Industrial Engineer
Medtronic · Dexter, MI
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Industrial
- Base pay
- $99k–$121k
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
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An engineer-level industrial role at Medtronic (medical devices) in Dexter, MI. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Value stream mapping, Kanban, Root cause, DMAIC
- Base pay
- $99k–$121k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage · relocation help
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Qualifications
Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and one (1) year of experience as an industrial or manufacturing engineer for medical devices.
Must possess at least one (1) year of experience with each of the following:
DMAIC and Six Sigma principles; implementing Lean Manufacturing principles and TPS, including standardized work, process mapping, and value stream mapping; application of statistical and analytical techniques, including DOE, regression analysis, and SPC; development of data‑driven capacity, line balancing models and simulations to support layout planning, production throughput improvement; 8D, Kanban, JIT, DFM, and FMEA, and One Piece Flow Cell; and ERP and CAD platforms, including SAP, SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER (Creo), and/or AutoCAD. Requires Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification.
Salary: $98,500 to $121,200 per year
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.
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Position Description
Deploy the Medtronic Performance System (MPS) across manufacturing operations, including Strategy, Value Stream, Innovation, Quality, and Maintenance Excellence, through Zero Loss and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) performance systems. Analyze and optimize manufacturing workflows, production layouts, and sequencing of operations to improve throughput, equipment utilization, and labor efficiency. Deploy tiered visual mgmt. systems to monitor operational performance and support escalation processes. Extract manufacturing data from SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and develop analytical reports and dashboards using Power BI to support data driven operational decisions. Develop and implement manufacturing flow and assembly operations using Lean Manufacturing and Toyota Production System (TPS) principles, including labor balancing, standardized work, value stream mapping (VSM), and virtual flow to support batch production transition to single piece flow in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and quality system requirements. Apply structured problem solving and continuous improvement methodologies including Six Sigma and Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) principals, 8D, Kanban, Plan, Do, Check, Act method (PDCA), and 5 Why analysis, and utilize manufacturing optimization tools including Just In Time (JIT), Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and One Piece Flow Cell to improve manufacturing processes. Apply statistical and analytical techniques including Design of Experiments (DOE), regression analysis, data mining, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) to evaluate and improve process capability. Develop capacity planning and line balancing models using simulation tools to support equipment layout, line configuration using Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools including SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER (Creo), or AutoCAD. Relocation assistance is not available for this position. #ALI-DNI.
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