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

         

         

At Medtronic’s Plymouth Nathan Lane facility, we are redefining what’s possible in healthcare technology, transforming bold ideas into life‑changing solutions for patients around the world. Today, we’re partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges—and this requires bold leadership. If you want a challenging, energizing, and rewarding career that truly changes lives, join us and help bring the next generation of life‑changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

As Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME) Director, you will lead the evolution of our manufacturing and process development capabilities by integrating advanced technologies, robust process design, and scalable production strategies. You will empower teams to rethink how we develop, industrialize, and manufacture products—driving step‑change improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost while enabling sustainable growth. Together, we will build high‑performing, future‑ready teams that not only exceed performance targets but set new benchmarks for manufacturing and engineering excellence.

In this role, you will serve as a Tier 4 Leader at the Plymouth Nathan Lane site, representing advanced manufacturing and process development across the organization. You will lead New Product Introduction (NPI) support, process development, new automation, and the site technology roadmap, ensuring strong cross‑functional alignment and on‑site synergies. You will be responsible for defining and executing strategies that enable innovative solutions, flawless scale‑up, relationship building across the organization, and compliant manufacturing systems. Through strong technical leadership, program execution, and talent development, you will foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous advancement—delivering impactful manufacturing solutions to patients worldwide.

At Medtronic, we must work with a sense of purpose and ownership, knowing there is a human life on the other side of every decision.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

As the AME Director, you will:

• Lead, form, mentor, develop and coach engineering leaders and teams on meeting / exceeding performance expectations.

• Partner across organizations to develop relationships with internal stakeholders to drive Innovation through New Product Introduction (NPI) and Technology Roadmap – Operating Units, Operations Innovations, and Strategy and Network teams.

• Participate in establishing project objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets. Navigate head count allocations between funded projects and burden resourcing.

• Ensure high expectations for manufacturing performance when a new product launches, including: safety, yield, and OEE.

• Lead or participate in the appropriation of funds for projects through the preparation and approval of capital expenditure requests.

• Influence across functions and businesses to deliver the results according to plan and budget.

• Communicate and lead meetings with internal /external suppliers and stakeholders.

• Interface with Senior Management to communicate/report progress and receive strategic updates impacting projects.

• Conceive, develop, and propose NPI (aligned to Plymouth NL’s core competencies) solutions to solve product needs for Medtronic Operating Units.

• Oversee the investigation and evaluation of new and existing processes and technologies to find opportunities for improvement and develop action plans for execution.

• Ensure the prioritization of strategic and department level initiatives to include defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science or technical field and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience, or advanced degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience.

Nice to Have:

• Green Belt, Black Belt, or PMP certification.

• Experience in Medical Device with metal processing experience.

• Demonstrated experience managing large, complex transformation initiatives with high level of visibility and business criticality.

• Ability to lead, energize and influence change efforts at all levels of a complex organization.

• Hands-on experience managing cross-functional projects working across businesses, sites, or regions.

• Demonstrated ability to lead in an FDA-regulated environment.

• Experience working within a quality system or regulated industry with subsequent knowledge of appropriate documentation and or quality requirements.  Understanding of Qualification protocols – IQ/OQ/PQ.

• Experience with manufacturing systems such as MES, Blue Yonder, SAP, etc.

• Experience and accountability driving change resulting in improvement of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost KPIs.

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.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$194,400.00 - $291,600.00

 

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

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

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.

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.