Senior Equipment Engineer

Medtronic

Senior Equipment Engineer at Medtronic supporting equipment reliability and maintenance initiatives. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement best practices and enhance manufacturing operations.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeMounds View • Connecticut, Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $104,800 - $157,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establishes best practice standards and principles for equipment requirements and maintenance.
Deploys the Enterprise Maintenance Excellence (MEx) roadmap as part of the Medtronic Performance System (MPS), leveraging Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) principles.
Provides technical expertise on equipment performance and reliability.
Establishes programs and solutions to increase equipment uptime and resolve equipment issues impacting the manufacturing process, with a focus on a zero-loss and zero-downtime mindset.
Provides technical support to manufacturing maintenance equipment teams and process engineering teams.
Develops and deploys equipment and maintenance excellence initiatives by applying root cause analysis and advanced problem-solving methodologies across the enterprise.
Defines and develops preventative and predictive maintenance strategies.
Develops and motivates a highly talented, diverse engineering team responsible for the development and maintenance of the global equipment inventory.
Partners with internal and external experts to maintain and strengthen engineering and technical expertise.
Builds and nurtures cross-site and cross-functional relationships within a large, multi-site, matrixed organization.
Understands and complies with company policies, procedures, and external standards and regulatory guidance.
Generates innovative and unique solutions to complex engineering and organizational challenges.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 2+ years of experience with an advanced degree
Bachelor degree preferred in mechanical, electrical, reliability engineering, equipment control or related discipline
Degree with 4 years’ relevant experience or advanced degree with 2 years relevant experience in equipment or maintenance engineering
4+ years relevant direct equipment or maintenance engineering experience
Experience in the application Total Performance Maintenance (TPM)
CMRP or CRL certification

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
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

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Hard Skills & Tools

Total Productive Maintenanceroot cause analysispredictive maintenancepreventative maintenanceequipment performanceequipment reliabilityadvanced problem-solvingequipment controlmaintenance engineering

Soft Skills

leadershipteam motivationcross-functional collaborationrelationship buildingtechnical expertise

Certifications

CMRPCRL