R&D Engineering Manager
Resonetics · Hutchinson, MN
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $125k–$155k
- Experience asked
- 8+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A management manufacturing role at Resonetics (medical devices) in Hutchinson, MN. The R&D Engineering Manager leads the R&D engineering team in project planning, development, and implementation, managing cross-departmental collaboration, resource allocation, team growth, and customer communications.
- They ask for
- 8+ years
- Tools it names
- Automation
- Base pay
- $125k–$155k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Minnesota: typical posted base $93k–$149k. This one lists $125k–$155k.
Median of the low and high ends of 32 live postings that list pay, out of 61 manufacturing engineer openings in Minnesota, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 60 other live manufacturing postings in Minnesota.
- Base pay
- About 25% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (8+ vs 5+)
Typical $92k–$132k, from 29 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 51%
- Lean 48%
- Root cause 34%
- Team leadership 31%
- ✓ New product launch 31%
- Machining 26%
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This plant: Resonetics in Hutchinson
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Full description from ResoneticsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Overview
Resonetics is a global leader in advanced engineering, prototyping, product development, and micro-manufacturing for the medical device industry. With continued growth across our locations, we are committed to advancing manufacturing technology while fostering a culture focused on innovation and continuous improvement. Our culture is collaborative and focused on technical excellence which makes Resonetics an exciting place for professionals passionate about shaping the future of micro-manufacturing.
The R&D Engineering Manager leads the R&D engineering team in project planning, development, and implementation, managing cross-departmental collaboration, resource allocation, team growth, and customer communications. The team consists of engineers and technicians responsible for developing innovative manufacturing processes and technologies for precision medical device applications. The position combines engineering management, technical leadership, hands-on engineering contribution, and customer project oversight, with a strong emphasis on solving complex engineering challenges and developing new manufacturing capabilities. The manager oversees lab operations, ensuring key site metrics such as on-time project delivery, quality, and resource management are met.
The successful candidate will possess strong engineering fundamentals, creative problem-solving abilities, and the technical curiosity to investigate unfamiliar technologies and develop solutions where established manufacturing processes may not exist.
Join Resonetics and be part of a team that’s redefining medical device manufacturing. If you’re passionate about innovation and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Engineering Leadership and Personnel Management
- •Lead, mentor, and develop the engineering team, establishing priorities and supporting professional growth.
- •Allocate engineering resources and establish priorities, balancing team capacity with project demands and business objectives.
- •Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within the lab.
- •Manage employee performance, conduct performance evaluations, address performance issues, and provide recommendations regarding compensation and career development.
- •Lead recruiting and selection activities for interns and co-op engineers and participate in engineering staffing evaluations and hiring decisions.
- •Encourage technical innovation and knowledge sharing across the team.
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Technical Leadership and Innovation
- •Serve as a technical resource for the engineering team, troubleshooting complex technical issues and supporting problem-solving.
- •Collaborate cross-functionally to support process improvements and the development of new technologies or approaches.
- •Support development activities involving technologies such as chemical processing, metal etching and forming, precision assembly, laser processing, automated inspection, automation, and other advanced manufacturing methods.
- •Recognize opportunities where new technology, equipment, automation, inspection, or analytical methods can improve technical capability, and lead those initiatives from concept and feasibility through successful implementation.
- •Coordinate internal technical resources, external suppliers, equipment manufacturers, and other subject matter experts necessary to develop and implement new capabilities.
- •Encourage disciplined experimentation, technical documentation, knowledge sharing, and data-driven decision-making across development activities.
Project Management and Customer Engagement
- •Oversee lab projects, ensuring effective planning, prioritization, resource allocation, execution, and communication of project progress.
- •Communicate with customers and senior leadership on project status, key deliverables, and issues to meet customer and business objectives.
- •Collaborate with other departments and coordinate cross-functional resources to accomplish project objectives.
- •Lead technical discussions with customers and communicate development risks and technical findings.
- •Provide technical and project leadership for complex customer development programs, including programs involving significant technical uncertainty or multidisciplinary engineering challenges.
- •Oversee the preparation of customer development quotations, including technical feasibility evaluations, resource requirements, development approach, schedule, and project planning.
- •Support Sales and senior leadership in evaluating new customer opportunities, defining technical approaches, and developing solutions to challenging customer requirements.
- •Coordinate resources outside the manager's direct reporting organization to accomplish project objectives.
- •Collaborate with NPI, Production Engineering, Quality, Operations, and other departments to support successful transition of developed products, processes, and technologies into manufacturing.
- •Identify technical and schedule risks and communicate issues requiring customer or organizational decisions.
Business Performance and Department Management
- •Monitor and track departmental performance against project schedules, resource requirements, and established metrics.
- •Communicate performance updates to site and senior leadership.
- •Support resource planning and workload prioritization.
- •Drive continuous improvement in processes, project execution, and use of resources.
- •Support staffing evaluations and longer-term capability planning.
- •Identify capital equipment and technology needs and develop technical justification for investments supporting current and future business requirements.
- •Manage departmental expenses within established authorization limits and provide input to departmental budgeting and capital planning activities.
- •Balance customer commitments, engineering capacity, technical risk, and business priorities when establishing departmenta