We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 24 Nov 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

As a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer you will be a technical leader within our R&D organization driving the design development and commercialization of advanced mechanical and electromechanical systems for diabetes management. Youll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams lead complex projects from concept to production and mentor junior engineers to ensure technical excellence and continuous innovation.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronics Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership:Lead the design development and validation of mechanical and electromechanical components subsystems and systems for diabetes management devices.
• Innovation & Optimization:Apply advanced modeling simulation and analysis (FEA tolerance analysis DFM/DFA) to create robust high-performance and manufacturable designs.
• Customer Focus:Translate product requirements and user feedback into innovative design concepts and detailed engineering specifications.
• Cross-functional Collaboration:Work closely with electrical software manufacturing and quality teams to deliver integrated high-quality solutions.
• Mentorship:Serve as a technical mentor guiding and developing junior engineers and project teams.
• Manufacturing Partnership:Support design transfer to high-volume manufacturing engaging with vendors and leading process validation.
• Stakeholder Engagement:Represent Medtronic as a technical expert with internal and external partners including customers and suppliers.
• Continuous Improvement:Champion best practices in mechanical design risk management regulatory compliance and design for manufacturability.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Masters degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefer experience within the medical device industry
• Mastery of 3D CAD (SolidWorks Creo) and engineering analysis tools (FEA tolerance analysis).
• Deep knowledge of regulatory standards (FDA ISO 13485) and risk management (FMEA hazard analysis).
• Proven track record leading complex design projects and mentoring engineers.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience designing components for diabetes devices (insulin pumps CGMs infusion sets) or similar wearable/implantable medical devices.
• Broad knowledge of manufacturing processes (injection molding machining 3D printing automated assembly).
• Advanced skills in tolerance analysis predictive modeling and GD&T.
• Demonstrated success in launching products into high-volume manufacturing.
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Passion for Medtronics mission and commitment to improving patient lives.

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 of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$128000.00 - $192000.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience certification/education market conditions and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves. We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.