Director, Software Dev Eng, R&D

Teleflex•Durham, NC

About The Position

This leadership position is responsible for leading both new product development and sustaining project efforts forthe Hardware/Software program in alignment with the Vascular Marketing team and in conjunction with VascularAccess product lines. Responsibilities include team development and leadership, technical creation, and executionmanagement of a pipeline of new products, aligned to the strategic plan for the overall business. This role alsosupports the lifecycle management of current navigation technology systems. This role includes the training anddevelopment of personnel (internal and external) and activities associated with requirements planning and productdevelopment of medical devices, electronics, hardware, software, and systems (SaMD and SiMD), in accordancewith medical device including regulatory and international standards. This position is responsible to ensurecompliance with all quality system requirements, as well as the company’s Design Control and ProductDevelopment processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with at least 15+ years of experience in medical device hardware & software productdevelopment, including a minimum of 10 years of design experience.
Minimum of 10+ years of people manager experience.
Designed, released, and shipped multiple successful medical device products.
Proved experience with hardware design and testing, firmware, software and algorithmics.
Experience with Agile methodology.
Experience with LabView, Maltab, Jira, Jama and .NET framework.
Knowledge of Dicom, Ultrasound and ECG.
Experience working within a Design Controls/ISO 13485 system or ISO 9001 or similar quality system, or awillingness to rapidly learn these process requirements.
Knowledge of applicable standards and regulations such as IEC 62304, IEC 60601, IEC 62366, and ISO 14971.
Familiar with IPC design and development standards that drive to improve reliability.
Reliability engineering knowledge to ensure designs are robust and will perform as intended through variousmethods of analysis such as HASS and HALT.
Implement engineering best practices and best technologies to meet the design requirements and build theapplications.
Provide guidance on configuration, debugging, and support for infrastructure.
Receive and prioritize escalations and incoming requests from product teams and stakeholders through AgileMethodology.
Remove roadblocks and obstacles that may impair the Hardware/Software team’s ability to help ensure effortsmeet strategic, financial, and technical goals.
Serve as a leader, mentor and coach for engineering personnel on clinician interaction, product design anddevelopment, verification and validation testing, design history file documentation and business leadership.
Foster collaboration with all team members to drive value, develop a strong culture of inclusion, in addition toproactively identify and resolve impediments.
Represent Teleflex R&D at hospitals scientific sessions and seminars to meet with medical personnel,understand trends and competition, and unmet customer needs. Show strong communication skills in working withall levels of the organization, including executive level report outs.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Team player with good interpersonal skills.
Solid management and mentoring skills for both direct and indirect reports
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and computerized design applications.

Nice To Haves

MSEE, MSME, or MS Biomedical Engineering highly preferred.
Experience with Intellectual Property/Patents desirable.

Responsibilities

Lead a multi-site team of Mechanical, Electrical, and Software R&D engineers that support the development ofthe Vascular navigation system.
At a senior leadership level, this role partners with Global Strategic Marketing on Hardware & Softwarestrategic roadmap development and owns the execution of aligned objectives to support the business objectives.
Oversee all aspects of new product development from concept through commercialization, including the use ofappropriate tools, standard operating procedures, and testing approaches to build and maintain highly reliable andeffective navigation systems including developing a global strategy of next generation products and services fornavigation devices. Demonstrate strong technical expertise and ability to mentor others in both hardware andsoftware development of connected devices in the healthcare environment (including cybersecurity concerns).
Develop intuitive product design that allows users easier and earlier adoption and use of Human FactorsEngineering principles.
Demonstrate strong clinical understanding in the utilization of ECG technology for navigation of medicaldevices in the human circulatory system.
Project planning, system design, prototyping, hazards/risk/DFMEA/PFMEA, verification, validation, and designtransfer.
Utilize resource team to execute system development, including 3rd party resources, with current state of theart development approaches, to efficiently prototype and refine development alternatives.
Ability to effectively balance new product development and current portfolio lifecycle management throughassessment of risks and priority.
Partner with Design assurance to effectively manage requirements through testing for complex products.
Contribute to and make recommendations for strategic plans in support of key objectives in a timely andfiscally responsible manner.
Support and nurture strategic vendor relationships; recommend ways to influence vendors that align to domain,portfolio, and enterprise strategic objectives.
Provide subject matter expertise to the business to continue to refine business processes to meet demands.
Partner with Program Management, Marketing, Design Assurance, Regulatory, outside resources and GlobalSupply Chain around development of business objectives. Drive accountability to project schedules and milestonedelivery in accordance with project prioritization and planning.
Collaborate with Program Management to plan, execute and technically lead multiple projects using projectplans and schedules to track and communicate development activity from concept to commercialization. Interfacewith clinicians, customers, marketing, and service to understand customer preferences and business requirements,to establish design criteria and improvement recommendations.
Be prepared to travel to support any aspects of the development lifecycle from requirements to supportongoing project needs
Comply with Teleflex’s code of Ethics, the company’s Quality system, and all company policies, rules andhousekeeping standards.