Principal Additive Manufacturing Engineer - Warsaw, IN

Medtronic; Warsaw (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic in the United States is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Engineer to lead metal additive manufacturing efforts across New Product Introduction. You will work with cross‑functional teams to develop scalable, compliant manufacturing solutions and enable successful product launches.

The role requires deep expertise in metal AM, process development, and experience in regulated environments, with involvement from concept through validation and production readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of relevant experience, or Master's with 5+ years, or PhD with 3+ years.
• Experience with metal additive manufacturing in product development, process development, or manufacturing.
• Strong collaboration across cross-functional teams and regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing engineering activities for metal additive manufacturing in NPI programs.
• Incorporate DFM/DfAM principles into product and process decisions with Product Development.
• Support NPI from concept through commercialization including feasibility, process validation, and transfer.
• Develop, optimize, and scale metal AM processes to meet quality, capacity, and compliance needs.
• Collaborate with Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and Suppliers to realize product launches.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 5 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.

A Day in the Life

In this role, you will help bring innovative medical technologies from concept into commercialization by leading manufacturing engineering efforts for metal additive manufacturing processes within New Product Introduction. The Principal Manufacturing Engineer will support both upstream and later-stage NPI activities, partnering closely with cross-functional teams to develop robust, scalable, and compliant manufacturing solutions that enable successful product launches and long‑term operational performance.

This position requires deep technical expertise in metal additive manufacturing, strong process development capabilities, and experience operating within a regulated environment. The ideal candidate will be equally comfortable supporting early feasibility and design collaboration as well as process validation, design transfer, and production readiness activities.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In‑person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working a minimum of 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross‑functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

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

• Lead manufacturing engineering activities for new product introduction (NPI) programs involving metal additive manufacturing technologies.
• Partner with Product Development during product design and development to incorporate Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) principles into product and process decisions.
• Support new product introduction activities from concept through commercialization, including feasibility assessments, prototype build strategies, process characterization, manufacturing readiness, design transfer, validation, and product launch execution.
• Develop, optimize, and scale metal additive manufacturing processes to meet product performance, quality, compliance, capacity, and supply requirements.
• Define manufacturing methods, process flows, equipment requirements, inspection strategies, capacity assumptions, and manufacturing specifications for new products.
• Establish and maintain critical process parameters, process controls, process windows, and manufacturing standards to ensure robust and repeatable production.
• Lead or support equipment qualification, process validation, and manufacturing risk management activities, including IQ, OQ, PQ, PFMEA, control plans, and process capability assessments.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Procurement, and other cross‑functional stakeholders to support product realization, transfer, and commercialization activities.
• Conduct root cause investigations and implement corrective actions to resolve development, validation, and early production issues.
• Author, review, and maintain engineering and quality system documentation, including protocols, reports, procedures, risk assessments, specifications, and engineering changes.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external manufacturing partners to develop and advance metal additive manufacturing capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging additive manufacturing technologies, materials, equipment, and post‑processing methods to support future business and product needs.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and cross‑functional teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
• OR a Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.
• OR a PhD with 3 years relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or new product introduction experience.
• Experience with metal additive manufacturing in a product development, process development, or manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting early‑stage process development, industrialization, and design transfer activities.
• Experience with metal additive manufacturing technologies, materials, powder handling, material control, and process consistency requirements, including technologies such as laser powder bed fusion.
• Experience with additive manufacturing post‑processing methods such as depowdering, heat treatment,