We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 Oct 2025

 

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

Join us at Medtronic’s Boulder, Colorado facility - a dynamic hub for Surgical Innovations within our Medical Surgical portfolio. As a Manufacturing Engineering Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in advancing Medtronic’s mission: to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for patients around the world. Here, bold leadership is more than a vision—it’s how we partner across the industry to tackle systemic healthcare challenges head-on.

If you’re driven by challenge, energized by innovation, and passionate about making a real difference, this is your opportunity to be part of the next generation of life-changing medical technology. At Medtronic Boulder, your work will help shape the future of healthcare and positively impact patients’ lives every day. We invite you to join our team and make your mark on a healthier world.

At Medtronic, we must work with a sense of purpose and ownership, knowing there is a human life on the other side of every decision.

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 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.

At Medtronic, Engineers are indispensable to achieving our Mission. That’s why we empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Apply your existing skills and develop new ones, with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise. With roles in specific business units, as well as at the corporate level, you’re sure to find an opportunity to make an impact that’s right for you.

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a team of manufacturing engineers in the optimization, support, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes for Soni, PHP, Cool-tip, and CryoFlex in Boulder, CO, as well as overseeing all engineering functions in Parker, CO. This role ensures that production operations consistently meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives. Reporting into the Engineering Director for the Colorado Campus, you will collaborate cross-functionally with Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Released Product Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to maintain robust, reliable, and scalable manufacturing systems.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Plans, directs, and implements all aspects of manufacturing engineering activities to support ongoing production of Soni, PHP, Cool-tip, and CryoFlex products.

• Leads efforts to optimize manufacturing processes for safety, quality, delivery, and cost improvements.

• Investigates and evaluates non-conforming material generated by manufacturing processes, equipment, and technologies to improve efficiency and reduce variability.

• Guides the identification and deployment of new manufacturing methodologies, materials, equipment, or process improvements that enhance operational performance.

• Supports process validations (IQ/OQ/PQ), change controls, and risk management activities for existing products.

• Ensures accurate and compliant documentation of manufacturing processes, procedures, and engineering changes.

• Coordinates activities with regulatory, released product engineering, design quality engineering, and all other centers of excellence.

• Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation and growth of the manufacturing engineering function.

• Provides tactical and operational leadership and coaching to engineering team.

• Defines performance goals and targets, conducts performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts, and manages toward departmental goals.

• Provides engineering oversight for the Medtronic manufacturing facility in Parker, CO, being onsite 2-4 days per month.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering / Technical Science required.

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant Engineering / Manufacturing experience within a highly regulated industry, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years relevant Engineering / Manufacturing experience within a highly regulated industry.

Nice to Have 

• Experience in medical manufacturing under FDA/GMP conditions in a manufacturing environment, preferably medical devices.

• Experience as a Process Engineer.

• Experience managing direct reports.

• Excellent personal, organizational and leadership skills.

• Proficiency with business software and network applications.

• Knowledge of laws, regulations and standards governing medical device manufacturing.

• Ability to lead DMAIC A3 problem solving processes.

• Ability to interpret technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

• Ability to effectively present information to large groups.

• Good communication skills and established leadership ability.

• Ability to recognize and support Campus priorities.

• Capable of managing projects and prioritizing effectively.

• Ability to establish relationships and develop beneficial networks outside of the Campus.

• Strong analytical skills.

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 required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$140,800.00 - $211,200.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

 

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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 95,000+ 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.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.