Principal Engineer, Global Technical Services (Hybrid)

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.

Your role at Baxter

This is where your expertise helps people.

You are a problem solver. Complex projects or unexpected challenges are just opportunities to bring your considerable abilities to use. Whether working independently or with a trusted team, you are always ready to take on a project and work hard to find solutions. Your talent is needed across a wide variety of industries. As a Principal Engineer, Global Technical Services, you have a wide array of career choices, but are motivated by the opportunity to work in a company that supports innovation, professional development, and a purposeful mission.

Your team

Baxter Technical Services strives to deliver an outstanding experience that makes Baxter a crucial service solutions provider for our customers. Each day we are passionate about providing quality service that enables our customers to focus on what matters most: patient care. We're early in our journey to become an integral part of Baxter's commercial strategy. This exciting new role is part of our evolution to become more commercially focused, by growing brand loyalty/ overall value while continuing to meet ongoing customer needs.

Joining Baxter Technical Services will give you an opportunity to become a part of this strategic growth opportunity for the company while also supporting our mission to save & sustain lives! As the Principal Engineer, you will apply engineering principles, problem-solving methodologies, and a collaborative demeanor to develop, implement, transfer, sustain, and improve interconnected medical device systems and the associated Technical Service strategies, processes, and offerings.

What you'll be doing

• Represent Technical Service on new product development and/or lifecycle management teams.
• Build reviews and approves service timelines throughout the product lifecycle for medical device products/systems.
• Works closely with multi-functional team members to develop and launch medical device products/systems that enables a service strategy and associated service offerings. Drives and champions Design for Serviceability (DFS) and Design for Service Revenue within product core teams.
• Analyzes product/system and operational metrics and data to find opportunities for improvement and creates robust business cases to pursue them.
• Identifies and solves sophisticated problems without assistance. Example projects include the development of new or improved processes, tools, techniques and procedures.
• Creates global service plans for new product platform releases. Leads plan implementation for service training, test equipment and tool installation and validation, spare parts, and service manuals/instructions.
• Works closely with Marketing, Manufacturing, Sales, Quality, R&D, and Global Service Operations to achieve product line objectives.
• Independently plans, schedules, and leads multi-functional teams in detailed phases of the engineering work in a project.
• May supervise/coordinate Engineers or Technicians on assigned work or projects.

What you'll bring

• B.S. in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems preferred, Manufacturing/Industrial considered) and 5 +years related experience or 3+ years with a Masters.
• Experience in a regulated environment/industry strongly preferred.
• Experience with digital products and IT/connectivity expertise strongly preferred. ITIL certification is a plus.
• Proven process optimization and analytical skills (e.g. Lean Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping) is preferred.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a base salary range of $68,000 to $156,000 plus an annual incentive bonus. The above range represents the expected base salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

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