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Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Medtronic,Galway

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.


Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) offers cardiac mapping and ablation solutions to treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms. Our vision is to help patients worldwide by advancing innovation for the diagnosis and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias, enabling clinicians to perform procedures with superior outcomes. Our team support the creation our market-leading portfolio of innovations.

This is unique opportunity for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our growing team of program managers (CTOR’s) and Project Engineers within Pre-Market Operations who are responsible for shaping the manufacturing architecture to success develop and launch new products to meet cost, quality and supply goals for the business.


The Senior Engineering Manager will be involved in providing functional and people leadership to drive strategic and tactical activities supporting the CAS Operating Unit.

  • Lead, grow and motivate a highly talented and diverse team of program managers and project engineers across multiple geographies.

  • Shape functional strategy and functional excellence within premarket operations program management to support development of next-generation product pipeline.

  • Champion functional strategy deployment including Design for Reliability and manufacturability (DRM) to successfully integrate within the CAS Product Development Process.

  • Provide resource allocation guidance and staffing through analysis of scope, schedule and skillsets needed for successful program execution.

  • Responsible for coaching and performance acceleration by setting objectives and evaluating progress via a performance-oriented culture to deliver on business goals.

  • Develop and coach team of direct reports through program planning, execution, problem solving and risk management of low to medium scale complexity programs.

  • Lead functional staff meetings to share best practices and lessons learned across the portfolio.

  • Work across multiple programs to identify and implement productivity and process improvements.

  • Prioritize career development of talent within a highly capable team by identifying opportunities, providing stretch assignments and challenging individuals to exceed current capabilities while providing meaningful support.

  • Partner within the Operating Unit (OU) & Global Operations and supply chain (GO-SC) to grow and nurture cross functional & cross manufacturing site relationships in a large & matrixed organization

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering/science or a related discipline

  • Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience with 3+ years of managerial experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with 3+ years of managerial experience

  • Experience of direct management of engineers or program managers.

Nice to Have

  • Advanced degree in engineering/science or a related discipline

  • Medical Device product development or operations experience with catheters, sheaths or other disposable medical devices.

  • Program Management experience (PMP Certified), DRM, DFSS or Six Sigma Black Belt Certified

  • Proven people leader with the ability to motivate teams and promote innovation at all levels.

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.

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.

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