Principal Sourcing Engineer

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 Aug 2026   Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life Today, we’re partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges – this requires bold leadership. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

Join our Global Supplier Optimization team as a Principal Sourcing Engineer, where you utilize your strong track record of delivering results in a matrixed organization, where collaboration with diverse individuals, teams, and skill sets is essential for success. As the Principal Sourcing Engineer, you will lead, direct, plan, and execute cross-functional projects, focusing on driving strategic decisions, managing business risks, applying technical rigor, and ensuring effective communication. You will lead the execution of supplier transfer projects on schedule and within budget while enhancing supplier capabilities and driving operational excellence.

In this critical role, you will implement comprehensive operational strategies to achieve process capability through Six Sigma methodologies, collaborating with our suppliers to ensure value stream stability, optimize lead times, and eliminate waste. Additionally, you will lead supplier optimization initiatives, driving robust supply chain resilience, cost reduction, and continuous quality improvement.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.                      This position will be onsite , based at a Medtronic site in: • Danvers, MA

• Mounds View, MN (Twin Cities Campus)

• Boulder, CO (Colorado Campus)

• Irvine, CA

As a Principal Sourcing Engineer , you will utilize Lean Six Sigma tools to work as a strategic problem solver with deep expertise in process improvement methodologies, supplier management, project leadership, and data analysis. You will establish and maintain strong cross functional collaboration with R&D, Category Management, Supply Chain, Operations Sourcing, OpEx and corporate initiatives and leadership.  Ensuring projects are on time, on budget and deliver measurable results. At Medtronic, we must work with a sense of purpose and ownership, knowing there is a human life on the other side of every decision.

Key Responsibilities of the Principal Sourcing Engineer are: • Manage one or more developed or mature supplier transfer projects with well-defined plans and delivery methodologies. Accountable for overall project progress, performance, and customer satisfaction.

• Lead cross functional teams including design, operations, category management, contract manufacturers/OEM, supplier quality, to ensure successful completion of projects and business goals.

• Develop, communicate, and document transfer project strategies and plans including budget, detailed schedule creation/maintenance, KPIs. Provides input to establishing program objectives, timelines, milestones and budgets.

• Ensure projects remain aligned with the project plan by addressing any resource conflicts and addressing problems as they emerge.  Facilitate project team meetings; prepare agenda, facilitate discussion during meeting, take and distribute meeting minutes.

• Track spending associated to project.  Provide monthly forecasts on upcoming spending. Forecast resource and skill set needs for the project and participate in resourcing discussions/negotiation.

• Demonstrated business acumen and successful experience managing all aspects of programs, including communicating with stakeholders and directing matrixed teams and resources.

• Product/Process technical expertise include reviewing and ensure adequacy of supplier part Qualifications activities (i.e. Validation including IQ, OQ, PQ activities;).

• Proficient in structured problem-solving techniques.

• Execute and support phase in – phase out (PIPO) planning for assigned transfer projects.

• Conduct supplier design reviews to identify and mitigate test coverage gaps and address quality and manufacturability defect points.

• Establish a measurement and reporting framework to review and report project progress with key stakeholders and management teams.

• Use appropriate project management tools, communicate plans and risk management techniques to create rigor in project planning and execution.

Must Have: Minimum Qualifications • Requires a Bachelors degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in plastics processing and supplier qualification OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience in plastics processing and supplier qualification OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience in plastics processing and supplier qualification.

Nice to Have • Extensive experience leading projects/programs including financial accountability including strong preference for PMP certification.

• Prior experience managing site to site transfer projects in a manufacturing environment.

• Effective planning and organization skills including the proven ability to work against multiple objectives simultaneously.

• Excellent knowledge of systems including PowerPoint, MS Project.

• Ability to establish and maintain a

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