Staff Mechanical Engineer

DexCom • San Diego, CA

12d

About The Position

The Company Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health. We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us. Meet the team: The R&D Mechanical Engineering Team is responsible for the feasibility and development of next-generation products at Dexcom. We’re seeking a Staff Mechanical Engineer with a strong background in medical wearables with a focus on electromechanical systems to lead the design of Dexcom’s next generation platforms. 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

• You are relentless about designing the best products, bringing “outside the box” concepts to reality at scale
• You bring depth of knowledge in multi-disciplinary products and technologies with a background spanning electromechanical devices, wearables, MEMS, and adhesives.
• You are skilled at data analysis methods and software, with the ability to construct appropriately powered experiments and interpret results
• You have demonstrated development experience in a medical device or similar field, leading a subsystem to completion within a product development environment
• You can convey complex information to diverse audiences and achieve stakeholder alignment
• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 8- 12 years related experience or Master’s degree and 5-7 years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 2-4 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for the design and development of novel medical device concepts, specifically focused on high reliability electromechanical interfaces, to support Dexcom’s next generation wearable and sensing architecture.
• You will design and execute characterization strategies to evaluate material, component, subsystem and system level performance
• You will leverage engineering statistics best practices to drive data-based decisions
• You will be a trusted partner to other departments, such as electrical, sensor, process development, and operations; to solve challenging technical problems and identify creative solutions
• You will be the accountable point of contact for high visibility technical efforts, drive workstreams independently, produce clear engineering presentations, and effectively communicate results to functional leadership and program stakeholders.

Benefits

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology.
• Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community .
• 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.
• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees