Senior Manufacturing Engineer - NPI - Warsaw

Position: Senior Manufacturing Engineer - NPI - Warsaw, IN
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 8 Jun 2026

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*
* Are you passionate about driving innovation and improving manufacturing processes? Medtronic is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join our team at our Warsaw, Indiana manufacturing site. In this role, you'll play a critical part in optimizing production, ensuring quality, and advancing our mission to improve lives.

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you'll lead key initiatives to enhance manufacturing efficiency, implement Lean principles, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges. You'll also have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and processes while contributing to the production of life-saving medical devices.

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.

+ Responsible for the development of all machining, metal finishing and assembly methods for assigned product lines.

+ Partner with Project Engineer and determine Make vs. Buy decisions.

+ Participate during print review, partner with Quality Engineering on determining gages and measurement procedures.

+ Creates conceptual designs for new fixtures, gages and special cutting tools. Conducts tool design reviews with Tooling Team personnel, purchasing personnel and outside tool suppliers.

+ May determine appropriate machine platform for product and review any necessary capital equipment requirements.

+ May represent Warsaw on new product launch activities and transfer of product.

+ Completes activities of the change control policy and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) system in accordance with Medtronic Corporate CAPA system.

+ Completes activities of Lean Sigma projects and process improvements

+ Reviews product drawings for manufacturability. Initiates drawing changes with the product design engineer to improve manufacturing quality and reduce costs.

+ Provide periodic updates of assigned projects to senior management, maintain project documentation, project plans, action item registers and actively manage risks related to cost, quality and schedule.

+ Partner with Quality during risk management activities.  May leads and/or actively participate in design reviews, i.e.: DFMEA & pFMEA

+ Provides technical support to purchasing personnel and suppliers by interpreting product drawings, initiating the development of manufacturing drawings and resolving technical production problems.

+ Develops the manufacturing plan for new products and coordinates the entry of Manufacturing Process Planning information into the MRP system.

+ Proactively execute and support development of validation/qualifications studies.  Determine strategy with appropriate teams and ensure that groups are involved early on in the needs of the engineering group.

+ May provide tooling selection input in partnership with the CNC Programmer to ensure existing tool maps. Troubleshoots CNC programming problems on the production floor. Coordinates necessary program changes with the appropriate CNC Programmer.

+ Develops manufacturing setup/process sheets for all machining, assembly, and finishing operations for new products.

+ Reviews engineering drawing changes and makes/initiates appropriate changes in manufacturing tools, fixtures, processes, CNC programs, bills of material or routings. Documents all changes through the Manufacturing Engineering process control system.

+ Resolves technical production problems on assigned product lines in machining, metal finishing and assembly operations working with…