We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 22 Apr 2025 **Position Description:** Principal Process Improvement Analyst for Medtronic, Inc located in Irvine, CA with responsibility to also support the Santa Ana, CA and San Juan Capistrano, CA facilities. Responsible to coordinate, deploy, and implement Lean and Continuous Improvement throughout the business, including manufacturing operations, quality, safety, and supply chain. Initiate deployment activities within to ensure that improvement actions are directly linked to the strategic and tactical objectives of the operating unit, emphasizing efficiency and effectiveness of business processes, and enabling breakthrough process changes and improvements. Diagram and evaluate existing processes while developing metrics that provide data for process measurement, identifying indicators for future improvement opportunities. Provide strategic plan development and execution. Coordinate Lean and Six Sigma projects, programs, and transformational activities to drive quality improvement and financial savings. Plan, perform, implement on process improvement initiatives, and be a certified Green Belt and Black Belt trainer. Responsible for cell conversions and lean transformation. Leverage capability statistical analysis for process improvement using Minitab software. Leverage Quality System Process, Continuous Improvement, Project Mgmt., Automation, and regulatory audit support. Navigate the complexity of industry and government regulations to include FDA QSR (Quality System Regulation), ISO13485. Responsible for Risk mgmt., validation, and methodical problem solving. Coordinate process improvement, preventive and corrective actions (CAPA), automation, and insourcing and outsourcing. Create and deploy Clean Room layout optimization using AutoCAD software. Relocation assistance is not provided. #LI-DNI **Basic Qualifications:** Masters’ Degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, or related engineering field; and five (5) years of experience as a manufacturing engineer, process improvement engineer or related occupation for medical devices. Must possess at least five (5) years’ experience with each of the following: Strategic plan development and execution; Lean Six Sigma; Quality System Process, Project Mgmt., Automation, and regulatory audit support; FDA QSR, ISO 13485; Risk mgmt., validation, and methodical problem solving; Implementing process improvement, CAPA, and insourcing and outsourcing; AutoCAD and Minitab. The following certification is required: Lean Sigma Black belt certified. Relocation assistance not available. Salary: $130,600 to $160,800 per year \#LI-DNI The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums). Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico. Further details are available at the link below: Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page\_name=signon&co\_num=30601&co\_affid=medtronic) **Welcome to our new Careers Site!** **If you applied before July 22nd, please check your email for a notification from us providing you with instructions and a link to set up your new account and retain access to your current activity. If you do not see an email from us, please feel free to proceed with creating a new account.** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. **We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. **We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. **This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… + **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world + **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities + **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: **Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. **Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. **Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. **Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. 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