Sr. Principal Engineer, R&D Disposables (Hybrid)

Vantive : A New Company Built On Our Legacy

Baxter is on a journey to separate our $5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre.

Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.

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.

What you'll be doing

• Performs financial planning and analysis to justify project approval.
• Serve as the technical expert for complex new product development programs.
• Coordinate and communicate the efforts of R&D in collaboration with global internal and external cross-functional stakeholders.
• Creative Problem Solver identify technical risks up front, develop and execute mitigations and provide team direction on how to remove or avoid roadblocks.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional and global project teams.
• Schedules, budgets, and leads product development with minimal guidance.
• Build strong relationships with Commercial and Clinical partners for a broad understanding of clinical and user needs to provide innovative solutions.
• Drives adherence to design control procedures, general safety rules, company policies and procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices, and FDA regulations.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of product development processes.
• May supervise engineers and / or technicians.
• Contribute to Baxter intellectual property through invention disclosures and patent applications.
• Occasional travel up to 15%.

What you'll bring

• BS in Mechanical, Plastics, Biomedical Engineering or a related field, MS preferred.
• Minimum 8 - 10 years of related experience in Class II or Class III medical product development.
• Working knowledge of plastics materials and processing such as injection molding, extrusion, ultrasonic welding, UV / solvent bonding, and sterilization.

Advanced knowledge preferred.

• Provide solutions that reflect understanding of business objectives.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office and MS Project.
• Ability to train, coach, and mentor others from technical expertise.
• Advanced knowledge of medical device design controls preferred.
• Able to objectively identify ambiguous and diverse technical problems and create solutions.
• Able to organize and present technical and project overviews independently.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration and influencing skills.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and documentation skills.

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