Principal Engineer, Mechanical

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

About Us: Baxter's Mission

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Your Role at Baxter

Provide technical contribution within an area of expertise to lead requirement, analysis, detailed design and verification activities for an assigned product, project, or solution. Provide guidance to other engineers on their technical issues, engages in design reviews and helps resolve problems of medium complexity.

As the Principal Mechanical Engineer, you will be playing a key role in supporting Device Engineering development and sustenance activities of PSS &GSS portfolio in Bangalore R&D.

What you'll be doing

• Guiding a team of Mechanical Engineers that aligns with the organization's vision and strategic plan
• Identifies technical problems, provides innovative, creative solutions; shares technical knowledge with team.
• Identifies through value engineering, potential cost savings throughout the PSS product portfolio
• Takes action using engineering tools and skills on the identified savings to manage the projects from early feasibility through implementation.
• Responsible for completing the design while meeting customer and design requirements confirmed through validation and verification and working with finance to generate and manage capital budgets for the individual projects.
• Incorporates business, market, industry, and competitive knowledge into technical solutions that can be readily adapted to changes in technology and/or clinical use.
• Generates alternatives and takes reasonable risks while solving technical problems.
• Completes detailed, high quality technical documentation to capture and communicate designs.
• Seeks knowledge of the business, market, industry, and competitive environment.
• Uses existing tools and best practices to report and track product, project, and process metrics.
• Completes assigned tasks on time with minimal supervision
• Challenges project teams and established work processes and proactively finds creative methods to reach desired performance levels
• Collaborate in establishing processes for effective resource management from planning through execution in close collaboration with program management.
• Advises others proactively about developments or issues that affect their work, and their ability to meet commitments.
• Proficient in CAD and the use of FEA tools
• Other duties may be assigned.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with 12+ years of experience or Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with 9+ years of experience
• Ability to generate alternative solutions to problems or processes, with an emphasis on design for technical cost reductions.
• Ability to generate alternate mechanisms / concepts.
• Understanding of and alignment to FDA, ISO and IEC design control procedures, regulations and standards.
• Ability to perform theoretical calculations for the concepts generated.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a team environment
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to adapt to change.
• Experience in the medical device industry is preferred
• Experience with project management is preferred

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission.

Reasonable Accommodations
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