# Principal Technician

Description Summary: The Principal Technician performs a variety of assignments in the development and manufacturing of catheter-based components and systems from early-stage development to production transfer. This role requires one to be able to work independently and in teams under supervision of program management and/or engineering. Essential Duties and Responsibilities (but are not limited to): Provide hands on processing and technical support for projects in early feasibility to production transfer Write new or revise existing manufacturing processes, routers, and specifications following change order procedure in Grand Ave Software Document functional characteristics and processing steps during iteration phase of projects via photos, videos, and/or hand notes Provides training and mentorship to operators and junior technicians on build processes, techniques, and best practices Develop tooling using machine shop tools while following safety requirements Be able to operate and set up equipment such as braider and coiler machine Perform destructive and non-destructive testing of test samples Ensuring customer deliverables are on track to ship and meet quality requiremen

- **Id**: 4196931
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/switchback-medical-principal-technician>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Brooklyn Park, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T16:35:17Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T18:28:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2531
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Contract Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 3872603
- **Name**: Switchback Medical
- **Domain**: switchbackmedical.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/switchbackmedical>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Paylocity

## Salary

- **Min**: 38
- **Max**: 53
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 106000

## Technologies

- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T20:50:26Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T21:15:09Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 106000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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