Prin R-D Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on 21 Nov 2025. 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.

As part of the Surgical Released Product Engineering (RPE) Team, we drive best in class clinical outcomes, customer satisfaction and business value for all commercialised Surgical products by ensuring consistent quality, supply continuity and market competitiveness while elevating the technical careers of employees. The Principal R&D Engineer will support R&D RPE activities related to polymerisation, fibre extrusion, and assembly processes for absorbable and non‑absorbable polymer sutures and devices.

They will serve as the design owner and technical expert, 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.

• Design, develop, analyse, troubleshoot, and provide technical support during product development and manufacturing.
• Design 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.
• Lead activities to support product development, improvements to existing products, and pre‑clinical studies.
• Serve as a technical expert, exercising considerable latitude in determining deliverables with limited oversight.
• Define and perform verification and validation activities ensuring products meet user needs and intended use.
• Investigate and evaluate existing technologies.
• Guide the conceptualisation of new methodologies, materials, machines, or processes related to existing product manufacturing.
• Coordinate activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery.
• Write engineering reports and create 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.
• Mentor and guide junior level engineers, delegating and reviewing work.
• Work will be performed in R&D laboratories and in manufacturing facilities.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Science & Engineering.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

• Specialisation in bio‑absorbable polymers & extrusion highly preferred.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience in the medical device industry.
• Practical experience and theoretical knowledge in polymer development and manufacturing, fibre extrusion, textile manufacturing, polymer injection moulding, material characterisation, development and manufacturing of combination products.
• Ability to apply statistical methods and science‐based decisions to design experiments and implement improvements.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver quality technical work within project schedules and timelines. Ability to work in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
• Team‑oriented with the ability to work well on common deliverables with diverse cross‑functional teams and to interact at the highest professional manner with all organisational levels.
• Hands‑on mentality.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and interpersonal skills to successfully partner on varying levels ranging from cross‑functional to global multi‑site and multi‑business unit.
• Participation and study design for pre‑clinical in‑vivo labs, observing cases in hospitals and through customer interactions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks/projects with a…