Sr. Principal Process Engineer

Medtronic • Mounds View, MN

1d • 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 looking 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, and 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), and 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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees