Principal Injection Molding Engineer

Medtronic plc; Brooklyn Center, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Tuition assistance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Engineer - Injection Molding at the MECC in Brooklyn Center, MN. The role leads molding operations, mentors engineers, and partners with Manufacturing, Quality, Tooling, and NPI to ensure robust, compliant, and efficient processes that meet quality and business needs.

You will manage installation and qualification of molds, drive process development, support tooling and capital equipment projects, and influence the molding strategy for high-volume

Qualifications

• Experience developing, qualifying, optimizing, or troubleshooting injection molding processes.
• Experience supporting mold qualification and process validation in manufacturing.
• Experience leading investigations and resolving complex molding, tooling, or process issues.
• Knowledge of DOE, process capability, and SPC methods.

Responsibilities

• Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and layouts for injection molding operations.
• Provides technical leadership and coaching to engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Qualifies new and existing molds and drives process development and equivalency qualifications.
• Troubleshoots molding and tooling problems to ensure product quality and process robustness.
• Drives manufacturing capability improvements and long-term technology roadmaps.

Skills

Injection molding expertise

DOE (Design of Experiments)

Process validation

Cross-functional leadership

Troubleshooting complex molding issues

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

PhD (with experience)

Tools

Mold qualification

Statistical analysis software

Job description

Medtronic is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Engineer - Injection Molding at the MECC in Brooklyn Center, MN. The role leads molding operations, mentors engineers, and partners with Manufacturing, Quality, Tooling, and NPI to ensure robust, compliant, and efficient processes that meet quality and business needs.

You will manage installation and qualification of molds, drive process development, support tooling and capital equipment projects, and influence the molding strategy for high-volume