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Medtronic Design Technician II - Tool Maker - Rice Creek, MN (Onsite) in Fridley, Minnesota

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 5 Dec 2024

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The Tool Maker is responsible for providing input into designing, constructing, and maintaining precision tools, dies, and fixtures used in the manufacturing process. This role requires interpreting technical drawings, utilizing a variety of machine tools, and ensuring that tools meet exact specifications for production. Additionally, the Tool Maker provides technical support in areas such as production, operations, maintenance, safety, testing, process improvement, or product development.

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

  • Input in Designing of components or portions of systems and modifies existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing and field service operations.

  • Utilizes computer-aided design equipment and/or graphic tools, such as Creo, SolidWorks, and MasterCam Software.

  • Collaborate with design and engineering. Support manufacturing tooling, and planning groups such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials, and contractual specifications.

TECHNICIAN SUPPORT CAREER STREAM: Provides technical support in areas such as production, operations, maintenance, safety, testing, process improvement or product development. Uses schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions or defined plans to perform testing and troubleshooting on mechanical components, equipment or systems.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Operation of Machine Tools: Operate Lathes, EDM Machines, Milling Machines, Grinders, and other machine tools to fabricate parts and tools.

  • Maintenance and Repair: Maintain and repair tools and equipment to ensure they are in proper working order.

  • Quality Control: Inspect completed tools and dies to ensure they meet the required specifications and quality standards.

Collaboration and Documentation: Work closely with engineers, production teams, and other stakeholders to troubleshoot and optimize tool performance. Maintain accurate records of tool designs, modifications, and maintenance activities.​ ​

Skills and Qualifications:

  • Technical Skills: Proficient in the use of machine tools and CAD software for designing tools. Ability to perform detailed mathematical calculations and manipulate technical data.

  • Blueprint: Interpret engineering drawings , blueprints and specifications to determine tool dimensions and materials.

  • Attention to Detail: High degree of precision and attention to detail in creating and inspecting tools.

  • Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot issues with tools and dies.

  • Communication: Good communication skills to collaborate with team members and other departments. Ability to obtain and provide technical information requiring some explanation or interpretation.

Must Have (Required:

  • Requires minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.

  • Requires high school diploma or equivalent (United States), vocational or technical education or certification (all other countries).

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

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.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$53,200 - $79,800

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&co_num=30601&co_affid=medtronic)

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

  • Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

  • Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

  • Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here (https://www.e-verify.gov/employees) .

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