Senior Research and Development Engineer

Cook Group • Bloomington, IN

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About The Position

The Senior Research and Development Engineer serves as a technical leader and/or growing subject matter expert, applying engineering principles to solve complex technical challenges and ensuring products meet clinical needs, safety requirements, and quality standards. The role leads small projects or programs and may own portions of medium-to-large projects while supporting other teams as needed. It collaborates across functional departments, advances technical expertise, and provides guidance and technical leadership.

The position may focus on technical development and project leadership, subject matter expertise, or both. It includes guiding design decisions, supporting strategic goals, developing best practices and guidance, training colleagues in new approaches, and working with subject matter experts, physicians, and product managers to develop medical devices. The engineer contributes to project milestones and business metrics, design history files, process improvements, intellectual property, and cross-functional collaboration. The role may also represent Cook in industry standards groups and conferences and mentor other personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience; relevant master's or doctoral degrees may reduce the experience requirement by 2–4 years.
• Experience in a technical role within the medical device industry, a regulated industry, or an adjacent field.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems.
• Ability to develop new products and processes to achieve functional objectives.
• Fluency in AI and data concepts, including critically evaluating AI outputs, improving workflows using approved tools, identifying and mitigating bias or inaccuracies, and communicating AI-driven insights responsibly and clearly to peers and managers.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and, as applicable, other local languages.

Nice To Haves

• Project or technical leadership experience.
• Knowledge of relevant ISO, EU, and FDA medical-device standards and regulations.
• Project management methodology and skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform the functions, duties, and expectations of a Research and Development Engineer 2 at a high level, as applicable.
• Lead technical development of small projects or programs and/or own portions of medium-to-large projects or programs.
• Lead key design decisions to ensure design selections meet customer needs and quality expectations.
• Conduct retrospective project reviews and identify lessons learned.
• Implement strategic goals within the area of expertise.
• Work with senior leadership to identify and agree on project focus areas across functional departments.
• Conduct research and contribute to developing best practices in focus areas.
• Create procedures or white-paper guidance for functional groups.
• Deploy knowledge and training and ensure correct implementation of new concepts and approaches.
• Work with subject matter experts, physicians, and product managers to develop innovative medical devices to improve patient care, as applicable.
• Lead small projects or programs and drive tasks toward timely completion of milestones and achievement of business metrics in collaboration with project managers, when assigned.
• Interpret data and organize, execute, and coordinate activities within portions of projects or programs, as applicable.
• Lead development and execution of activities and documentation to create and maintain design history files.
• Assist in developing and implementing processes and solutions that affect department business metrics.
• Apply subject matter specialization to support the department.
• Provide technical input on company intellectual property relevant to the area of work to drive innovation and IP generation.
• Use creative problem-solving techniques to develop and implement medical devices and technologies, address complex engineering challenges, and support product and process excellence across functional groups.
• Build, communicate, and manage effective relationships with cross-functional groups to achieve business metrics and project milestones.
• Apply the organization's business processes and systems as relevant to assigned duties.
• Ensure compliance with Quality, Regulatory, and company policies and systems.
• Represent Cook in industry standards working groups and present on Cook's behalf at industry conferences, as applicable.
• Mentor other personnel and foster collaborative knowledge sharing and continuous learning.

Benefits

• Competitive, performance-related compensation and benefits supporting health and financial wellbeing.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Hybrid or remote work options for many jobs, where possible.
• Learning opportunities, educational assistance, and development programs.
• Health and wellness initiatives.
• Social activities and community engagement.

What This Job Offers

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