Senior Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

About the role

Medtronic is seeking a Senior Principal Mechanical Design Engineer for its Mervue Campus in Galway, Ireland. This is a senior individual-contributor role providing technical leadership for the design and development of complex consumable components, instruments and sterile-use assemblies for advanced medical devices and robotic applications. The engineer defines mechanical architecture, leads critical design decisions and ensures solutions meet requirements for performance, reliability, usability, manufacturability, serviceability, cost and regulatory compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of complex consumable components, instruments and sterile-use assemblies, focusing on material selection, manufacturability, sterilisation compatibility, verification and validation.
• Create and review detailed 3D models, assemblies, drawings and design documentation using SolidWorks and Creo.
• Define mechanical architecture and lead tolerance analysis, material selection and detailed component design.
• Lead the development of precision mechanisms involving motion control, actuation and integration with electrical and software systems.
• Provide technical leadership across the full product lifecycle, from concept and feasibility through prototyping, design verification and validation, manufacturing transfer and sustaining engineering.
• Collaborate with systems, electrical, software, manufacturing, quality, regulatory and supply-chain partners.
• Lead design reviews, risk assessments, root-cause investigations and complex technical problem solving.
• Promote design for manufacture, design for assembly, tolerance stack-up analysis and design documentation, and support supplier engagement, prototype builds and test activities.
• Mentor engineers and evaluate new materials, technologies and design approaches.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, with 10+ years of relevant mechanical design and product-development experience (technical leadership of complex design activities); or an Advanced degree with 8 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing complex mechanical components, instruments, assemblies or mechanisms.
• Experience in medical-device and/or robotics product development within a regulated environment.
• Proven hands-on capability with SolidWorks and Creo for 3D modelling, assemblies, drawings and design documentation.
• Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, materials, manufacturing processes, assembly methods and tolerance analysis.
• Experience integrating mechanical systems with electrical, software and systems-engineering interfaces.
• Ability to solve complex technical problems, lead design decisions and influence multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication, collaboration and mentoring skills.
• Advantageous: precision mechanical systems, motion control, miniaturised devices, prototyping, test-fixture design, simulation tools or supplier-led industrialisation.

What we offer

• Competitive salary in Ireland of EUR 94,720 to 142,080, depending on experience, skills and qualifications.
• A flexible benefits package.
• Eligibility for the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).