Principal Industrial Engineer - Plymouth, MN
Core
Lead end-to-end industrial engineering strategy and drive manufacturing excellence, scalability, and operational performance at a high-volume medical device manufacturing site.
Role type
Principal Industrial Engineer (Senior IC)
Builds
Life-saving medical devices
Domain
Healthcare technology / Medical device manufacturing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Lean, Six Sigma, systems thinking, capacity planning, labor optimization, line design, continuous improvement, change management, cost-benefit analysis, process mapping, root-cause analysis, data-driven problem solving
Preferred skills
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification, experience in regulated high-volume manufacturing, new product introductions (NPI), site expansions, organizational capability development
Technologies
Lean, Six Sigma, Medtronic Performance System
Responsibilities
Lead enterprise-aligned process improvement initiatives, provide technical thought leadership in Lean/Six Sigma, serve as a change leader for adoption, lead cross-functional teams for improvement projects, analyze and design manufacturing workflows, perform cost-benefit analyses, develop organizational capability through training and coaching
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship