developing, and advancing manufacturing technologies that strengthen enterprise capabilities and support future product and therapy needs. Key areas of focus include polymer joining, balloon forming, extrusion technologies, materials engineering, and advanced manufacturing processes used across medical device development and production.

This position is based at the Medtronic facility in Mounds View, Minnesota and follows an onsite work model; 4 days onsite, 1 day remote. Up to 25% travel may be required to support collaboration, technology development activities, and engagement with manufacturing sites and partners.

In this Senior R-D Engineer for the Polymer Joining and Balloon Forming Centers of Excellence (CoE) role, you will lead the evaluation, development, and maturation of advanced manufacturing technologies with a focus on Polymer Joining and Balloon Forming Centers of Excellence. You will work across research, product development, quality, supplier, and manufacturing organizations to assess emerging technologies, develop manufacturing capability strategies, and accelerate the transition of innovative processes from concept through implementation.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the evaluation and development of emerging manufacturing technologies related to polymer joining, balloon forming, extrusion, materials engineering, and catheter manufacturing.
• Develop manufacturing technology strategies and multi-year roadmaps that align customer, research, and business needs with future capability requirements.
• Design and execute feasibility studies, proof-of-concept activities, and experimental plans to assess new materials, equipment, processes, and manufacturing approaches.
• Collaborate with research, design, quality, supplier engineering, and manufacturing teams to advance manufacturing technologies from concept through technology maturation.
• Analyze technical and business data to support technology prioritization, capability development, and investment recommendations.
• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise in polymer processing, manufacturing process development, and technology evaluation activities.
• Communicate technology strategies, business cases, capability assessments, and recommendations to engineering teams and senior leadership.
• Support technology transfer and implementation activities to enable adoption of new manufacturing capabilities within product development and manufacturing organizations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in manufacturing process development, manufacturing technology development, product development, or engineering within a regulated industry.
• Experience leading or contributing to technical evaluations, feasibility studies, experimental investigations, or process development activities.
• Experience collaborating across cross-functional engineering, quality, manufacturing, or product development teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with polymer processing, balloon forming, extrusion technology, polymer joining, materials engineering, laser manufacturing processes, or medical device manufacturing.
• Experience developing and advancing manufacturing technologies prior to formal product development programs.
• Experience with design…