Remote Senior High Volume Automation Engineering Manager with verification

Medtronic · Ireland · Remote

About the job

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

At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique. Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Our Purpose

Medtronic Diabetes is establishing a manufacturing footprint with contract manufacturers in Ireland for CGMs and Pumps. Given the criticality of these partnerships we are currently building our Product Innovation and Operations team for Ireland.

This team is partnering closely with our suppliers to set us up for success in both our current and next generation wearables. In this role you will work closely with your Diabetes Innovation and Operations peers and our contract manufacturers to bring life changing new technologies to market thus improving the lives of people living with Diabetes

The Senior High Volume Automation Engineering Manager for Automation will be responsible for the development, installation and support of High-Volume Automated manufacturing systems while engaging with partners in R&D to develop new products for automation.

Come for a job, stay for a career!

A Day in The Life Of:

  • Defines and executes deliverables in the development and delivery of fully automated manufacturing platforms.
  • Engages with Process and Product Design teams early in the process to ensure Design for Automation is implemented.
  • Ensure process and tooling design capabilities by means of comprehensive technical reviews, physical and simulated testing, and robust documentation.
  • Working with internal and external partners to produce tooling, platform prototypes, and demonstrate manufacturing capability.
  • Responsible for team's professional development to promote engagement, growth, job satisfaction and organizational health.
  • Collaborate across Medtronic to ensure best practices are employed in product, process and tooling design and development.
  • Manages relations with equipment suppliers to ensure effective equipment design and on-time delivery.
  • Identifies, plans, and maintains resource needs, cost centre budget, employee assignment, and staffing decisions.
  • Ensures engineering approach and designs conform to applicable industry standards and Medtronic procedures.
  • Plans, directs, and implements all aspects of automated manufacturing for the company's design and development of new medical device products.
  • Oversees the investigation and evaluation of existing manufacturing technologies.
  • Monitors documentation maintenance throughout all phases of process and tooling development.
  • Travels, sometimes for extended periods less than 25%, to international and domestic destinations for equipment development, construction and implementation.
  • Works, manages and engages remotely with multidisciplinary teams across multiple time zones and geographies.


Key Skills & Experience
  • Level 8 Honors Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline is required.
  • minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience
  • 10+ years' experience in development, transfer, implementing and managing of high-volume (+12M), electromechanical automated assembly systems.
  • Strong problem-solving, risk assessment, and negotiation skills.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills.
  • Able to travel 25% or more of the time, as required to accomplish business’ goals.


Physical Job Requirements

Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package

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.

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 90,000+ 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