Sustaining Engineer II

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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 9 Oct 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 In this exciting role as a Sustaining Engineer II, you will have responsibility of supporting a production line that builds cardiovascular combination products. The Cardiovascular portfolio is Medtronic’s oldest and largest product group and serves patients across the globe. This is an in-person role in Fridley, MN on a high performing team of 15+ manufacturing engineers and technicians. Candidate must be willing to relocate if they do not currently reside within a reasonable commuting distance. Onsite: 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 manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for the assembly of combination products that support cardiovascular therapies. • Identifies and implements improvements to reduce production scrap. • Investigates and dispositions nonconforming product. • 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 and maintains manufacturing processes through the use of statistical process control. • Provides guidance regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques. • Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for product manufacture. • Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations. Must Have: • Bachelor's degree and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience • OR a Master's degree with a minimum of 0 years relevant experience   Nice to Have: • Operations/Manufacturing experience with desire to improve existing processes. • Experience with problem solving methodologies (e.g. DMAIC) and ability to lead problem solving team. • Effective communication skills (written and verbal) with experience reporting out to leadership. • Experience with statistical software (JMP, Minitab). For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required. Physical Job Requirements 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.  The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also re

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