Sr. Principal Engineer, Product Design Owner

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your Role at Baxter

The Sr, Principal Engineer, Product Design Owner will be responsible for developing creative solutions to challenging issues associated with the design, development, and sustaining engineering for our Microsurgery business. The successful candidate will possess solid technical abilities, project management abilities, and leadership skills, bringing excitement and energy for product development, a passion for their work, and the impact it has on meeting the needs of patients.

Your Role at Baxter

• Perform in the role of Sr. Principal R&D Engineer, and managing technical execution of multiple new product development programs.
• Lead and drive the R&D resources assigned to projects to meet or exceed project targets in schedule, budget, and quality.
• Lead Technical Reviews and be the lead R&D voice in Design Reviews.
• Partner closely with Project Managers, Product Design Owners, and Quality Assurance.
• Primary point of contact for the project technical deliverables and collaborate with multi-functional teams, including Subject Matter Experts, Functional Managers, Project Management, and Senior Management.
• Responsible for guiding multi-functional teams through device design control processes with responsibility for translating project objectives into execution and specification levels
• Provide guidance to risk process, perform Engineering Investigations, and be a voice of knowledge for process development, problem solving, issue resolution and risk mitigation
• Direct teams in the determination of acceptability of correction, as assigned - corrective and preventative actions by considering impacts on performance, safety, costs, fielded product, manufacturing, and other factors.
• Anticipate potential conflict situations and proactively propose solutions and resolve conflict situations, project bottlenecks as they arise, negotiating effectively with project teams.
• Provide scheduled written and verbal status to manager and R&D teams as needed.
• Manage and nurture partnerships with 3rd party developers and work with external IP holders in turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable products.
• Independently plan, schedule and lead R&D team in detailed phases of the engineering work in a project.
• Facilitate communication within assigned resources for execution tasks, own and follows-up on all assigned tasks.
• Provid feedback to functional department heads during strategic planning and the performance management process.
• Actively identifies and manage risks and issues through problem avoidance, contingency plans and proper escalation.

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What You'll Bring

• Completely proficient in relevant product and process development processes.
• Recognized as a technical expert by peers and management.
• Ability to organize and present technical and project management overviews without assistance.
• Demonstrated success in delivering results on several technical challenges.
• Demonstrated strong process optimization and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to create results within budget, timeline, and deliverables.
• Self-motivated with good interpersonal skills, must be able to simplify the complex and speak to difference audiences.
• Understanding of and adherence to FDA, ISO and IEC design control procedures, regulations and standard

• B.S. degree in Mechanical, Bio-Mechanical, or Bio-Medical Engineering (or equivalent).
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