Sr. Principal Process Engineer

Medtronic • Mounds View, MN

10h • Onsite

About The Position

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 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’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. Medtronic is loo k ing for a Senior Principal Engineer with extensive experience driving technical excellence in fast-paced, highly regulated environments, leveraging deep domain expertise and strategic thinking to deliver innovative, high-impact solutions. The successful candidate should have experience guiding complex engineering initiatives and leading root cause investigations to resolve critical issues while supporting improvements in quality, service, capability, and cost . In this role, you will be responsible for identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, introducing forward-thinking solutions, and influencing cross-functional teams to achieve operational and business objectives . Recognized for balancing hands-on problem solving with long-term strategy to enhance product performance, reliability, and organizational effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR advanced degree with a minimum of years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience and working knowledge of FDA regulations/ISO standards for medical devices
• Demonstrated ability to positively influence strategies and outcomes
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead Root Cause investigations to resolve issues and support quality, service, capability and cost improvements.
• Strategic Thinking - Think strategically and bring new solutions to drive continuous improvements.
• Provides technical and sustaining engineering support in a manufacturing area.
• Recommends and implements equipment and process modifications to meet quality standards and improve production efficiencies, manufacturing techniques, as well as production yields for existing products.
• Integrates equipment and material capabilities to meet process module target specifications and technology target specifications.
• Reviews product development requirements for compatibility with processing methods to determine costs and schedules.
• Interacts with product design and development personnel to ensure that processes and designs are compatible.
• May develop and conduct statistical analysis or recommend additions to document work.
• Leads the innovation, development and/or optimization of new manufacturing concepts, processes and procedures for transfer to manufacturing operations. This can include scouting and feasibility work, material selection , process and equipment selection , tooling / fixture and equipment installation and assessment of inputs, outputs and alignment to requirements.
• Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques including the measurement systems.
• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

Benefits

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
• We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
• 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).

What This Job Offers

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