Principal Engineer (R&D Lead) - Hybrid - Eagan, MN/ San Antonio, TX

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• Represent R&D on New Product Development Core Teams, partnering cross-functionally with Quality, Regulatory, Medical/Clinical Affairs, Global Supply Chain/Operations, Marketing, Sourcing, and Project Management.
• Lead the technical delivery of new product development projects, integrating design activities and coordinating multidisciplinary R&D teams of engineers, scientists, human factors/usability engineers, technicians, subject-matter experts, and external development partners to ensure technical outputs meet quality, design, and user requirements.
• Develop and execute technical project plans and schedules from technology readiness through commercialization, using appropriate project planning tools including Gantt Charts, Network Logic Diagrams, Work Breakdown Structure, and/or other tools as needed. Align internal teams, external suppliers, and development partners on activities, dependencies, deliverables, and timelines.
• Identify and manage project resources, including internal team members, suppliers, and external development partners, to support delivery against project objectives and schedules.
• Manage technical project budgets, tracking actual spend against forecast and communicating status to R&D leadership and Project Management.
• Prepare and present written project status updates to functional management and leadership as appropriate, including progress against schedule and budget, technical progress, key risks, and mitigation activities.
• Engage with customers and clinicians to understand medical conditions, user needs, and project feedback, supporting an innovative and interactive development process.
• Evaluate new medical device technologies for potential development and commercialization opportunities.
• Identify and document intellectual property arising from assigned projects.
• Ensure project activities comply with product development and design control processes, driving completion and maintenance of required project deliverables through development governance.

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