Manufacturing Technician II - Weekend Overnight Shift
Boston Scientific · Maple Grove, MN
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Travel
- Includes overnights
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 9 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level manufacturing role at Boston Scientific (medical devices) in Maple Grove, MN. You support the factory floor by ensuring equipment and processes are performing as intended, with focus on equipment.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, PLC, Tooling
- Day to day
- overnight travel · relocation help
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $60k–$95k.
Median of the low and high ends of 80 live postings that list pay, out of 1162 manufacturing technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 25 other live manufacturing postings in Minnesota.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 3+)
Typical $75k–$107k, from 5 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 58%
- ✓ Tooling 54%
- Value stream mapping 23%
- ✓ Lean 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for PLC, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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This plant: Boston Scientific in Maple Grove
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About the role
As a Manufacturing Engineer Technician II, you support the factory floor by ensuring equipment and processes are performing as intended, with focus on equipment. Daily tasks include responding to problems on the floor and supporting manufacturing engineering (ME). Most of your time is spent on the factory floor working on equipment and engaging with people. The ME team works with Quality and Production to ensure the factory achieves production goals (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost).
Work Mode
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows an onsite work model, requiring employees to be in our local office five days per week
Relocation
Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.
VISA
Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment VISA for this position at this time.
Your
qualifications
with guidance
- ✓Assist the ME Team in executing Value Improvement Projects (VIP) to improve/revise existing processes for cost savings
- ✓Provide technical support or direction to operators and medical device specialists with assistance
- ✓Support shutdowns (which may include staying late to make sure equipment is safely de-energized)
Required qualifications
- ✓2 years of experience with a high school diploma/degree/equivalent
Preferred qualifications
- ✓Strong hands-on mechanical skills
- ✓Communicates well in both written and verbal forms
- ✓Works well both individually and in a team
- ✓Self-motivated to seek out opportunities to improve business performance
- ✓Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
- ✓Medical device industry experience preferred
- ✓Electro-mechanical trouble shooting experience preferred
- ✓Control system experience such as interfacing with PLC
- ✓Hands-on experience with measurement systems, such as: calipers, micrometers, tool scopes, etc.
- ✓Experience with mechanical print reading
- ✓Computer skills in MS Word, Excel, and Outlook
- ✓Basic understanding of Lean principles
- ✓Ability to lift 50 lbs. (occasionally)
Minimum Salary: $ 43368
Maximum Salary: $ 73736
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Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.com and follow us on LinkedIn .
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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance
At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.
Weekend Overnight: Friday - Sunday, 5:30 pm - 5:30 am
will include
- •Troubleshoot and solve equipment and process problems using basic understanding
- •Maintenance activities for PLC controlled manufacturing equipment
- •Perform standard/common preventative maintenance and calibration tasks on equipment
- •Document common/repeat issues for resolution by the ME team
- •Demonstrate familiarity with tooling and fixtures
- •Execute simple tooling and equipment