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Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.
A Day in the Life
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 onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. The person in this role will work from one of the following Medtronic facilities, with Rice Creek, Minnesota strongly preferred:
Rice Creek, Minnesota
Mounds View, Minnesota
Brooklyn Center (MECC), Minnesota
This role requires approximately 25–40% travel to global manufacturing sites to support site assessments, technology deployments, and user training.
The Senior Solutions Deployment Engineer is responsible for deploying and enabling digital manufacturing technologies across Medtronic manufacturing sites globally. This role partners closely with manufacturing teams, technology product owners, and IT to implement solutions to enable Manufacturing Shopfloor Management, and other operational technologies. The position focuses on assessing site readiness, configuring and deploying applications, ensuring data accuracy, supporting change management, and providing post‑deployment support to ensure successful adoption and measurable operational value.
The Senior Solutions Deployment Engineer role requires strong collaboration, technical understanding of digital manufacturing tools, and the ability to influence stakeholders across global teams. Travel to manufacturing sites is required to conduct assessments, support deployments, and train local teams.
Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.
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Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career that changes lives. Medtronic is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deploy digital manufacturing technologies across global manufacturing sites, including solutions to enable Manufacturing Shopfloor Management.
- Configure applications and ensure system setups align with site operational structures and reporting needs.
- Validate and confirm data accuracy within deployed applications to ensure reliable operational insights and reporting.
- Partner directly with manufacturing site teams to support technology implementation and operational adoption.
- Conduct on-site assessments to evaluate manufacturing operations, digital readiness, and infrastructure requirements.
- Map site operational hierarchies to align deployed technologies with management and operational review structures.
- Evaluate existing site technologies and systems that may serve as data sources for digital solutions.
- Collaborate with local IT teams to assess infrastructure readiness and technical integration requirements.
- Identify and coordinate necessary hardware requirements including displays, computers, and other supporting equipment.
- Lead the deployment process including system configuration, implementation, and go‑live activities.
- Provide post‑deployment “hypercare” support following implementation to ensure successful adoption and issue resolution.
- Deliver user training and support onboarding of site personnel who will operate and maintain deployed technologies.
- Identify and enable site “super users” who will sustain and improve the solutions after deployment.
- Support change management activities including project kickoffs, stakeholder engagement, readiness reviews, and training coordination.
- Conduct readiness reviews prior to system go‑live to confirm data, configuration, and stakeholder alignment.
- Collaborate with internal change management experts to leverage training materials and adoption strategies.
- Work closely with technology product owners and digital solution teams to ensure deployments align with product capabilities and roadmap.
- Coordinate with global and local IT partners to enable successful system implementation and integration.
- Participate in regular operational reviews, including weekly program reviews, to report progress, highlight risks, and escalate issues.
- Contribute to monthly team reviews, staff meetings, and broader digital transformation initiatives.
MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)
- 4+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 2+ years of experience with an advanced degree
NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)
- Experience in Manufacturing, Operations, and/or Regulated Environments.
- Experience supporting global or multi-site teams.
- Trained and Hands-on experience with Data platforms, BI tools, or Analytics ecosystems (PowerBI, Tableau, Ignition SCADA, among others)
- Trained and Hands-on experience on Scrum and Agile methodologies, and Software Product Ownership. (e.g., CSPO, SAFe PO/PM).
- Trained or Hands-on experience troubleshooting and programming PLC controls (AB-Rockwell, Siemens, others).
- Trained or Hands-on experience configuring and programming SCADA platforms like Ignition.
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.
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