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 Senior Design Engineer role is a critical technical leader for the Humacao Innovation Roadmap, providing the systems-level ownership required to design, integrate, and scale advanced automation solutions across the site. This position leads the architecture and development of robotics, PLC controls, and vision systems, transforming innovation concepts into robust, production-ready equipment that meets performance, safety, and regulatory requirements. By owning automation design decisions, integration strategy, and technical risk mitigation, the role reduces development cycles, minimizes commissioning challenges, and ensures long-term scalability of innovation initiatives. Without this role, the site faces higher technical risk, slower deployment of automation, and reduced ability to deliver complex innovation projects critical to future competitiveness.

         

         

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

• Develops and applies computer aided design (CAD) software engineering methods, theories and research techniques in the investigation and solution of technical problems.

• Assessing architecture and hardware limitations, plans technical projects in the design and development of CAD software.

• Defines and selects new approaches and implementation of CAD software engineering applications and design specifications and parameters.

• Develops routines and utility programs.

• Prepares design specifications, analysis and recommendations for presentation and approval.

• May specify materials, equipment and supplies required for completion of projects and may evaluate vendor capabilities to provide required products or services.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience.

Engineering Degree required

Nice to Have:

• Experience designing and developing automated equipment that integrates robotics, PLC controls, and machine vision systems.

• Familiarity with industrial robot platforms such as FANUC, ABB, Epson, Universal Robots, or similar.

• Working knowledge of PLC programming and controls architecture, preferably with Allen-Bradley, Siemens, or equivalent platforms.

• Experience with machine vision applications including inspection, alignment, part presence verification, and error-proofing systems.

• Knowledge of electrical and control system design, including I/O architecture, safety circuits, panel layouts, and network communication.

• Familiarity with HMI development, industrial communication protocols, and system integration concepts.

• Experience supporting equipment debug, commissioning, and production startup in a manufacturing environment.

• Exposure to motion control systems, servo drives, actuators, sensors, and automation hardware selection.

• Proficiency in CAD design tools for equipment design, mechanical layouts, and assembly documentation.

• Experience with design for manufacturability, assembly, and maintainability in automation equipment development.

• Knowledge of risk analysis, machine safety standards, and validation practices for automated systems.

• Experience working in regulated industries such as medical device, pharmaceutical, or aerospace manufacturing.

• Ability to lead or support cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing, quality, controls, maintenance, and operations teams.

• Strong troubleshooting mindset with the ability to resolve mechanical, controls, and system integration issues.

• Interest in advanced manufacturing technologies, continuous improvement, and scalable automation solutions.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.

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.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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 95,000+ 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
 

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.