Associate Principal R&D Engineer
About The Position
The Associate Principal R&D Engineer will serve as the Platform Technology Architect for the Pump & Fluid Platform across the UCC urine evacuation product portfolio. This senior technical leadership role defines and guides the multi-generation technology strategy for pump-enabled urine evacuation systems and related platform capabilities. The role establishes architectural direction, technical standards, platform interfaces, capability targets, and reusable technology strategies across multiple product generations. Key technology areas include pump and fluid evacuation performance; battery, power, and charging architecture; patient, device, and canister interfaces; liquid-level sensing; leak and fault detection; odor and acoustic reduction; product reliability and serviceability; and platform-level verification and testing methods. This is a platform-level technical strategy position rather than a day-to-day detailed component design role. The engineer influences product teams and cross-functional stakeholders so technology improvements are standardized, reusable, measurable, and consistently implemented across product releases. The position is primarily onsite in Covington, Georgia, with scheduled work-from-home days available, and involves occasional travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical discipline; a bachelor's degree is required.
- 10+ years of experience in one or more of the following: electromechanical medical devices, portable pump systems, fluid management systems, regulated product development, or platform-based product development involving reuse across multiple product releases.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional technical strategy beyond individual subsystem design or program execution.
- Strong knowledge of systems engineering and system architecture.
- Strong knowledge of platform architecture and technology roadmaps.
- Strong knowledge of engineering trade studies and technical decision-making.
- Strong knowledge of risk management and design controls.
- Strong knowledge of verification and validation strategy.
- Strong knowledge of reliability engineering.
- Strong knowledge of supplier and technology evaluation.
- Ability to influence engineering and business stakeholders without direct authority across mechanical, electrical, software, systems, quality, regulatory, operations, marketing, and supply chain functions.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with portable pumps, fluid management systems, or battery-powered clinical or consumer devices.
- Knowledge of vacuum, pressure, and flow systems.
- Experience with pump mechanism selection, motor and control strategies, power management, battery systems, and charging systems.
- Experience with liquid-level sensing, occlusion detection, leak detection, fault detection, and alarm management.
- Knowledge of acoustics, noise reduction, odor control, and consumables ecosystems.
- Experience with FDA-regulated medical devices, design controls, risk management, verification and validation, usability or human factors, complaint trending, and regulated product releases.
- Experience establishing platform governance, architecture review boards, capability scorecards, reusable modules, interface standards, and reference architectures.
- Experience with manufacturing scale-up, supplier strategy, component technology evaluation, reliability engineering, serviceability, cost reduction, and lifecycle management.
Responsibilities
- Define and guide the multi-generation technology strategy for the Pump & Fluid Platform across the UCC urine evacuation product portfolio.
- Establish architectural direction, technical standards, platform interfaces, capability targets, and reusable technology strategies across product generations.
- Guide platform-level capabilities involving pump and fluid evacuation performance, power and charging, product interfaces, sensing, leak and fault detection, odor and noise reduction, reliability, serviceability, verification, and testing.
- Influence product teams and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure technology improvements are standardized, reusable, measurable, and consistently implemented across releases.
- Lead cross-functional technical strategy beyond individual subsystem design or program execution.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
