Mechanical designer - Tool Engineer (24 months contract)

medtronic· SMO Medtronic Europe Sàrl
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📍 Lausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandFull time

About this role

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 Tool Engineer is responsible for developing and implementing innovative and reliable industrial solutions to support product transfer from R&D to Swiss Medtronic Operations (SMO) sites and to support operations at the high-volume facilities based in EMEA.

The Tool engineer is responsible to create a wide variety of mechanical design from simple support to highly complex assemblies. The designed Toolings are used for the manufacturing of pacemakers and defibrillators in the same facility. Thus, the work of the tool engineer contributes to human welfare.

This position reports to the Engineering Supervisor, part of the Mechanical Services team, in the Development Engineering department. The Mechanical Services team is composed with designers and mechanical technicians. The in-house machine shop allows dynamic interactions during the design phase.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

  • Conceive, design, develop and update Tooling, Fixtures, and simple Equipment for the manufacturing of medical devices 

  • Provide Technical expertise 

  • Lead, coordinate or manage internal/external Project, or Work Package within Project 

  • Interface with project leaders, process engineers, product transfer leaders to ensure on time completion of assigned mechanical designs projects  

  • Follow-up the internal/external Mechanical Request  

  • Coordinate and follow-up the Drawings approval per established standards  

  • Communicate with internal/external stakeholders 

  • Create and follow up the external suppliers’ orders  

  • Establish and maintain the required documentation (drawings, specifications, procedures, user guide...) 

  • Follow the established quality standards 

  • Be pro-active to answer customer needs 

  • Contribute and participate to a safety work environment, report any EHS risks and events (injuries, illness, and accidents). Understand and enforce all Health and Safety policies, procedures and regulations 

Required Knowledge and Experience:

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in mechanical design within a manufacturing environment  

  • Modelling machined part 

  • Drawing, dimensioning and tolerances according to ISO/ASME standards 

  • Exposure to manufacturing environment with High Volume Facilities constraints 

  • Creating assembly with mechanism connection  

  • Knowledge in: 

  • Metric and US Standard and units (ISO/ASME) 

  • GD&T standards or ISO GPS 

  • Material properties (Polymers, Metal, Ceramics) 

  • Fluent in French and in English  

 

Nice to Have: 

  • Min 1 year usage of PTC Creo Parametric and use of PLM Windchill 

  • Experience in medical device or machine design is an asset 

  • Knowledge in regulated industries (FDA, ISO 13485) 

  • Good understanding of: 

  • Additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping  

  • Modelling sheet metal part 

  • Basic Injection molding parts design 

  • Directive CE machinery 

  • Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM) or lean six sigma certification 

 

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. 

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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: 92,000.00 CHF - 138,000.00 CHF | 

 

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