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R&D Principal Engineer

Req # JR - 174233 Location Cartago, Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica Job Category Engineering Date posted 05/27/2025
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Overview

Being an Engineer at Baxter means you play a critical role in helping us achieve our mission to save and sustain lives. From innovative product design through to production and patient delivery, our Engineers are key to delivering results for our customers and patients worldwide.

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  • Continuing Education/ Professional Development

  • Employee Heath & Well-Being Benefits

  • Paid Time Off

  • 2 Days a Year to Volunteer

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What makes a successful Engineer at Baxter? Take a look at some of the top traits we’re looking for and see if you’re a fit.

  • Problem Solver
  • Analytical Thinker
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  • Solution Focused & Results Oriented
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R&D Principal Engineer

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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

Displays standard engineering principles to resolve difficult problems, from conception to final design with team input. Plans, schedules and leads project assignments in the evaluation, selection and adaptation of various engineering techniques, procedures and criteria with minimal guidance.

Your team

We are a team of inquisitive individuals who work independently or with a trusted team and work hard to find solutions that meet the needs of our patients. We often need to change directions and respond to issues to avoid disruptions in our fast-paced manufacturing environment. Together, we build and maintain a positive work environment.

When you join us, you will work with a team of committed individuals who trust each other to deliver on the tasks at hand. We support innovation and out-of-the-box thinking balanced with collaboration across functions and other teams.

What you will be doing:

1) With minimal guidance, acts as project technical lead by scheduling and leading small- and large-scale projects through the planning, execution, and implementation stage. This includes constructing detailed, accurate project schedules, interfacing with development groups and technical support groups, and communicating issues/delays to project team and/or program management representatives.


2) Devises new approaches to complex problems through adaptations and modifications of standard technical principles.


3) Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.


4) Supervises/coordinates an engineer and/or technicians on assigned work.

5) Provide onsite technical support to New Product Development (NPD) programs, and key Sustaining Engineering projects.In addition to providing relevant local plant support (e.g. familiarity with automated and manual processes, in-house molding capabilities, sterilization process), this includes the creation and maintenance of Device History File documentation (in accordance with 21 CFR Part 820.30), including the determination of impacted user needs and product requirements, protocol development for design verification, creation of design output documentation, and supporting manufacturing design transfer activities.

6.) Provide support to 510(k) submissions and/or global regulatory filings as needed.

7.) Oversee all R&D experimental builds and provide technical guidance as needed. Liaise closely with study directors throughout execution of the run.

What you'll bring to the role:

-Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree in Engineering or other related field of study experience.

-More than 6 years of experience in manufacturing areas or related.

-Fully bilingual English Spanish.

-Experience in Medical Industry is a plus.

Advanced Molding and Extrusion techniques (Learning / Doing (1)), Automation, reliability & smart manufacturing (Applying / Overseeing (2)), Critical Systems (Applying / Overseeing (2)), Data Analysis & Analytics (Applying / Overseeing (2)), Digitalization & Systems Engineering (Applying / Overseeing (2)), First Principles Thinking (Applying / Overseeing (2)), Lean & six sigma process knowledge (Applying / Overseeing (2)), Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence (Not Applicable (0)), Manufacturing & Process Knowledge (Applying / Overseeing (2)), Modeling & Simulation (Leading / Driving (4)), Operational Quality Assurance (Applying / Overseeing (2)), Process Automation (Applying / Overseeing (2)), Product / Project Management (Applying / Overseeing (2)), Smart Operations / Industry 4.0 (Learning / Doing (1)), Software Integration (API, Data Pipelines) (Not Applicable (0))

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Hear from Our Employees

Our company is enriched by a diverse population of individuals in more than 100 countries that work to solve, innovate, manufacture and drive better healthcare options for patients around the world.

Meet Anwesha – recently promoted to Manager, she leads a team of software engineers for our Medication Delivery business.

“I grew up in a small coastal town in India called Bhubaneswar, where we have our own traditions and culture. I think this has helped me grow personally and professionally. Working with a global team at Baxter, my background helps me to be open, appreciate and relate to people from all different places.”

Meet Sam – he has been with Baxter for over 15 years, working as an Engineering Technologist in Round Lake, IL, US.

“I have a wonderful team. They have been flexible and open to the differences in communication methods and work style necessary for me to excel. If I didn’t have that support, I wouldn’t be where I am now and I wouldn’t have been able to advance within the company. I’m proud to work at Baxter.”

Meet Erika – she has been an engineer in Round Lake, IL, US for over four years, promoted to Senior Principal Engineer in 2019.

“My involvement with National Society of Black Engineers outside of work has afforded me the opportunity to manage Baxter’s external partnership with the organization, exposing us to networking and talent that can help drive diversity and innovation, and providing opportunities for more community engagement and involvement, which I know a lot of my colleagues like.”

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