Quality Engineer

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 The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for providing quality engineering leadership throughout the new product development lifecycle, ensuring that suppliers consistently meet Medtronic quality, regulatory, and performance requirements. This role works collaboratively with external suppliers and internal stakeholders to establish supplier controls, drive product quality, resolve supplier-related issues, and support the successful qualification and launch of new products. Primary Responsibilities Lead supplier quality activities supporting New Product Development (NPD) programs from concept through commercialization. Qualify suppliers, processes, materials, and components in accordance with Medtronic quality system and regulatory requirements. Support supplier process validation, product acceptance sampling, and control plan development. Partner with suppliers and cross-functional teams to establish robust supplier controls, risk mitigation strategies, and quality plans. Develop and implement product acceptance sampling strategies, control plans, and Supplier Owned Quality programs for new products. Define receiving inspection requirements and support validation of internal test methods used for supplier quality verification. Investigate supplier-related quality issues, identify root causes,

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 The Villalba Manufacturing site manufactures medical technologies that support patients worldwide through advanced manufacturing processes and continuous improvement initiatives. The Manufacturing Engineering function partners closely with Operations, Quality, Research & Development, and Supply Chain teams to develop, optimize, validate, and sustain robust manufacturing processes that support safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives. This position is based on site in Villalba, Puerto Rico, requiring close collaboration with manufacturing operations and cross-functional teams. The role serves as a technical leader for laser-based manufacturing technologies, process development, equipment implementation, and operational excellence initiatives to support supplier visits, training, benchmarking activities, and global project collaboration. Job Description field The Principal Manufacturing Engineer provides technical leadership for the development, implementation, optimization, and sustainment of manufacturing processes with a focus on laser technologies. This role leads complex engineering initiatives, supports advanced manufacturing solutions, and drives process performance, co

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 The Villalba Manufacturing site supports the development, transfer, and commercialization of medical device technologies through advanced manufacturing engineering, process development, and operational excellence. The engineering organization partners closely with global technical teams across product design, reliability, tooling, equipment development, and manufacturing technology to bring new products from concept through high-volume production while ensuring quality, compliance, and process capability. This position is based onsite in Villalba, Puerto Rico. The role serves as a key technical liaison between the Villalba site and Medtronic's global engineering network, driving knowledge transfer, technology adoption, and manufacturing innovation. Occasional travel may be required to support global initiatives, technical reviews, and cross-functional collaboration. The Sr. Principal Manufacturing Engineer provides advanced technical leadership in the design, development, validation, and optimization of manufacturing processes for new and existing products. This role translates product concepts into scalable, predictable, and reliable manufacturing solutions while serving as a technical expert and mentor for engineering teams. The position is responsible for leading complex engineering initiatives, resolving technical challenges, and collaborating

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 A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide. The Sr. Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for leading and supporting manufacturing process development, optimization, and continuous improvement efforts to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production. This role provides technical expertise for process design, equipment implementation, troubleshooting, and validation while partnering cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and R&D to drive manufacturing excellence. The Sr. Manufacturing Engineer serves as a subject matter expert and technical leader, helping to improve productivity, reduce cost, enhance product quality, and support new product introductions and manufacturing scale-up. The role also evaluates and implements process improvements, advanced technologies, and engineering solutions that strengthen operational performance and compliance. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling. Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient a

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 A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide. A Sr. Process Engineer is responsible for developing, optimizing, and maintaining manufacturing processes to ensure efficient, safe, and high‑quality production. This role focuses on improving process performance, reducing waste, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations. Key responsibilities typically include analyzing production workflows, implementing process improvements, troubleshooting manufacturing issues, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams such as quality, operations, and supply chain. The engineer also develops process documentation, validates new equipment or processes, and ensures compliance with regulatory and safety standards. The position requires strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, knowledge of manufacturing methods and quality systems, and the ability to use data to drive operational improvements. Manufacturing Process Engineers play a critical role in increasing productivity, maintaining product quality, and supporting scalable manufacturing operations. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Provides technical and sustaining en

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 We are looking for a Production Planner that combines analytical thinking, organization, problem-solving, communication and proactive leadership to ensure the right product is made at the right time with the right resources. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Plans, prepares, issues, and controls production schedules and directs material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of raw and approved finished goods materials timed to meet production requirements. Advises management of the status of work in progress, material availability, inventory levels, and potential production or material supply disruptions to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials, and services are provided on-time and at an optimal cost. Schedules equipment and personnel, confirms material supply and demands, prepares work orders or purchase requests for the production or purchase of components or parts based on a master production schedule, shop load, and inventory requirements. Coordinates interdepartmental activity with quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, inventory control, traffic, demand planning, etc.; schedules and expedites the movement of parts by means of move orders, stock transfers, and requests for shipping orders. Required Knowledge and Experi