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Process Engineer - Senior at Medtronic

Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.

Type: Full-Time
Location: Tempe, Arizona





Job Description:


Careers That Change Lives

Engineers and Scientists create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

A Day in the Life

The Senior Process Engineer will be responsible for developing and transferring highly stable, cost-effective and scalable wafer-based processes into manufacturing. They will develop and support wafer fab processes including Photo, Metals and Etch. They will be responsible for output monitoring, perform necessary experiments to establish robust processes and gain a thorough understanding of capabilities and interactions with upstream and downstream processes. The engineer will define equipment needs, including tooling and operator interactions, establish design rules, metrologies and process controls and establish a high-volume production strategy. They will provide inputs to design teams and advance the state of the art in wafer processing.

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

  • Leads the innovation, development and/or optimization of new manufacturing concepts, processes and procedures for transfer to manufacturing operations.


  • This can include scouting and feasibility work, material selection, process and equipment selection, tooling / fixture and equipment installation and assessment of inputs, outputs and alignment to requirements.


  • Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques including the measurement systems.


  • Performs equipment qualifications (IQ), process validations (Process characterization, OQ and PQ), and gage R&R studies (TMV)


  • Applies statistical methods and science-based decisions to design experiments and implement improvements


  • Perform necessary experiments to establish robust processes. Monitor, root cause and resolve process yield issues.


  • Provides technical and sustaining engineering support in a manufacturing area. Troubleshoots and resolves equipment/process production issues


  • Integrates equipment and material capabilities to meet process module target specifications and technology target specifications.


  • Reviews product development requirements for compatibility with processing methods to determine costs and schedules.


  • Interacts with product design and development personnel to ensure that processes and designs are compatible.


  • Generates and maintains documentation per quality system regulations.


  • Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

    Must Have: Minimum Requirements




    • Bachelors degree required
    • Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience



    Nice to Have:


  • Exposure to microfabrication/MEMS processes including photolithography, thin-film deposition, and patterning techniques


  • Experience in developing a process from concept to transfer in manufacturing and/or Experience

    working in a high-volume facility



  • Experience with DRM / DFSS, Lean Sigma, or Green/Black Belt Lean Sigma certification. Knowledge of DOE, statistical analysis methods and data analysis tools (Minitab, JMP, etc.)


  • Experience and understanding of SPC principles including process capability analysis and control charts


  • Have the experience or aptitude to program, run and troubleshoot automated equipment, machine


  • vision and automated metrology tools


  • Prefers to be hands-on with the equipment/process running the tool


  • PhD in Materials science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or similar discipline

    About Medtronic
    Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.


    We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.


    Physical Job Requirements


    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. (ADA-United States of America)


    Additional Information



    • Posting Date: Dec 3, 2020
    • Travel: No






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