Engineering Project Manager - Medical Devices

Arthrex•Santa Barbara, CA

5d•$92,000 - $167,000

About The Position

Are you an engineer who enjoys bringing innovative ideas to life while leading teams through complex development challenges? At Arthrex, a global leader in orthopedic medical devices and medical education, we're seeking an Engineering Project Manager to drive cross-functional new product development programs from concept through commercialization. In this role, you'll partner with engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and business stakeholders to deliver life-changing medical technologies on time, within budget, and in compliance with industry regulations. If you're a collaborative problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to make a meaningful impact on patient care, you'll find a rewarding career at Arthrex, where our mission is Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better™.

Requirements

BS Engineering required.
2 Years of Relevant Experience
Ability to effectively communicate project planning requirements, including task elucidation, duration, and resource requirements.
Strong strategic thinker, excellent collaboration and communication skills, careful attention to detail.
Ability to balance business and technical risks while remaining compliant with internal systems.
Awareness of full life cycle development of medical devices, which includes initiation, design, development, execution, and sustaining.
Working knowledge of medical device regulations and associated quality systems, particularly design controls and risk management.
Strong communication skills and accountability to project deliverable timing and budgets required.
Ability to confidently lead complex, cross functional teams independently.
Demonstrable bias for action.
Strong desire and proven ability to learn quickly.
Continuously seeking ways to improve complex systems of people and processes, while eliminating waste.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to comprehend and apply mathematical principles to the degree required to perform the job based upon job requirements.

Nice To Haves

Biomedical, Electrical, or Mechanical preferred
Manufacturing process knowledge preferred.
Awareness orthopedic surgery principles, theories, and products preferred.
Knowledgeable of FDA and ISO guidelines for the development of medical devices preferred.

Responsibilities

Manages subsidiary-based and global projects/programs within the scope of the new product development
Develop project objectives by reviewing project proposals and business plans, conferring with senior management and key stakeholders
Determines project schedule by studying project plan and specifications, calculates time requirements, identifying and sequencing project elements and discreet tasks
Maintains project schedule by monitoring project progress, coordinating activities, and resolving risks or obstacles
Determines project responsibilities by identifying project phases and elements, requesting and allocating resources as necessary
Ensure design history file facilitation for assigned projects, adhering to Arthrex design control procedures.
Ensure project progresses within the boundaries of the approved scope. Manage the scope of the project and guarantee scope changes are properly documented and implemented.
Identify opportunities for improvement within the Project Management Governance and Design Control Process to improve speed to market.
Monitor resource capacity within the New Product Development groups and cross-functional resources and communicate constraints or needs to senior management.
Help facilitate, with interdepartmental managers, the availability, assignment, and accountability of downstream resources and technology
Help facilitate project, program and portfolio status to management and key stakeholders with applicable metrics and project constraints.