Senior Principal Materials Engineer

Medtronic•Mounds View, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Principal Materials Engineer will work in a team environment providing technical leadership in materials science and engineering. Duties include leading workstreams of significant scope and urgency supporting materials selection, problem-solving, biostability, and materials regulations. This position will support both released product reliability and new product development teams in the identification and mitigation of product-related risks, knowledge gaps and the communication of such issues to project and functional leadership teams and leading these workstreams to risk retirement and closure. This role will serve as a materials expert leading technical activities for materials selection, processing, characterization, analysis, material stability, biostability, as well as understanding of process-property-performance relationships for medical devices. This role will also participate in convening technical reviews on high priority programs, ensuring risks are captured and a clear path to closure identified. This role will support scoping/planning of product strategy and identification of technologies and initiatives needed to develop innovative, reliable and cost-effective therapies. This role will develop and execute strategies to address those needs. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working onsite a minimum of 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. This role will serve as a materials expert by leading and participating in technical activities supporting sustaining engineering and new product development. This role will also engage in sustaining engineering efforts to support post-commercial/legacy products. Think broadly across the entire project scope to address challenging and complex problems within a project spanning a wide range of difficulty and complexity Coordinate and conduct laboratory work and data analysis to drive data-driven technical decisions Act as a technical leader within functional and project teams, driving a focus on quality and technical rigor while mentoring less experienced personnel Possess the necessary drive and determination to promote the highest level of customer satisfaction, quality, reliability, performance, cost, and development predictability Contribute to the design of products or processes based on business strategy Develop strategies and prepare evaluation plans in consideration of gaps in materials, design and process to achieve optimal solutions that satisfy timeline, cost and technical requirements as they relate to patient safety and product reliability Coordinate across the business and manufacturing to ensure mutually effective outcomes Convene and lead teams to identify and burn down technical risks to support product safety, quality, and manufacturability

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 7+ years of relevant experience
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a regulated environment on medical devices
Expertise in materials with the ability to identify and develop testing methods, correlate material properties with product performance, and predict various failure modes
Experience working with multiple classes of engineering materials
Experience performing failure analysis
Awareness of biocompatibility testing in accordance with ISO 10993.
Awareness of considerations related to Materials of Concern regulations, e.g. REACH, RoHS
Knowledge of external standards, e.g., ASTM and ISO and their use, limitations, and applications
Demonstrated ability to apply skills and knowledge of technical/operational theories and principles to resolve real-world biomaterials challenges
Demonstrated ability to deliver quality technical work within project schedules and timelines
Knowledge of Design, Reliability & Manufacturability (DRM), and Six Sigma improvement methodology
Knowledge of statistical methods and Design of Experiments (DoE)
Knowledge of Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Responsibilities

Leading workstreams of significant scope and urgency supporting materials selection, problem-solving, biostability, and materials regulations.
Supporting released product reliability and new product development teams in the identification and mitigation of product-related risks, knowledge gaps and the communication of such issues to project and functional leadership teams and leading these workstreams to risk retirement and closure.
Serving as a materials expert leading technical activities for materials selection, processing, characterization, analysis, material stability, biostability, as well as understanding of process-property-performance relationships for medical devices.
Participating in convening technical reviews on high priority programs, ensuring risks are captured and a clear path to closure identified.
Supporting scoping/planning of product strategy and identification of technologies and initiatives needed to develop innovative, reliable and cost-effective therapies.
Developing and executing strategies to address those needs.
Coordinating and conducting laboratory work and data analysis to drive data-driven technical decisions.
Acting as a technical leader within functional and project teams, driving a focus on quality and technical rigor while mentoring less experienced personnel.
Promoting the highest level of customer satisfaction, quality, reliability, performance, cost, and development predictability.
Contributing to the design of products or processes based on business strategy.
Developing strategies and preparing evaluation plans in consideration of gaps in materials, design and process to achieve optimal solutions that satisfy timeline, cost and technical requirements as they relate to patient safety and product reliability.
Coordinating across the business and manufacturing to ensure mutually effective outcomes.
Convening and leading teams to identify and burn down technical risks to support product safety, quality, and manufacturability.
Engaging in sustaining engineering efforts to support post-commercial/legacy products.
Thinking broadly across the entire project scope to address challenging and complex problems within a project spanning a wide range of difficulty and complexity.

Benefits

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
Simple Steps (global well-being program)
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)
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)