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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

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident – we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.

Pelvic Health (PH) therapies treat patients suffering from overactive bladder, non-obstructive urinary retention, and fecal incontinence with our sacral neuromodulation (SNM) systems InterStim X™ and InterStim™ Micro; and our percutaneous tibial neuromodulation (PTNM) system NURO™. PH is part of the Neuroscience portfolio.

More than 400 million people worldwide have incontinence, and many of them limit their lives socially, professionally, and personally because of their condition. Our goal is to expand access to our therapies, so we can help potentially millions of people get their lives back.

The Principal Project Engineer is a recognized leader in both program management and the technical aspects of manufacturing technology and processes, specifically for new product introduction (NPI) and maintenance projects. In this dynamic position, the Principal Project Engineer is responsible for designing and developing manufacturing processes in collaboration with manufacturing partners. Additionally, this role involves serving as an operations program analyst, providing support to program managers.

A high standard for design for manufacturability and assembly is maintained, with the Principal Project Engineer serving as a key technical representative for manufacturing within core and extended teams. This individual remains at the forefront of emerging technologies and is accountable for meeting team commitments and achieving project contract metrics. Responsibilities may include designing and delivering manufacturing processes and equipment. The Principal Project Engineer may also lead an extended project team, which can include members from manufacturing engineering, specialists, engineers, and other functional areas, to ensure the successful development and commercialization of new products.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Assist Core Team Operations Representatives (CTOR) with executing test method development and validation, driving development builds, and maintaining capacity plans along with the MVR/Design Transfer.

• Lead or contribute to cross-functional teams to evaluate, develop, and manage projects related to new product development and the ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes, and therapies.

• Oversee and manage the operational aspects of ongoing projects, acting as a liaison between project management, project teams, and line management.

• Create predictive models for cost, yield, and capability, and drive the implementation of action plans for improvement.

• Lead meetings for the extended Operations team, including the monitoring of end-game activities.

• Organize and lead Voice of Operation (VOO) events and facilitate design transfer reviews.

• Work closely with Manufacturing Operations teams to ensure voice of customer and operations needs are met before transfer to manufacturing

• Drive the setup and execution of SAP processes.

• Lead efforts to collect and provide Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA) feedback to product design teams.

• Lead smaller-scale projects as the Core Team Operations Representative (CTOR).

• Demonstrate an understanding of Quality Management Systems (QMS) and validation processes (IQ/OQ/PQ) with various vendors.

• Lead and execute projects with minimal supervision, including the ability to plan and document project activities.

• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project activities progress and prepare status report

• Proactively manage risks associated with assigned projects by anticipating resource conflicts and resolving issues as they arise.

Ability to travel up to: 25% (domestic or international)

Location: Fridley, Minnesota

Onsite: At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. We’re working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance, foster an environment of belonging, and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the e