Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Medical Devices)

As a Principal Product Engineer at MiniMed Juncos, you will play a key role in improving manufacturing processes, equipment performance, and product quality within a medical device production environment. Leveraging your technical expertise and project leadership skills, you’ll partner across functions to solve complex manufacturing challenges, implement sustainable improvements, and support efficient, reliable production.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties as assigned:

• Responsible for production support engineering related to testing methods, procedures, and troubleshooting.

• Investigates device specification and yield issues and supports minor redesigns of devices and masks.

• Analyzes customer returns and implements supplier-related engineering changes.

• Optimizes device production while balancing quality and cost constraints.

• Improves manufacturing processes and equipment performance.

• Assumes responsibility for devices and/or internally produced or externally purchased components after transfer into high-volume production.

• Supports overall device manufacturing operations, excluding wafer fabrication.

• May assist customers with device usage issues or customer testing of complex devices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience; or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

• Validation experience, including process validation and computerized systems validation.

• Experience in a medical device manufacturing environment.

• Fully bilingual in Spanish and English.

Nice to Have: Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing major or moderately complex projects.

• Green Belt certification.

• Equipment troubleshooting expertise.

• Knowledge of process controls (software, electrical, and mechanical).

• Knowledge of statistical techniques.

Core Technical Requirements: Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Assembly processes

• Pneumatics

• Laser and ultrasonic joining

• Automation processes

• Sensors and controls

• Robotics and servo systems

• Sealing and packaging

• Bonding processes (e.g., adhesive application)

MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package

At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.

At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world., MiniMed is a full-stack insulin delivery company dedicated to supporting people living with diabetes through every step of their journey - when and how they need it. For more than 40 years, we’ve been committed to redefining what’s possible: intelligent dosing systems designed for real life, predictive insights that stay a step ahead, and always on support when it’s needed most. At the heart of everything we do is a simple Mission: to make every day a better day for people with diabetes.