Principal Engineer

Founded in 1912, Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a diversified, Fortune 200 manufacturing company that delivers specialized expertise, innovative thinking, and value-added products to meet critical customer needs in a variety of industries. Ranked among Fortune’s Magazine’s most admired companies, the company focuses on solid growth, improving profitability and strong returns across its worldwide platforms and divisions. These divisions serve customers and markets around the globe, with a significant presence in developed as well as emerging markets. ITW’s revenues totaled $12.6 billion in 2020.

ITW Medical is comprised of two highly-respected medical product brands - Coeur & Filtertek – supplying medical devices and components to global medical device brands. Filtertek manufactures molded filtration and flow control components. Coeur is a leading provider of disposable diagnostic imaging consumables. 

Our Principal Engineer role is located in Hebron, IL which is just north of Woodstock, IL and south of Lake Geneva, WI. Remote hybrid schedule is available with 3 days onsite per week and 2 days remote.

This position is inside the Engineering group and will report directly to the Technology Transfer Manager.  The primary objective will be to drive organic growth efforts in the Medical Division’s high-growth Business Segments. This position will be responsible for the product development process with particular emphasis on the transfer to manufacturing and product launch.

This is a highly strategic role within the ITW Medical business and provides a path for driving meaningful impact within the business, while accelerating career growth.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead for the development, modification, implementation and supporting of single use medical device components through adherence to established design control processes and good engineering practices.
• Customer: Drive improvements in current products by working directly with customer technical teams to identify and solve problems through innovative problem solving and product design to create sustainable differentiation. Understand customer requirements and translate those requirements into product designs, while using Design Control and ensuring value is delivered to customer and patient.
• Ensure Design for Manufacturability through close collaboration with R&D and Operations Teams. Effectively perform design transfer.
• Conduct FMEA and Risk analysis as a part of the design control process.
• Lead the technical process development with internal manufacturing partners.
• Lead others to solve technical problems using engineering and statistical techniques.
• Interfaces with customers and suppliers on high-volume disposable medical component design and is constantly evaluating new technologies and processes.
• Leads design changes to existing products, ensuring compatibility through appropriate validation.
• Provides engineering and technical support to production team with respect to product specifications and requirements.
• Concept Design: Support product development from concepts through various stages of prototyping to final design by applying sound and good engineering principles including product requirements, concept design and selection, prototyping, testing, etc.
• Business Acumen: Ability to translate customer needs and pain points into a value proposition that can be supported with a strong business case is a must for this role.
• Team Work: Serve as a lead technical role on the project team. The incumbent will work closely with fellow Engineers, Customers, Sales and Manufacturing regarding New Product Development.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Plastics, Biomedical) required
• A minimum of 8+ years related work experience required
• Previous experience with injection molding in a high-volume manufacturing environment required. Experience with high-volume medical device manufacturing strongly preferred.
• Fluency in 3D CAD (Solidworks preferred)
• Working understanding of part design layout and GD&T
• Understanding of DFMEA & PFMEA methodology and approach
• Injection mold tooling design experience preferred
• Mold-flow analysis experience is a plus
• Ability to train and coach others from technical expertise
• Self-directed with creative problem-solving ability

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. 

As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.