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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. The Senior Technical Lead – TCO Engineering is a core leader within the TCO (Technical Cost Out) organization and is accountable for delivering sustainable material and component cost reduction, supply resilience, and margin improvement through advanced technical analysis, specification optimization, alternate sourcing, and disciplined cross‑functional execution. The role serves as a technical authority and execution leader, partnering closely with Procurement, R&D, Quality, Operations, Strategy, and Suppliers to identify, validate, and implement complex cost optimization initiatives while safeguarding product performance, regulatory compliance, and continuity of supply.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the identification and evaluation of complex, multi‑site total cost optimization opportunities across materials, components, and processes across sites, with specific focus on insourcing, alternate sourcing, process and product value engineering, and cost‑to‑serve optimization
Partner with Manufacturing Strategy to ensure alignment to the designed future state and long‑range capacity and footprint strategies
Perform and review advanced should‑cost, clean‑sheet, teardown, and cost model analyses, providing fact‑based recommendations to senior stakeholders
Provide technical cost leadership input to category strategies with robust cost drivers, benchmarks, and market intelligence
Lead and facilitate cross‑functional Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, and structured cost optimization workshops, ensuring prioritization of high‑impact, executable initiatives
Lead and mentor cross‑functional technical teams through the planning and execution of complex initiatives using advanced engineering and scientific techniques, procedures, and criteria
Serve as a technical escalation point for specification optimization, material substitution, and product or process changes
Oversee and coordinate sample builds, pilot runs, trials, testing, and technical validations, ensuring rigor and right‑first‑time execution
Ensure disciplined execution of change control, validation/qualification, and cut‑in planning, balancing speed, risk, and compliance
Act as a senior technical partner to Procurement, Quality, R&D, Operations, Strategy, Finance, and other stakeholders to align cost, risk, and performance objectives
Lead technical engagement with strategic and critical suppliers, driving process understanding, cost transparency, manufacturability improvements, and readiness assessments
Support and guide dual qualification, risk mitigation, capacity expansion, and supplier development initiatives, ensuring long‑term resilience and scalability
Own initiatives end‑to‑end, from opportunity framing and business case development through execution, validation, and formal hand‑over of savings to Operations and Finance
Ensure robust documentation of assumptions, risks, mitigations, approvals, and savings methodologies in alignment with governance requirements
Proactively identify and escalate risks related to quality, regulatory compliance, service, cost realization, or timelines to appropriate forums
Drive continuous improvement of TCO ways of working by capturing best practices, lessons learned, and contributing to the internal TCO playbook and center of excellence methodology
Requirements:
7-10+ years experience with Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Materials, Plastics, Chemicals, Packaging, or Manufacturing engineering, science, or related field
Proven experience delivering multi-million dollar value engineering savings
Strong track record of leading complex, cross‑functional initiatives end‑to‑end using structured project and change management methodologies
Deep working knowledge of GMP, change control, deviation/CAPA processes, and validation/qualification principles in a regulated manufacturing environment
Advanced analytical and problem‑solving capability, with the ability to translate technical detail into business impact
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influence at multiple organizational levels
Willingness and ability to travel as required
Applicants must be authorized to work for an employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Nice to have:
Proven leadership experience in alternate sourcing, supplier qualification, and supplier transitions within regulated manufacturing environments, delivering measurable cost savings
Experience translating technical changes into enterprise‑level business value, including insourcing transitions, technology transfers, and footprint changes
Demonstrated expertise in value engineering, design for manufacturability, and process optimization
Strong experience with cost modeling, should‑costing, and clean‑sheet methodologies
Lean / Six Sigma certification and applied use in cost and productivity programs
What we offer:
Support for Parents
Continuing Education/ Professional Development
Employee Heath & Well-Being Benefits
Paid Time Off
2 Days a Year to Volunteer
medical and dental coverage that start on day one
insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching
Flexible Spending Accounts
educational assistance programs
time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave