Engineering Manager – Equipment Development & Automation

Medtronic; Schweiz; On-site; CHF 144,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)

Job summary

Medtronic, based onsite in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeks an Equipment Development Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team and drive equipment development, automation, and software engineering across the manufacturing lifecycle.

You will partner across R&D, Operations, Quality, and Global Engineering to accelerate product launches and manufacturing readiness, guiding strategic programs from concepts to high-volume production.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or related field).
• Minimum 10 years of engineering experience in medical devices or high-volume industries (Microelectronic, Automative, Pharma).
• Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience in product industrialization, process development, manufacturing engineering, or automation.
• Strong project and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team across multiple technical disciplines, define organizational priorities aligned with site and global strategies, while also driving employee engagement, capability development, succession planning, and talent growth.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, and execute the Equipment Development Engineering roadmap supporting equipment development, manufacturing automation and software engineering
• Partner with R&D, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Global Engineering functions to accelerate product launches and manufacturing readiness.
• Lead development and deployment of advanced manufacturing equipment and automation solutions, support the site's automation roadmap, including labor efficiency, quality improvement, and programmatic savings initiatives, while also ensuring robust equipment design, qualification, validation, and transfer to manufacturing.
• Drive development of manufacturing processes for new products and technology platforms, provide technical leadership for industrialization strategies and manufacturing transfers, support execution of strategic programs and new product introduction projects.

Skills

People leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary teams

Education

Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

Medtronic, based onsite in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeks an Equipment Development Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team and drive equipment development, automation, and software engineering across the manufacturing lifecycle.

You will partner across R&D, Operations, Quality, and Global Engineering to accelerate product launches and manufacturing readiness, guiding strategic programs from concepts to high-volume production.