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Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

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 onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

We are seeking a Principal Engineer, Machine Design, to lead the design, development, and implementation of manufacturing equipment, fixtures, tooling, and automation systems used in a regulated medical device environment. This role requires deep expertise in mechanical design, advanced SolidWorks capability, engineering documentation, and strong cross-functional leadership.

         

         

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

• Lead the mechanical design and development of custom machines, automation systems, tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing equipment for medical device development and production environments.

• Create and maintain detailed 3D CAD models, assemblies, drawings, and bills of materials in SolidWorks with a high level of accuracy, completeness, and revision discipline.

• Support equipment qualification and validation activities, including development and execution support for IQ, OQ, and PQ documentation as applicable.

• Contribute to user requirements, functional specifications, design specifications, risk assessments, and test plans.

• Collaborate across mechanical, electrical, software, controls, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams to develop integrated systems that meet performance, reliability, safety, and compliance requirements.

• Participate in and lead design reviews with a focus on design robustness, manufacturability, maintainability, risk mitigation, validation support, and readiness for release.

• Support equipment FAT, SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, and post-installation performance investigations.

• Perform engineering analyses such as tolerance stack-ups, failure analysis, root cause investigations, and design for manufacturability/assembly assessments.

• Manage project scope, schedules, technical deliverables, risks, and stakeholder communication for machine design projects from concept through release.

• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in design controls, documentation discipline, validation support, and cross-functional execution.

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 PhD with 3 years relevant experience.

• Significant experience in machine design, automation, manufacturing equipment, or capital equipment development.

• Advanced SolidWorks proficiency, including complex assemblies, detailed mechanical drawings, and formal design documentation.

• Strong experience developing accurate, detailed, and controlled engineering documentation in regulated or highly quality-focused environments.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have):

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.

• Strong knowledge of mechanical design principles, GD&T, tolerance analysis, material selection, and manufacturing processes.

• Experience with automation systems, robotics, motion control, pneumatics, vision systems, or mechatronics.

• Working knowledge of PDM/PLM systems, FEA, and structured engineering change processes.

• Direct experience in medical device manufacturing equipment design and validation.

• Experience with equipment qualification documentation, including IQ/OQ/PQ protocols, test methods, and validation summary support.

• Experience working in cross-functional teams with Quality, Validation, Manufacturing, Controls, and Operations.

• Strong working knowledge of document control, change control, an