Senior Principal Mechanical Design Engineer - Cardiac Ablation Solutions

Senior Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

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 Of:

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

• Complex product design activities.
• Perform concept development and prototyping.
• Design / develop components to be manufactured via plastic injection molding, stamping, machining, extrusion and related processes.
• Create and interpret analyses to determine suitability of design concepts.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineering staff.
• Incorporate risk-based decision-making into the design process.
• Apply Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies to all aspects of the design/development process.
• Ensure on-time completion of Design Control deliverables.
• Grow and maintain knowledge current with related technologies.
• Work with manufacturing and suppliers to ensure feasibility of high-volume assembly.
• Translate VoX feedback into product requirements.
• Create and release engineering drawings, reports, and presentations.
• Travel to supplier and manufacturing sites as required.
• Present technical findings or project status to cross functional teams and management through meeting minutes, design reviews, presentations, and other means of communication.
• Research, plan, design, verify, validate electromechanical products and systems.
• On site requirement is 4 days per week.

Key Skills & Experience

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors of Engineering Degree and 10+ years of experience in mechanical product development
• Or advanced degree and 8+ years of experience in mechanical product development
• Deep knowledge of project management

Nice to Have

• DRM Master Blackbelt.
• DRM Blackbelt.
• Experience in complex mechanical system design.
• Experience with plastic injection molding in a high-volume environment.
• Extensive experience in 3D modeling, finite element analysis, and statistical design analysis.
• Process and test method development, validation.
• Formal training in Six Sigma methodologies.
• Experience designing/developing catheters.
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing.

Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package.

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.