Prin Mechanical Design Eng

Location:

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, United States

Requisition #:

22000D7E

Post Date:

4 days ago


**Careers that Change Lives**


Engineers and Scientists create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.


Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

Join us to make a lasting impact. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result, and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.


As a **Principal Engineer** in MECCs Product Development and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Team (PD/AME), you will be a primary architect of robust engineering and decision tradeoffs used in the development batteries, high voltage capacitors, and feedthroughs, used in implantable medical devices. You accomplish this by working closely with technical teams, functional managers, MECC leadership and Operating Unit development partners to understand technical risk and burndown activities to drive quality with speed to meet business and market needs.


We seek candidates who will meet our customer expectations by striving without reserve for the greatest possible reliability and quality in our products, processes and systems by being accountable, having a voice, and taking action.


**A Day in the Life**


Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.


+ Mentor, coach, and provide work direction for junior level engineers

+ Partner with program and functional managers to review key program technical strategies and ensure application of engineering best practices.

+ Work with technical and business stakeholders to understand organizational capabilities, business and market needs and associated trade-off spaces to help drive MECC technical strategy.

+ Build consensus amongst project team functions regarding key design, manufacturing, and reliability tradeoffs.

+ Partner with PD/AME leadership to understand cross-program technical risks and work to highlight and resolve integration issues across the portfolio.

+ Serve as a primary technical voice on urgent and visible programs within MECC and outside MECC.

+ Drive adoption of DRM principles across Product Development programs.

+ Lead engagement and collaboration activities with Distinguished and Sr. Principal level engineering staff to drive technical capability development and consistent application of engineering best practices.

+ Working knowledge of battery, capacitor, and feedthrough designs and related manufacturing processes.

+ Ability to provide inputs and communicate development schedules, timelines, technical leadership, and resource requirements for the successful completion of technical activities.

+ Interpret results, document, and present clear, accurate findings through technical design reviews.

+ Leads and manages cross functional, cross-system, and strategic initiatives.

+ Advanced ability to foresee problems and provide alternate solutions and proactively influence the corresponding resolution.

+ Lead failure root cause analysis and delegate action items to cross functional team

+ Investigate, develop, and recommend new and existing technologies for process and design architecture

+ Use empirical and first principals modeling to solve complex problems


**Must Have: Minimum Requirements**


+ Bachelors degree required

+ Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience


**Nice to Have**


+ Experience in RD of complex chemical, material, mechanical and electrical systems.

+ Good teamwork and interpersonal skills, good communication and presentation skills

+ Ability to apply critical thinking skills to determine the appropriate work methods needed to achieve results.

+ Proven ability to accomplish critical project level objectives in a team environment.

+ Knowledge of ISO and Quality System Regulation requirements.

+ DRM BB or Six Sigma Equivalent

+ Effective use of DRM/Six Sigma Simulation and modeling tools

+ Good working knowledge of GDT, applied metrology, and drawing best practices

+ Knowledge of ASTM standards and test methods


**About Medtronic**


Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.


We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Lets work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients lives. Help us shape the future.


Physical Job Requirements


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. (ADA-United States of America)
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.