Prin R&D Product Engineer

BioCT; Connecticut; On-site; USD 124,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a Principal R&D Product Engineer in the United States to lead design ownership and advanced testing across wound management products. You will drive products from concept through verification, validation, and release, ensuring quality, manufacturability, and supply continuity.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to optimize performance and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots, and provides technical support during product development and manufacturing.
• Defines and performs verification and validation activities ensuring products meet user needs and intended use.
• Coordinates activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Statistical methods

Design ownership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering

Tools

DRM/DFSS Lean Sigma Certification

Minitab

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams)

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 4 Dec 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

Principal R&D Product Engineer

Careers that Change Lives

As part of the Surgical Released Product Engineering (RPE) Team, we drive best in class clinical outcomes, customer satisfaction and business value for all commercialized Surgical products by ensuring consistent quality, supply continuity and market competitiveness while elevating the technical careers of employees. The Principal R&D Product Engineer will report into the Wound Management (WM) RPE Team within the WM Center of Excellence (COE) group of R&D. They will focus on supporting changes to existing products to meet customer needs and maintain our wound closure product lines. 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.

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots, and provides technical support during product development and manufacturing.
• Recognized expert, managing large projects or processes
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining deliverables of assignments, with limited oversight from manager
• Coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level specialists
• Designs studies to investigate root cause or identify process parameters; applying statistical methods and science-based decision making
• Defining and supporting 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.
• Investigation and evaluation of existing technologies.
• Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, or processes related to existing product manufacturing and design.
• Coordinates activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery.
• Writes engineering reports and creates presentations as required to document and communicate results.
• 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
• Supports technical evaluations for OEM, BD&L, and commercial driven evaluations with a focus on design ownership
• Work will be performed in R&D laboratories and in manufacturing facilities

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

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

Nice to Have

• Specialization in absorbable polymers, surgical needles, or sutures
• Experience in the medical device industry
• Practical experience and theoretical knowledge in the one or more of the following areas:
• Polymer development and manufacturing
• Fiber extrusion
• Textile manufacturing
• Design for high volume manufacturing assembly processes
• Absorbable materials and devices

• Must be 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 organizational levels
• Participation in pre-clinical in vivo labs, observing cases in hospitals and through customer interactions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks/projects with a strong problem-solving ability.
• Demonstrates strong initiative and ownership
• Experience with DRM / DFSS, Lean Sigma, or Green/Black Belt Lean Sigma certification
• Proficiency in Minitab and Microsoft Office – Outlook, Word, Power Point, Excel, and MS Teams

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About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements 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. (ADA-United States of America)

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 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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

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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):$124,000.00 - $186,000.00This 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 insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple 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 match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital 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

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 law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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