Staff R&D Engineer, Mechanical Assemblies & Accessories

Imperative Care•Campbell, CA

40d•$161,000 - $185,000•Onsite

About The Position

As an advanced professional in this field, the Staff R&D Engineer is responsible for conceptualization, design, development, and manufacturability of endovascular/neurovascular new products along with improvements to current product features. This position uses advance expertise and deep technical knowledge to design innovative new products and solutions that advance product development initiatives in one of the specific engineering focuses mentioned below. This role determines best course of action to solve complex situations and serves as the R&D lead on cross-functional project teams, mentoring other junior R&D engineers to contribute to their development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related discipline and a minimum of 8 years of related experience in the medical device or related regulated industry; or equivalent combination of education and work experience
Experience in mechanical design, injection molded parts, catheter design, or similar electromechanical consumable devices preferred
Statistical analysis Software (Minitab or similar) and CAD (Solidworks, ProE, similar).
Demonstrated knowledge of and exposure to product testing and data collection
Ability to be self-directed with minimal direction and supervision and take initiative to discern from multiple priorities when guiding a technical project team toward efficient solutions and opportunities
Must be able to travel up to 10% domestically

Nice To Haves

Experience in mechanical design, injection molded parts, catheter design, or similar electromechanical consumable devices

Responsibilities

Lead technical design and development of products from early prototyping to manufacturing transfer
Build neurovascular-endovascular catheter/controller prototypes using a variety of equipment
Drive innovation and ensure products achieve best-in-class performance while promoting manufacturability and meeting cost targets
Lead design-focused risk analysis activities, product verification and validation test planning, and oversee product test development and execution
Create new test methods and perform Design Verification testing, preparing detailed reports and contribute to Design Validation activities (in-vivo and anatomical models) and usability studies (anatomical models, benchtop evaluation of prototypes)