Senior Manager, R&D, RF Device NPD
About The Position
The Senior Manager, R&D, RF Device NPD leads a core R&D team in electrical hardware design, offering expertise, best-practice guidance, team support, and mentoring. The role manages project activities and is accountable for completing business deliverables, including developing project plans, schedules, scope, and objectives. It identifies risks, develops mitigation strategies and alternatives, resolves issues, and follows up on action items in collaboration with cross-functional groups. The position manages or oversees assigned team members within the function and/or cross-functional project teams, may have budgetary responsibilities, and develops talent plans aligned with departmental growth strategies. It leads cross-functional or departmental groups in developing design recommendations for moderately complex components or products. The position is fully on-site at Edwards’ corporate headquarters in Irvine, California.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field and related experience in engineering.
- Experience with RF devices.
- Experience working in a regulated industry.
Nice To Haves
- Electrical Engineering degree strongly preferred.
- Experience developing RF handheld devices.
- Experience developing Class II and III medical devices.
- Ability to manage technical and/or engineering disciplines and demonstrated informal mentoring or peer leadership skills.
- Proven project management leadership skills.
- Expertise in Microsoft Office Suite and related systems.
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical, and critical-thinking skills, including discretion and judgment in decision-making.
- Excellent documentation, communication, and interpersonal skills, including negotiation and relationship management skills and the ability to drive objectives.
- Expert understanding of engineering procedures, including addressing issues with impact beyond the team based on knowledge of related disciplines.
- Expert understanding of related engineering processes and/or systems.
- Knowledge of financial acumen as it relates to engineering.
- Ability to manage an assigned team and provide coaching and feedback, including employee actions such as hiring and firing authority and partnering with HR on employee relations.
- Ability to influence cross-functional partners, business units, and/or sites.
- Ability to develop and integrate project and operational metrics that demonstrate engineering’s value to the business.
- Strict attention to detail.
- Ability to interact professionally across organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate management.
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment.
- Ability to interact with production supervisors, customers, and functional peer-group managers, and lead cooperative project-team efforts.
- Ability to participate in and present at meetings with internal and external representatives.
- Ability to resolve operational and scheduling issues.
- Commitment to quality client service and proactive, responsive client support.
- Ability to develop peer, cross-functional, and cross-business relationships to share best practices and improve team effectiveness.
- Ability to develop relationships and leverage them to influence change.
- Ability to support and solicit input from team members at all organizational levels.
- Ability to comply with company rules and requirements, including Environmental Health & Safety rules, and take measures to prevent injuries and protect the environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead a core R&D team in electrical hardware design, providing best-practice insights, expertise, support, and mentoring.
- Manage project activities and deliverables, including project plans, schedules, scope, and objectives.
- Identify risks, develop mitigation strategies and alternative solutions, resolve issues, and follow up on action items in collaboration with cross-functional groups.
- Manage or oversee the work of assigned team members and cross-functional project teams; may have budgetary responsibilities.
- Develop a talent development plan aligned with departmental functional growth strategies.
- Lead cross-functional and departmental groups to develop design recommendations for moderately complex components or products.
- Perform other incidental duties.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries.
- Performance-based incentives.
- A wide variety of benefits programs to address employees’ and their families’ diverse needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
