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A Day in the Life

The Senior Injection Molding Engineer will support the New Product Introduction (NPI) team by working with the development, qualification, and validation of injection molding processes, including thermoplastics and thermosets. This role is critical to ensuring robust, scalable, and cost-effective manufacturing processes to support high-volume production.

         

         

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 and productive layout.
• Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
• Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
• May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
• 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 manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.
• Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
• Work with peer in the development, optimization, and validation of injection molding processes for new product launches
• Design and execute Design of Experiments (DOEs); analyze data and provide data-driven recommendations to improve process capability and performance
• Support process characterization, qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ), and full validation lifecycle activities
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and Operations to ensure seamless product transfer to production
• Develop, revise, and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and technical documentation
• Train and mentor operators, technicians, and engineers on processes, procedures, and best practices
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on yield, quality, and cycle time reduction
• Develop and implement cost-effective testing methods and sampling strategies
• Troubleshoot process issues and implement sustainable corrective actions in a high-volume manufacturing environment

Qualifications -

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required in Engineering and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience.

Nice to Have:

Expertise in:

• Strong expertise in injection molding processes, including thermoplastics, elastomers, and thermosets.
• Proficient in scientific molding techniques 
• Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE) and statistical analysis to optimize processes and drive data-based decisions

Knowledge of:

• Mold design and tooling concepts (hot runners, cooling systems, venting)
• Comprehensive knowledge of polymer behavior like shrinkage, viscosity,rheology, flow characteristics, thermal degradation and material stability.
• Familiarity with secondary operations and integrated processes like over molding, insert molding and annealing 

Hands-on with:

• Extensive hands-on experience with injection molding machines (e.g., Arburg, Sodick)
• Strong expertise in auxiliary equipment and process support systems (material handling and drying systems, temperature control units (TCUs) and thermal management, dryers ,etc)

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 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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.

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.
 

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

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.