Principal Process Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 11 Sep 2026   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 Our CardioVascular Surgery Operating Unit (OU) is looking for a Principal Process Engineer. The role will specialize in the optimization of dip molding processes and polymer material science for medical-grade catheters, driving improvements in production yields. This role will also integrate advanced dip-coating/molding equipment and biocompatible elastomer/thermoplastic material capabilities to meet target specifications for vascular surgical catheters. This role will also lead the end-to-end development, tooling design, and scale-up of dip molding manufacturing lines for catheters, including mandrel design, polymer rheology management, curing/drying profile optimization, and automated stripping systems. 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 are working onsite a minimum of 4 days per 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. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.                     Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: Provide technical and sustaining engineering support in a manufacturing area Recommend and implement equipment and process modifications to meet quality standards and improve production efficiencies, manufacturing techniques as well as production yields for existing products Integrate equipment and material capabilities to meet process module target specifications and technology target specifications Review product development requirements for compatibility with processing methods to determine costs and schedules Interact with product design and development personnel to ensure that processes and designs are compatible May develop and conduct statistical analysis or recommend additions to document work Lead the innovation, development and/or optimization of new manufacturing concepts, processes and procedures for transfer to manufacturing operations which may include scouting and feasibility work, material selection, process and equipment selection, tooling/fixture and equipment installation and assessment of inputs, outputs and alignment to requirements Develop manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques including the measurement systems Ensure processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations Requirements: 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 For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required. Physical Job Requirements 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.  The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions