Senior Automation Engineer - Brooklyn Park, MN

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced support to the technician team to diagnose and resolve equipment issues, reducing downtime and improving line efficiency.
• Troubleshoot automation systems, including PLCs, HMIs, vision systems, and data interfaces.
• Collaborate with maintenance and software teams to ensure system connectivity and performance stability.
• Identify and implement automation improvements to enhance equipment reliability, process control, and throughput.
• Support process or product updates by modifying and validating existing equipment software or logic.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and vendors to deliver effective solutions during installation and hypercare phases.
• Participate in all phases of the equipment lifecycle, from concept and design through deployment, maintenance, and sunsetting.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation including User Requirement Specifications (URS), Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), and validation reports (IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Contribute to internal equipment updates, fixture designs, and integration of standalone systems.
• Serve as a technical liaison between manufacturing, design engineering, software, and vendor partners.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to technicians and engineers in troubleshooting methods and automation best practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives aligned with Medtronic’s quality and operational excellence standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR a PhD with 0 years relevant experience.
• Experience with FANUC and UR robot systems.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting automated manufacturing or test systems.
• Working knowledge of PLCs, HMIs, vision systems, and industrial communication networks.
• Experience with validation and equipment documentation (URS, FAT, SAT, IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Familiarity with MES, SCADA, or data collection platforms.
• Experience leading equipment installations or upgrades with cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills with a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

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.

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.

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week:

• 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, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:

• 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, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further Details Are Available At The Link Below

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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.