Sr NPI Manufacturing Engineer
MiniMed
Summary
Minimed is seeking a Sr. NPI Manufacturing Engineer that will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing manufacturing processes, production layouts, and equipment to improve efficiency, quality, and productivity. Collaborates with engineering teams to align product designs with manufacturing requirements, drives corrective actions for equipment and process issues, and ensures compliance with regulatory and quality standards. This role is onsite at our Northridge, CA office.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.
- Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
- Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
- Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
- May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
- Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
- Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.
- Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
- Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
Requires a Bachelors degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
Nice to Have
- Prefer a degree in Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
- Previous manufacturing experience including equipment validation and installation, yield improvement.
- Able to manage multiple process validation going in parallel.
- Ability to plan and execute with speed and accuracy
- Statistical analysis knowledge
- Experience with mechanical assembly equipment such as heat staking, adhesive dispense, electrical functional test equipment
- Previous PM experience
- Previous fixture design and deployment experience
Travel: Ability to travel 20% to 30% domestic and international
Requirements
- Bachelors degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience
- Prefer a degree in Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
- Previous manufacturing experience including equipment validation and installation, yield improvement
- Able to manage multiple process validation going in parallel
- Ability to plan and execute with speed and accuracy
- Statistical analysis knowledge
- Experience with mechanical assembly equipment such as heat staking, adhesive dispense, electrical functional test equipment
- Previous PM experience
- Previous fixture design and deployment experience
- Ability to travel 20% to 30% domestic and international
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health savings account
- Healthcare flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Short-term disability coverage
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Employee assistance program
- Non-qualified retirement plan supplement
- Capital accumulation plan
Company overview
MiniMed is a leading medical device company specializing in diabetes management technologies, with a rich history dating back to its founding in 1983 by visionary entrepreneur Alfred E. Mann. Originally acquired by Medtronic in 2001, MiniMed recently became an independent publicly-traded company in 2026, trading on Nasdaq under the ticker "MMED" with a market capitalization of approximately $5.29 billion. The company is headquartered in Northridge, California, and employs nearly 8,000 dedicated professionals focused on advancing diabetes care. MiniMed is unique as the only diabetes technology company that manufactures both insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), offering integrated systems like the MiniMed 780G system with SmartGuard technology. Their flagship products include automated insulin delivery systems, continuous glucose monitoring sensors, and smart insulin pens designed to simplify diabetes management and improve patient outcomes. With a mission to make diabetes more predictable and manageable, MiniMed has established itself as a pioneer in diabetes technology, providing innovative solutions that help patients achieve better glucose control and enhance their quality of life.