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The Principal Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for leading and supporting manufacturing process development, optimization, and continuous improvement efforts to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production. This role provides technical expertise for process design, equipment implementation, troubleshooting, and validation while partnering cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and R&D to drive manufacturing excellence.
The Principal Manufacturing Engineer serves as a subject matter expert and technical leader, helping to improve productivity, reduce cost, enhance product quality, and support new product introductions and manufacturing scale-up. The role also evaluates and implements process improvements, advanced technologies, and engineering solutions that strengthen operational performance and compliance.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.
- Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
- Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
- Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
- May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
- Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
- Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.
- Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
- Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR PhdD with 3 years relevant experience.
Engineering bachelor degree required
Nice to have:
- Basic Knowledges in the following areas:
- Cutting tools
- CNC Programming
- Inspections gage
- GD&T basic knowledge
- Stack-up Analysis
- Process Validation
- DOE, IQ, OQ, PQ and Gage R&R
- Automation, Robotics, Integration, and PLC programming
- Laser Welding & Etching, and Laser Annealing SME
- Shot Peening / Blasting Knowledge
- CAD Software Knowledge: Creo, AutoCAD, PartMaker
- Product Inspection Systems Design
- Optical product mix detection systems
- Assembly Processes Experience
- Assembly line design, process optimization, and troubleshooting
- CEA Knowledge
- Sterile packaging
- Sterilization: ETO, Gamma
- Sterile Cleaning
- Jigs and Fixture Design
- Anodizing Process
- Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma (Green Belt or Black Belt certification)
- Advanced statistical analysis (DOE, SPC, MSA, process capability studies)
- Automation and digital manufacturing experience
- Equipment qualification & validation leadership (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Risk management tools (FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis)
- Regulatory knowledge (FDA QSR, ISO 13485, GMP)
- Change management
- Data analytics tools (Minitab, JMP, Power BI, Python for data analysis)
- Cost reduction and value engineering
- Strong technical writing (protocols, reports, submissions support)
- Experience in Nonconformance investigations (NCMR, CAPA investigation)
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.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, 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.
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Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
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