American Medical Systems (NASDAQ: AMMD) is a global leader in providing world-class medical devices and therapies that help restore Pelvic Health.  Headquarter in Minnetonka, MN; AMS has over 1,200 Employees worldwide, selling medical technologies in more than 100 countries.

At AMS, our vision is to: Improve lives through innovative medical solutions. It is only through the Power of Our People that we are able to achieve this vision and provide quality-of-life solutions to so many people worldwide.  Ask AMS employees how to best describe the company and you'll hear "fast," "innovative" and "inspiring."
Due to the company's size and organizational style, we’ll enable you to have visibility and easy access to all levels of management and your efforts will be recognized  As a globally diverse company, we value the spectrum of skills, experiences and perspectives that characterize our employees and our physician partners. We enjoy a workplace in which employees respect one another and act together.

The Principal Development Engineer provides technical leadership and performs the implementation of new products developed jointly with Manufacturing Engineering into full production, as well as providing continuation engineering on existing product lines.  This position requires a high level of complexity, responsibility and freedom of personal judgment to accomplish technical tasks

STAGE III: Contributes through Others

Product Concept

Works closely with marketing and physicians to understand user and patient needs

Proposes concepts to address customer needs

Selects and documents concepts to proceed to development and commercialization

Generates intellectual property

Design & Development

Translates customer requirements into engineering specifications.

Plans and manages creation of models to simulate and analyze user/patient function.

Plans and manages development of test fixtures and methods.

Analyzes and optimizes design concepts through experimentation and other simulation.

Conducts risk assessment (e.g. DFMEA) of product concepts.

Conducts feasibility studies and documents results and recommendations in technical reports.

Verification & Validation

Completes engineering documentation (e.g. Product & component specifications, BOMs, etc.) in readiness for design verification and validation.

Writes design verification and validation protocols and reports

Coordinates verification and validation builds.

Collaborates with other functions to execute project deliverables

Work Conditions

Conducts development and validation work in hospital operating room settings or work with human tissue

Use manual and light power tools to make and test prototypes

Travels to hospitals or other product investigation sites in various geographic locations