Senior Principal Manufacturing Engineer — Process Innovation

Medtronic plc; Terlingua (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a Sr. Principal Manufacturing Engineer to lead advanced manufacturing process development and optimization for new and existing products at the Villalba site.

This onsite role partners with global engineering to drive knowledge transfer and manufacturing innovation, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance. The position requires strong leadership of complex projects, expertise in process validation and SPC, and mentoring of engineering teams across experience levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience or higher.
• Experience leading manufacturing process development and commercialization in a regulated industry.
• Experience with process validation, optimization, and SPC methodologies.
• Experience leading complex technical investigations and cross-functional engineering projects.
• Experience supporting manufacturing equipment, tooling, and production systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of manufacturing processes from concept through production.
• Design and optimize manufacturing methods, equipment, tooling, and production layouts to improve efficiency, quality, and throughput.
• Drive complex technical problem-solving activities involving process performance, equipment reliability, and product quality.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams to transfer technologies, align manufacturing strategies, and support new product development initiatives.
• Develop and implement statistical process control methodologies to monitor and improve process capability.
• Evaluate manufacturing equipment and processes, identify deficiencies, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to engineers across multiple experience levels.
• Ensure manufacturing processes comply with quality system requirements, regulatory standards, and site procedures.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Process development

Statistical process control

Cross-functional leadership

Equipment reliability

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Minitab

JMP

Job description

Medtronic is seeking a Sr. Principal Manufacturing Engineer to lead advanced manufacturing process development and optimization for new and existing products at the Villalba site.

This onsite role partners with global engineering to drive knowledge transfer and manufacturing innovation, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance. The position requires strong leadership of complex projects, expertise in process validation and SPC, and mentoring of engineering teams across experience levels.