Principal Process Engineer - Thin Films & Coatings

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

We’re looking for a Principal Process Engineer with a strong foundation in thin films, coatings, and advanced materials to lead the development and scale-up of manufacturing technologies for cutting-edge medical devices. You will be part of the Global Engineering team within Operations, that is tasked with end-to-end technical oversight of external and internal manufacturing technologies spanning the whole of the product workflow and life cycle. This role bridges materials science, process innovation, and product reliability, driving solutions from concept through to commercialization. 

You’ll work Global Engineering in technology transfer and scale at the intersection of R&D to Operations manufacturing, shaping how novel materials and surface technologies are integrated into life-saving products.   

You will bring your expertise,  passion, and technical leadership to ensure robust new product design introductions, on-market changes, and sustained performance of the whole of the Dexcom product portfolio. This crucial role supports Dexcom's thrilling growth trajectory in delivering essential, life-changing products to our valued customers. As part of this dynamic and highly effective team, you will collaborate closely across multiple functions, gaining broad exposure to our entire product life cycle.

Where you come in:

• You will provide technical expertise in leading and advising programs in identifying new thin films, coatings, and surface modification processes and associated analytical characterization and testing capabilities to deliver solutions with differentiating value to the business, customers, patients, and environment, contributing to improved margins and long-term business growth in a highly regulated Class II medical device industry.

• You will develop and implement a data-driven approach in translating product performance requirements into scalable, validated manufacturing processes.

• You will support a range of programs from new product introductions and launches to scale up, on-market, and end of life management.  Leading collaborative efforts and directing material and process selection activities, ensuring seamless progression, timely feedback, and optimization, while fostering teamwork and accountability.

• You will lead root cause investigations and failure analysis efforts to deliver rapid, robust solutions backed by data and fundamental understanding of material-process-product interactions.

• You will ensure adherence to design, quality, and safety standards, upholding GMP, FDA, and ISO guidelines.  As well as support the planning and execution of new product validations and on-market change assessments. 

• You will provide technical leadership to suppliers and internal teams, ensuring adherence to sound engineering and operations practices throughout the supply chain, fostering strong partnerships and promoting a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

• Anticipate and respond to changing market requirements by positioning the business to proactively address emerging regulatory and stainability trends and market shifts; maintained business continuity, customer satisfaction, and competitive margin profile/performance differentiation.

What makes you successful:

• You are respected by your peers for your demonstrated, strong engineering expertise in