Senior Automation Engineer

Medtronic; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Automation Design Engineer in Grand Rapids. This role focuses on designing and optimizing advanced automation systems for manufacturing, requiring significant expertise in PLCs and robotics. The qualified candidate will lead projects to enhance efficiency and ensure compliance with safety standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience required.
• Strong ability in controls and automation systems.
• Experience with machine risk assessments and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Design manufacturing processes, layouts, and equipment configurations.
• Inspect machinery performance and initiate corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and provide technical guidance.

Skills

Troubleshoot equipment

Proficiency in Allen Bradley PLCs

Keyence and Cognex vision system programming

Fanuc robotics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 18 Jun 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

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 June 2025.

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role in designing and optimizing advanced automation systems for manufacturing? As a Senior Automation Design Engineer at our Grand Rapids facility, you’ll leverage your expertise to design manufacturing processes, layouts, and equipment configurations that drive efficiency, productivity, and quality.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for creating sequences of operations, specifying procedures for tool and equipment fabrication, and adapting machine designs to factory conditions. You’ll also inspect machinery performance, initiate corrective actions to address deficiencies, and develop processes that align with statistical process control techniques.

Your work will ensure compliance with regulations, provide technical guidance to engineering teams, and contribute to the seamless integration of automation systems into our production environment - all while supporting continuous improvement and operational excellence.

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

• Troubleshoot equipment with various Controls Platforms (PLC’s, PC, Vision systems, Robotics and SCADA).

• Proficiency in Allen Bradley’s PLC’s (Micro, Compact and ControlLogix Platforms) and Automation Direct PLC’s (DirectLogic) supporting development software

• Proficiency with Keyence and Cognex vision system programing

• Proficiency with Fanuc robotics and associated development software

• Assure production requirements are achieved for equipment specifications, supplier selection, and qualification.

• Support and provide equipment specifications to vendors for quoting automated and manual equipment.

• Verify Equipment meets current NFPA, OSHA and all applicable safety standards.

• Key participant in DFMEA, PFMEA, Machine Risk Assessments, and CTQ processes assuring specifications are well defined and documented.

• Communicate and coordinate activities with multiple functional groups both within and outside of operations.

• Provide technical support to maintenance as required

• Address appropriately related manufacturing issues on a daily basis as need requires

• Identifying, solving controls and electrical system related problems, design improvement opportunities and deficiencies

• Identifying, solving controls and electrical system related problems, design improvement opportunities and deficiencies

• Understanding of the UL508A Industrial Control Panels and capable of meeting all NEC requirements for electrical design

• Experience with Automation

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, OR an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of experience.

Nice to Haves

• Ignition SCADA software experience

• VORNE production monitoring

• Machine risk assessment methodology and required electrical safety circuitry is a plus

• Electrical/control design with focus on conformance to NFPA standards

• Background in the Medical Device Industry

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering

• Ability to Work Independently and with Minimal Supervision

• Positive and Professional Attitude

• Ability to Stay Calm and Collected While Managing Competing Priorities

Travel

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):$100,000.00 - $150,000.00This 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.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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