Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

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.

Your Role:

As part of the Minnesota based global hardware team, the Principal Mechanical Design Engineer will lead the design and engineering projects developing creative solutions to both legacy and new product development.

What you'll be doing:

• Design new parts and assemblies using CAD, generate CAD models, assemblies, and drawings from engineering requirements

• Create and lead processing change orders to release or modify existing mechanical models and drawings and bills of materials.

• Apply principles of mechanics, thermodynamics, hydraulics, heat transfer, and materials, and confirm correctness using engineering methodologies and tools such as FEA, GD&T, etc.

• Develop and complete documentation deliverables including design description reports, design models, drawings and engineering analysis reports.

• Works with suppliers, manufacturing and service to design for maneuverability and serviceability.

• Works with test engineering to support creation of test protocols and reports for verification ad validation testing.

• Researches and analyzes design and experimental data to understand technical issues and set a direction for issue resolution.

• Effectively communicates project technical status, time and schedule for tasks including estimates to complete.

• Completes engineering tasks in a timely fashion, and manages time budgets for tasks. Identifies and efficiently resolves technical problems and issue.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mechanical preferred or equivalent.

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in new product development, and have at least participated in one medical device project from concept to market introduction. Preferably have experience and familiarity with IEC 60601-1.

• Direct experience with the product development process ranging from requirements development, prototyping, design for manufacturing, verification and product release.

• Experience in medical device or other regulated industries preferred.

The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.

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