Careers that change lives
A career at medtronic is like no otherWe’re committed to and driven by our mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide! in this exciting design technician role, you will be part of the dedicated, experienced and high-performing design services team at medtronic energy and component center (mecc) in brooklyn center, mnThe brooklyn center facility supports the design, development, and production of components used in implantable devices for a variety of medtronic businessesIn this role you will gain experience with products across medtronic’s portfolio, supporting your development and growthYou will work as a key member on small and large technical teams, helping to develop and release new and improvements on existing product component and manufacturing tooling designsThis role initially involves primarily remote work with some on-site time for physical investigation and testing and will transition to substantially more on-site as conditions permit.
A day in the life
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
Designs components or portions of systems and modifies existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing and field service operations.
Utilizes computer-aided design equipment and/or graphic tools, such as cad, cam, proengineer, solidworks software.
Gathers information, makes studies, computes calculations, and prepares original rough layouts, sketches to present design proposal.
Coordinates design criteria with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, material, and planning group such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials, and contractual specifications.
Partner with product/process development and operations support teams to design and document product component parts/assemblies and manual/automated precision manufacturing tooling, using 3d solid modeling cad design tools and best practices
Prioritize and support planned development program and ad-hoc product support requests (new or modified designs, miscInformation, cad analysis, data transfer and management, etc.), managing multiple concurrent projects and work tasks to help achieve challenging program milestones
Facilitate contract design and fabrication activities among internal and external suppliers
Use geometric tolerancing and other appropriate methods to communicate design intent; promote design reliability and manufacturability (drm) and design for manufacturability and assembly (dfma) methods
Facilitate ecr/eco’s to release and modify design documentation (bom’s, specifications, drawings).
Develop and improve design environment standard work and best practices
Must have: minimum requirements
Minimum of 4 years of experience of relevant experience and may require vocational or technical education or certification in addition to prior work experience
Must have a high school diploma or equivalent
Nice to have
(must) demonstrated mechanical aptitude – practical “hands on” experience with machining/fabrication, construction, assembly, mechanics, crafting, etc.
(must) cad expertise, including advanced modules and methods (detailing, assembly, surfacing, optimization, fea, etc.) – ptc creo parametric (preferred) and/or 3ds solidworksSkills assessment may be required.
(must) proficient at creating detailed mechanical drawings for piece parts and assemblies per asme y14.5 drafting standards and in compliance with iso standards
(must) demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
(must) demonstrated self-directed/motivated work – identify internal customer needs, plan/execute the required tasks, seek additional information/expertise as-needed, drive to closure with minimal oversight
Associate mechanical design (or similar) degree with 4 years design experience or bachelor’s mechanical engineering (or similar)
Comfort with personal computing and personal productivity tools, especially microsoft office suite, visio, adobe illustrator, sharepoint, wiki, etc.
Product data management experience with windchill pdmlink for creo/proe
Experience designing precision tooling/fixturing for manual and automated assembly
Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (gd&t)
Experience with advanced cad modeling, predictive analysis, and documentation concepts – top down design, model-based definition (mbd), design optimization, finite element analysis (fea), tolerance analysis, requirements management
Experience in manufacturing and/or design departments – able to contribute expertise in tooling/equipment design, materials selection, fabrication and assembly processes, prototyping methods
Comfort working in a high-performing team environment within a quality-driven, regulated industry
Experience using electronic quality systems, enovia or agile preferred, for document management and ecr/eco
About medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwideAt medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend lifeWe challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterdayIt is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our teamLet’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ livesHelp us shape the future.
Physical job requirements
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 jobReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functionsFor office roles: while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobileThe employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workersContact your manager or local hr to understand the work conditions and physical requirements that may be specific to each role(ada-united states of america)
