Principal Design Engineer

Medline Industries, LP; Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 116,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) contributions

Paid time off

Job summary

Medline Industries, LP in Minnesota seeks a senior product development leader to manage multi-disciplinary teams and deliver new products from ideation through 510(k) submission and launch. You will define design specs, guide testing, and coordinate with regulatory, quality, and manufacturing to ensure safe, compliant products.

The role emphasizes hands-on design leadership, collaboration with global partners, and advancing innovation pipelines while aligning with divisional strategies.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, or software engineering.
• Certification / Licensure: None
• Work Experience: At least 7 years of experience in product design.
• Experience with Solidworks/3D modeling software and prototype fabrication.
• Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: None

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary product development teams to research, design, and develop new products and technologies.
• Ensure deadlines and product goals are met and collaborate with customers, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing to ensure successful launches.
• Develop design specifications, manage project timelines, and align development with long-term divisional strategies.
• Coordinate product design and lab teams to verify and validate inputs; support 510(k) submissions and product launches.

Skills

3D modeling

Prototype fabrication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Certified SolidWorks Professional

Tools

SolidWorks

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Summary

Responsible for managing product development teams as well as coordinating all aspects of the design and development of new products and technologies. Provide expertise on product design and optimize design specifications. Lead product design assignments in product development initiatives.

Major Responsibilities

Manage multi-disciplinary product development teams to research, design, and develop new products and technologies. Ensure that deadlines and product goals are met. Collaborate with customers, quality, regulatory, legal, manufacturers, and divisional personnel to ensure new product designs meet all product requirements and experience a successful launch. Develop design specifications, manage multiple project timelines, and balance corporate priorities for product development projects to ensure that deadlines and goals are met. Collaborate with product divisions to proactively identify product development opportunities, establish innovation pipelines, and align product development efforts with long‑term divisional strategies. Coordinate and support all phases of product development from ideation to 510k application to product launch. Review existing products and recommend improvements based on existing complaints, risk analyses, manufacturer feedback, cost saving opportunities, etc. Support design transfer to manufacturing sites and new product implementation process. Collaborate with domestic and international manufacturers to validate designs and troubleshoot problems that arise. Coordinate product design and laboratory teams to ensure all design inputs are verified and validated. Contribute to new product designs, prototype generation/evaluation, and review technical drawings/specifications. Work with legal to design and implement new intellectual property. This is a high-level individual contributor role – management responsibilities limited to leading day-to-day activities and outcomes of a group of employees. May be involved in hiring staff, recommending pay increases, performing performance reviews, training and development of staff, estimating personnel needs, assigning work, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, or software engineering
• Certification / Licensure: None
• Work Experience: At least 7 years of experience in product design.
• Experience with Solidworks/3D modeling software and prototype fabrication.
• Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: None

Preferred Job Requirements

• Education: None
• Certification / Licensure: Certified Solidworks Professional.
• Work Experience: At least 10 years of experience in product design.
• Experience testing and development of polymers, textiles, medical equipment/devices, etc within in the medical device industry.
• Experience with medical device requirements (Class I-II), design controls, risk assessments, and the 510k process.
• Experience designing and launching class II medical device to market.
• Experience with project management, Microsoft project, and leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Invented and recognized on at least one patent.
• Position requires travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (domestic and international).
• Knowledge of injection molding and other manufacturing processes.

Salary and Benefits

The anticipated salary range for this position: $116,000.00 - $174,000.00 Annual

The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s location, education, experience, skills, and abilities.

This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible.

Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.

• Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average.
• For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions, paid time off, as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

Company Culture

We’re dedicated to creating a Medline where everyone feels they belong and can grow their career. We strive to do this by seeking diversity in all forms, acting inclusively, and ensuring that people have tools and resources to perform at their best.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

About Medline

Through its broad product portfolio, resilient supply chain and leading clinical solutions, Medline helps healthcare providers improve their clinical, financial and operational outcomes. Headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, the company employs more than 43,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 100 countries and territories. To learn more about how Medline makes healthcare run better, visit www.medline.com.