Design Technician III

About the role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 Jul 2026 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 In this exciting Design Technician role, you will be part of the dedicated, experienced and high-performing Engineering Development Services (EDS) team at Medtronic Rice Creek Central in Fridley, MN.

Responsibilities

• Partner with new product/process development or continuous improvement teams to design and document manual/semi-automated manufacturing tooling, using the latest 3D solid modeling CAD design tools and best practices
• Develop design criteria with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, sourcing, supplier stakeholders to optimize specification control, manufacturability, and material availability
• Gather information, prepare original rough layouts and sketches, perform spatial/graphical analysis, tolerance and finite element analysis, present design proposals, negotiate performance/cost/risk/schedule tradeoffs, prepare and release formal documentation/drawings
• Prioritize and manage multiple concurrent projects and work tasks to help meet challenging deadlines
• Collaborate with manufacturing to ensure designs are robust and manufacturable
• Use geometric tolerancing and other appropriate methods to communicate design intent and promote design reliability and manufacturability
• Facilitate ECR/ECO’s to release and modify design documentation (BOM’s, specifications, drawings)
• Develop and improve design environment standard work and best practices to increase design productivity and/or reliability, manufacturability, cost

Requirements

• Nice to Haves: Ability to demonstrate mechanical aptitude – practical “hands on” experience – machining/fabrication, construction, assembly, mechanic, crafting, etc.
• CAD expertise, including advanced modules and methods (detailing, assembly, surfacing, optimization, FEA, etc.) – PTC Creo Parametric (preferred) and/or 3DS SolidWorks
• Proficient at creating detailed mechanical drawings for piece parts and assemblies per ASME Y14.5 drafting standards and in compliance with ISO standards
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, Adobe Illustrator, SharePoint, WIKI, etc.
• Product Data Management experience with Windchill PDMLink, for use with Creo Parametric/ProE
• Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• Experience with advanced CAD modeling, predictive analysis, and documentation concepts – top down design, model-based definition (MBD), design optimization, finite element analysis (FEA), tolerance analysis, requirements management
• Experience in manufacturing and/or design departments – materials, manufacturing processes, prototyping methods, tooling/equipment design, quality-driven/regulated industry
• Experience with Windchill (document management and ECR/ECO)

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience and may require vocational or technical education or certification in addition to prior work experience