Principal Process Development Engineer

Dexcom • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

The Company Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health. We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us. Meet the team: You will be part of the Global Engineering team within Operations, a team that leads end‑to‑end technical oversight across external suppliers, contract manufacturers, and specialized automation partners for our wet chemistries, electronics, and hardware systems. You will play a lead role in translating novel materials, chemistries, and polymer systems into robust, scalable manufacturing solutions for new product introductions (NPI), on‑market changes, and sustained performance across the Dexcom portfolio. You will collaborate closely across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing, gaining broad exposure across the full product lifecycle from advance tech development through commercialization. Where you come in: You will support a range of programs from new product introductions and launches to scale up, on-market, and end of life management. Leading collaborative efforts and directing material selection activities, ensuring seamless progression, timely feedback, and optimization, while fostering teamwork and accountability. Anticipate and respond to changing market requirements by positioning the business to proactively address emerging regulatory and stainability trends and market shifts; maintained business continuity, customer satisfaction, and competitive margin profile/performance differentiation.

Requirements

• Recognized subject matter expertise in chemical and polymer systems with demonstrated mastery of structure-processing-property relationships and their application to high volume, highly regulated medical device/diagnostics manufacturing.
• Proven leadership of technology transfer programs spanning process design, validation, and analytical method transfer; comfortable navigating device/diagnostic cGMP, FDA, and ISO environments.
• You have will have a track record of cross functional influence, from executive level communication to coaching engineers.
• Bring clarity in ambiguity and driving decisions that integrate business strategy with technical depth.
• You stay abreast of advancing technologies and processes, and the competitive landscape, proactively seeking out opportunities for implementation.
• PhD or MS in Chemical Engineering, Materials/Polymer Science, Analytical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or related field (PhD Preferred).
• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 15+ years related experience or a Master's degree and 10+ years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 7+ years of experience.

Nice To Haves

• Diagnostics/pharma/biotech experience, especially in analytical development and method transfer supporting device/assay workflows.
• Demonstrated success in NPI and manufacturing scale‑up for chemical/polymer processes, including validation to cGMP and ISO standards; familiarity with combination product interfaces is a plus.
• Proficiency with Six Sigma/Lean, statistical tools, and manufacturing execution documentation (pFMEA, control plans, sampling plans).

Responsibilities

• Establish manufacturing readiness plans for chemical and polymer unit operations and associated in‑process controls, align process requirements, materials specifications, and analytical test strategies ahead of transfer.
• Define process performance targets and critical quality attributes and process parameters using first‑principles materials science and structured experimentation DOEs, supported by statistical methods.
• Lead technology transfer from R&D to Operations, including development of process flow maps and control strategies, coordinate equipment user requirement documents, with robust validation to meet cGMP/FDA/ISO requirements.
• Partner with Analytical Development/Quality to transfer and validate analytical and assay methods into QC environments, including robust test method development and validation.
• Drive materials selection and supplier process qualification ensuring material lots and supply chain are compatible with scale‑up and compliance requirements to support sustained, robust global manufacturing.
• Architect scale‑up roadmaps from lab/pilot to high‑volume manufacturing, balancing process physics, materials behavior (structure‑processing‑property relationships), and production constraints.
• Implement data pipelines for capability monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Lead root‑cause investigations and failure analysis across material-process-product interactions. Then deploy corrective/preventive actions that harden process robustness and product reliability.
• Provide technical leadership to internal teams and external manufacturing partners.
• Closely engage with cross-functional partners in manufacturing, R&D, supply chain, and quality assurance.
• Drive innovation in approach, processes, and methodologies while ensuring adherence to company, customer, and industry requirements and specifications. This includes offering recommendations for technology and process solutions to enhance performance and achieve both short-term and long-term objectives.
• Engage in an environment of personal and team accountability, that is conducive the development and growth of the team through mentoring and coaching.

Benefits

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology.
• Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
• A full and comprehensive benefits program.
• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees