A Day in the Life 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 onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. In your role, you will work at the Plymouth Berkshire location (Minnesota).
The Senior Packaging Engineer ensures the compliant, timely, and cost-effective implementation of packaging changes for released products across the portfolio by managing sustaining packaging updates such as design and supplier changes, CAPAs, cost reduction initiatives, and SOGL activities. The position supports remediation and compliance initiatives, including audit and regulatory submission support, standards impact assessments, reviews of new or revised regulations, tender requests, and field complaint investigations. In partnership with manufacturing sites and global distribution centers, the role resolves packaging issues by providing tier process support for package design and packaging processes, consulting on repack line setup, and maintaining packaging specifications in alignment with applicable standards.
We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result -and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications to achieve long-term sustainable impact.
Responsibilities
* Manage sustaining packaging changes, including design updates, supplier changes, CAPAs, and cost reduction initiatives.
* Support remediation and compliance initiatives, including audit and regulatory submission support, standards impact assessments, regulation reviews, tender requests, and field complaint investigations.
* Partner with manufacturing sites and global distribution centers to resolve packaging issues, providing tier support for package design, packaging processes, and repack line setup.
* Develop and maintain sterile barrier systems, packaging components, assemblies, and specifications in alignment with applicable standards.
* Assess materials, processes, and configuration changes to meet cost, manufacturability, and sustainability objectives.
* Interpret regulatory and technical requirements and translate them into clear specifications, test methods, acceptance criteria, and controlled QMS documentation.
* Lead and execute packaging verification and validation activities, including test planning, protocol execution, reporting, equipment support, and lab or floor execution.
* Lead packaging workstreams on cross-functional teams, serving as a subject matter expert while tracking milestones, risks, deliverables, and driving continuous process improvement.
Preferred Qualifications
* 4+ years of experience with a bachelor's degree or 2+ years of experience with an advanced degree
* Previous experience in medical device or highly regulated manufacturing industries.
* Bachelors preferred in Packaging Engineering or other Engineering disciplines.
* Experience in biomedical materials, processing knowledge and medical packaging design procedures.
* 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.
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 required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.
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