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Manufacturing Project Engineer

Philips

Plymouth, MNJob$101–160K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$101–160K/yr
Location
Plymouth, MN
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Manufacturing Project Engineer leads production transfers between manufacturing sites and suppliers, coordinating process development, equipment readiness, qualification, and release. The role partners with cross-functional teams to align manufacturing plans, resolve production challenges, and deliver strategic projects that improve efficiency and support product introductions. It applies lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles and ensures manufacturing data and processes meet safety, quality, regulatory, and environmental requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Production TransfersProcess DevelopmentEquipment QualificationProject ManagementLean ManufacturingContinuous ImprovementManufacturing Data ManagementManufacturing Process Implementation

Qualifications

2+ Years Experience or Master's DegreeBachelor's or Master's DegreeUS Work AuthorizationMN Commuting Distance

Benefits

Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Medical Insurance
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Your role:

  • Lead production transfers between manufacturing sites and suppliers, coordinating process development, equipment readiness, qualification, and release to meet project timelines and manufacturing requirements.

  • Partner with product development, advanced manufacturing, operations, quality, and other supporting teams to align requirements and plans with manufacturing capabilities. Collaborate to resolve production challenges and implement necessary changes.

  • Drive strategic manufacturing projects that improve production efficiency and support successful product introductions. Manage project scope, timelines, and implementation activities for medium-complexity projects.

  • Apply design for lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles throughout the product development lifecycle to simplify workflows and improve productivity. Ensure manufacturing bills of materials, routings, and master data are accurate and released on time.

  • Implement and support manufacturing processes and standards that meet safety, quality, regulatory, and environmental requirements. Follow applicable laws and company policies throughout production transfers and project delivery.

You're the right fit if:

  • You’ve acquired 2+ years of experience with Bachelor's in areas such as Manufacturing/Operations environment, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Production Engineering, or Cost Engineering or equivalent OR no prior experience required with Master's Degree.

  • You have a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Sciences, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent.

  • You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an Onsite role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

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  • Discover our rich and exciting history.

  • Learn more about our purpose.

  • Learn more about our culture.

Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in MN is $101,000 to $160,000 Annually.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to MN.

It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran

How this job compares

Set against the 5,141 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$101–160K/yr
  • Minnesota median$90–129K/yr93 salary ranges
  • US median$96–145K/yr2,727 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $131K, is 21% above the Minnesota median midpoint ($108K) — in the top quarter of Project Engineer salary ranges in Minnesota.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 112 open Project Engineer jobs in Minnesota and 5,141 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Minnesota
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,979 postings).
Education
3,112 of the 5,141 open Project Engineer jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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