Mechanical Engineering Manager

DexCom • San Diego, CA

10d

About The Position

The R&D Mechanical Engineering Characterization Team is responsible for the feasibility and development of next-generation products at Dexcom. We’re seeking a cross-functionally disciplined engineering manager with subject matter expertise across mechanics, materials, and electronic wearable devices to lead the characterization and materials team in developing technologically advanced products for high volume production. Positioned within the Mechanical Engineering team, this is a high visibility, high impact role in achieving Dexcom’s product performance and reliability goals through delivering functional excellence in the research, development, and characterization of enabling technologies/designs & their integration to a product ecosystem.

Requirements

• Extensive test development (fixture design, programming, test procedure and protocol development, etc.) and characterization experience in the medical device industry, working in a high-volume market.
• Experience managing and/or leading engineering professionals to deliver high impact results and supporting their career growth and development.
• Depth of test development knowledge and system integration experience in a multidisciplinary product ecosystem (examples below) Products requiring characterization and testing of multiphysics devices (E.g. electromechanical devices, wearables, biosensors, etc.).
• Direct experience with testing and analyzing plastic components, including materials and polymer chemistry and experience in testing and analyzing plastic components.
• Track record of leading teams to deliver technical excellence, meeting timelines for development, translating technology to design at scale, and executing projects as a technical leader with regular visibility to senior management.
• Solid understanding of statistics, with the ability to execute analyses (JMP or Minitab), to support engineering decisions.
• Thrive in environments where there is ambiguity or uncertainty in product requirements and have a willingness to try and test new ideas, coupled with a track record of success in innovation in a fast-paced R&D environment.
• Exercise judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), collaboration, personal interaction and liaison skills.
• Engineering excellence is a top priority, and achieve that not only through your work but influence that in your team and collaboration with others as well.
• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree with 8-12 years of industry experience.
• Requires a degree in a technical discipline.
• 2-5 years of previous management or lead experience.

Nice To Haves

• Inspire others through leading by example, providing healthy challenges, and delivering effective feedback that has a measurable impact on team and individual growth.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for development test strategy, metrology tools, execution of performance testing, data analysis and system integration characterization for mechanical engineering.
• Integrate characterization efforts with the rest of the product sub-systems and across functions to achieve a successful launch that meets reliability, cost, and performance targets.
• Lead the test characterization team in developing world-class metrology tools for wearable devices and needle-based delivery mechanisms.
• Lead a team of materials engineers, ensuring that adhesives and polymer material properties are linked to product performance.
• In collaboration with advanced research, design verification, and operations teams, create and mature measurement systems and methodologies to characterize, verify, and validate Dexcom products.
• Develop and manage strong relationships and enhance communication with upstream technology research teams and downstream product development process recipients (Design Verification, Operations, Commercial) to enable end-to-end concurrent engineering as a keystone of product design, in collaboration with project management, and product owner teams.

Benefits

• A full and comprehensive benefits program.
• Growth opportunities on a global scale.
• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager