Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer

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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on 14 Jan 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:
Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver results—the right way. That’s the Medtronic Mindset — our cultural norms.

Medtronic’s Plymouth, Nathan Lane location has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer. This position will support the Medtronic Mission for unsurpassed quality and reliability in our medical devices.

Responsible for developing, advocating, enabling and deploying MPS using the tools and systems to drive operational excellence. In this role, you will be expected to coach your colleagues to set standards, identify gaps and close those gaps through problem solving. Tools commonly used include DMAIC A3, Lean, Six Sigma, project management, Lean Transformations and other improvement techniques. You will collaborate and lead project teams to model and simulate manufacturing capacity to develop high quality, highly reliable products for Medtronic.

The ideal candidate has a passion for the patients we serve and an unrelenting desire to improve our business and products. The candidate has a solid engineering foundation, problem solving skills, scientific thinking, and is able to work in a high paced team‑oriented environment.

Engineers create our market‑leading portfolio of innovations. Combine the best of your experience with training and mentorship to move forward. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life‑changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

This role is 100% onsite at our Plymouth, Nathan Lane site.

• Responsible for deploying MPS (Medtronic Performance System) in the Operations Environment.
• Hands‑on execution and project management of Lean transformation and flow acceleration projects.
• Drive Value Stream adoption of Six Sigma, Lean, and other performance improvement methodologies.
• Deliver DMAIC, Six‑Sigma and Lean Manufacturing training & coaching.
• Partner with Value Stream team to develop improvement strategies and plans, in partnership with other teams, and execute improvement projects as identified.
• Assess and evaluate gaps in manufacturing work flows and management systems.
• Facilitate Kaizen events across the Value Stream.
• Plan, redesign, and organize manufacturing, non‑Manufacturing facilities and production cells.
• Estimate production times, staffing requirements, and related costs to provide information for management decisions.
• Capacity modeling.
• Support tier process, daily management system, and Leader Standard Work.
• Technical expert in Lean Manufacturing tools and principles including set‑up reduction, standardized work, value stream mapping, Heijunka and A3 thinking, with general knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Perform cost/benefit analyses.

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, preferably in Industrial Engineering 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.

• Requires a Green Belt Certification (Internal or ASQ).
• Master’s Degree.
• BB/Master Black Belt certification.
• Ability to facilitate groups and teams.
• Expertise in Lean Manufacturing / Toyota Production System.
• Knowledge of project management and lean transformations.
• Experience with problem solving using analytics such as DMAIC/A3.
• Coaching experience.
• AutoCAD, Visual Basic.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For office roles, while performing the duties, the employee is regularly required to be independently…