Senior Engineering Manager - Athlone

Medtronic

Medtronic

Software Engineering, Other Engineering

Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

Posted on May 1, 2026

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.

A Day in the Life

Medtronic

At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique. Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Our Purpose

As Senior Engineering Manager, you will report directly to the Site Director of the Athlone/Mervue campus and will play a key role on the Athlone Operations Leadership team to ensure the achievement of goals and objectives for the manufacturing organization. The manufacturing team at Athlone supports number of Operating Units within Medtronic in the manufacture of implantable medical devices. In this role you will providing Engineering functional leadership to a large team, working across a range of manufacturing technologies and medical devices.

Come for a job, stay for a career!

A Day in The Life Of:

  • As Senior Engineering Manager, you will be involved in providing functional and people leadership to drive strategic and tactical activities in the achievement of the Athlone Manufacturing strategies.

  • Shape functional strategy and functional excellence within manufacturing engineering and maintenance to support and accelerate the manufacturing strategy at Athlone.

  • Accelerate the rate of continuous improvement through the deployment and embedding of Medtronic Performance System (MPS) within the Engineering function.

  • Work across multiple Operating Units to identify and implement productivity and process improvements

  • Responsible for talent development and performance acceleration of team by aligning to the site strategy, setting objectives and evaluating progress via a performance-oriented culture to deliver on business goals

  • Lead, coach and motivate a highly talented and diverse team across the shifts, in the achievement of business objectives

  • Build engineering capability and implement talent strategies to ensure talent capabilities to achieve current and future business strategies

  • Develop and coach team of direct reports, leading functional communications in creating a culture of shared best practices, continuous improvement strategies and actively contribute to horizontal learning opportunities across the site and within the Global Manufacturing organisation

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

Key Skills & Experience

  • 7+ years related experience with L8 Bachelors Qualification in Engineering discipline

  • 5+ years related experience with Masters or other Advanced Degree

  • 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in functional area or related field

  • Prior experience in medical device, pharma or other highly regulated industry

  • Knowledge and experience in Engineering \ Maintenance \Operations fields

  • Comprehensive engineering knowledge of process and technologies utilized in the manufacturing of medical devices, in addition to future technology trends (specifically Automation and Digital manufacturing) Ability to work effectively in highly diversified business environment with a strong understanding of cross-functional business operations

  • Excellent communication, leadership, talent development and strategic planning skills

Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package

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.

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: Ireland: 102,720.00 EUR - 154,080.00 EUR |

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

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 95,000+ 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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here