Engineering Tech V - CNC Programming 1st Shift

Medtronic Job Opportunity

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.

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

• Responsible for the development of all CNC machining program code.
• Review engineering drawings and initiates changes, or recommendations, for manufacturing tools, fixtures, CNC programs, through the change control system.
• Provides technical support to engineers to achieve improvements in cycle-time, yield, unit cost, quality, safety and compliance of production and operations processes and products.
• Monitors instruments and equipment and collects operating data, including calibration, inspection, testing and repair activities, to assist in making on-line adjustments to instruments, equipment, or products.
• Analyzes and resolves malfunctions and deviations of instruments and control systems to identify and resolve problems.
• Conducts, analyses and prepares reports using metrics from salvage tracking, trending, reporting and root-cause analyses.
• Maintains process designs to optimize process, equipment and facility use while conforming to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Completes activities of the change control policy and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) system in accordance with policy.
• Work in cross-collaborative teams to execute risk management activities (i.e. pFMEA)
• Creates conceptual designs for new fixtures and special cutting tools. Which can require tool design reviews with Tooling Team personnel, purchasing personnel and outside tool suppliers.
• May make recommendations to leadership on plant layout.
• May in determining appropriate machine platforms for product and review any necessary capital equipment requirements along with specifying required capital tool holders.
• Develops manufacturing setup sheets for all machining operations for new products.
• May recommend equipment acquisitions. Works with equipment suppliers on equipment specifications, quoting of specified equipment and delivery schedules.
• Reviews product drawings for manufacturability. Initiates drawing changes with the product design engineer to improve manufacturing quality and reduce costs.
• Proactively execute and support development of validation and qualification studies. Provide input to assist in developing the strategy with appropriate teams.
• Support product launches, transfer of product and core business initiatives
• May lead in the training of new team members as well as training for new CNC machine programs, machining processes, or machining equipment.
• Travel as required for company business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CAM/CAD software:
  Mastercam, Pro/E and Vericut
• Direct experience with providing direct machining support such as creating new programs, troubleshooting and/or updating existing programs.
• Advanced level of understanding machines platforms such as mills, chucker and Swiss style lathes.
• Proven experience troubleshooting machining issues, research and developing tools, fixtures and programming solutions to solve quality and safety issues.
• Working knowledge of industry standards and regulatory requirements. (Including, but not limited to: ISO 13485, ISO 14971, MDD 93/42 EEC, PAL, CMDR, and 21 CFR Part 820)
• Understands impact of compliance to the requirements and how it relates to their job, or is aware of resources available to them to assist with determining impact.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to work well under pressure and maintain a positive, and enthusiastic attitude.
• Eagerness to learn and expand responsibilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and build strong working relationships.
• Will…