Principal Engineer​/Junior Program Manager

Position: Principal Engineer / Junior Program Manager
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 As a Principal R&D Engineer at Medtronic Articulating Technologies, you will get the opportunity to develop advanced medical devices to enable next generation endoscopic therapeutic interventions and minimally invasive surgery. In a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, you work on design, development and testing of surgical instruments and its related manufacturing processes. We are seeking an experienced Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership across the design and development of medical devices.

This role combines deep engineering expertise with project management and cross‑functional leadership, ensuring that products are developed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with applicable regulatory and quality requirements. The Principal Engineer will serve as a senior technical authority, guiding multidisciplinary teams through product development from concept and feasibility through design, verification and validation. The role requires strong technical judgment, structured project management skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders across Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Clinical, and Commercial functions.
Responsibilities  Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Act as a senior technical authority and subject‑matter expert for medical device development, leading complex product development projects from initiation through commercialization. Develop and review system architectures, product requirements, design concepts, specifications, and technical documentation, ensuring engineering decisions are based on sound technical principles, risk management, usability, reliability, and patient safety. Provide technical mentorship and coaching to engineers and project team members;

provide day‑to‑day work direction for the team focused on maintaining steady workflow, effective resource allocation, and productivity; and lead engineering activities in accordance with applicable medical device regulations, standards, and company quality systems. Lead cross‑functional projects and develop project plans, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, milestones, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders; monitor and communicate project progress; identify risks and dependencies;

and implement corrective actions. Represent Articulating Technologies as a primary contact, communicating with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels, and drive project meetings, design reviews, technical reviews, and management updates. Escalate critical issues and make recommendations regarding project priorities and resource allocation, while leading technical problem‑solving and decision‑making in complex or ambiguous situations. Collaborate closely with Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Product Management, and Commercial teams to translate business and customer needs into robust technical solutions and build alignment among stakeholders with competing priorities.

Collaborate with Manufacturing and Operations to transition products into production, supporting process development, design transfer, production readiness, and supplier qualification activities. Represent Engineering in cross‑functional and…