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 The Equipment Development Engineering function develops manufacturing equipment, automation, and software solutions that enable safe, reliable, and scalable production. Based onsite in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, the team partners across Research & Development, Operations, Quality and Global Engineering to support new products, technology platforms, capacity growth, and manufacturing excellence. The Equipment Development Engineering Manager leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for equipment development, manufacturing automation, and software engineering. Bridging Research & Development and Operations, this leader ensures robust, cost-effective manufacturing solutions from early concepts through high-volume production and directly advances automation, product transfers, technology development, and new product introductions. The Equipment Development Engineering Manager leads a multidisciplinary Engineering teams responsible for equipment development, automation and software engineering. This leader plays a critical role in bridging R&D and Operations, ensuring robust, scalable, and cost-effective manufacturing solutions from early concepts to high volume production. The role contributes directly to strategic initiatives including automation, manufacturing excellence, product transfers, technology development, and new product introductions. Key Responsibilities Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team across multiple technical disciplines, define organizational priorities aligned with site and global strategies, while also driving employee engagement, capability development, succession planning, and talent growth. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, and execute the Equipment Development Engineering roadmap supporting equipment development, manufacturing automation and software engineering Partner with R&D, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Global Engineering functions to accelerate product launches and manufacturing readiness. Lead development and deployment of advanced manufacturing equipment and automation solutions, support the site's automation roadmap, including labor efficiency, quality improvement, and programmatic savings initiatives, while also ensuring robust equipment design, qualification, validation, and transfer to manufacturing. Drive development of manufacturing processes for new products and technology platforms, provide technical leadership for industrialization strategies and manufacturing transfers, support execution of strategic programs and new product introduction projects. Drive performance through quality, delivery, cost and innovation metrics, while also establishing strong governance and execution rigor for engineering projects. Champion continuous improvement and best practice standardization. Required Qualifications Master's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or related field). Minimum 10 years of engineering experience in medical devices or high volumes industries (Microelectronic, Automative, Pharma). Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience. Proven experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams. Experience in product industrialization, process development, manufacturing engineering, or automation. Strong project and stakeholder management capabilities. #LI-Onsite 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.  ‌ ‌ Recruitment Fraud Alert We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind: Apply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses. Medtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments. If you have any questions, concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic, please contact us immediately at [email protected]. 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. Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Switzerland: 144,000.00 CHF - 216,000.00 CHF | The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job-related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework. ‌ This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). Thank you for visiting the career site dedicated to Medtronic employees recently impacted by a reduction in force (RIF). We encourage you to explore available job opportunities at Medtronic that match your qualifications and interests. Please note that when registering on this site, you will need to use an external email address. For former Medtronic employees and those seeking new external opportunities, we invite you to apply for career opportunities by visiting our external career site at MedtronicCareers. We look forward to supporting you in your career journey.

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