Sr. Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 20 Oct 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.

You will be supporting the design work for the Released Product Engineering (RPE) team.

As the RPE team, we drive best in class clinical outcomes, customer satisfaction and business value for all commercialized EPT products by ensuring consistent quality, supply continuity and market competitiveness while elevating the technical careers of employees.

The Sr. Principal Mechanical Design Engineer will serve as the design owner, supporting released product engineering teams by planning, developing, and executing testing and analysis activities during product change implementation.

This role focuses on driving improvements in product performance and manufacturability, reducing cost, improving quality and ensuring supply continuity while maintaining design intent.

This role be based out of our Mounds View, MN office with a minimum of 4 days onsite.

• Cross-functional collaboration with other stakeholders including program managers, manufacturing and quality.
• Incorporate risk-based decision‑making into the design process
• Apply DRM methodologies to all aspects of the design/development process
• Ensure on‑time completion of Design Control deliverables
• Translate VoX feedback into product requirements.
• Design, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots, and provides technical support during product development and manufacturing.
• Designs studies to investigate root cause or identify process parameters.
• Perform hands‑on root cause analysis on the manufacturing floor, leveraging direct observation of physical processes and sample evaluations to identify and resolve technical issues related to design.
• Leads activities to support product development, improvements to existing products and pre‑clinical studies.
• Defines and performs verification and validation activities ensuring products meet user needs and intended use.
• Lead the investigation and evaluation of existing technologies.
• Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, or processes related to existing product manufacturing.
• Coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery.
• Writes engineering reports and creates presentations as required to document and communicate results.
• Collaborate with peers to lead and manage the development of appropriate testing to verify product meets internal and external customer requirements.
• Mentors and guides junior level engineers, delegating and reviewing work
• Work will be performed in R&D laboratories and in manufacturing facilities
• Travel to suppliers as well as design and manufacturing sites as required

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience OR PhD with 6 years relevant experience.
• Experience in complex mechanical system design & product risk management.

• Experience in the medical device industry & high volume manufacturing Issue investigation and CAPAs.
• Experience in 3D modelling, finite element analysis, and…