Senior R&D Technician (Onsite)

Kardium Inc.; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 88,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Kardium Inc. is seeking a Senior R&D Technician to join their product development team in Burnaby, BC. This role involves assembling prototypes, conducting lab tests, and supporting engineering activities for next-generation medical devices. Candidates should have 10 years of experience in a regulated industry and possess strong technical skills, good communication, and the ability to work in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage

Work-day flexibility with 3 personal days

Support for overall well-being

Career progression and learning support

Professional membership support

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience as a Manufacturing Technician in a regulated industry.
• Prior exposure to Good Manufacturing Practices and working in a cleanroom.
• Strong drive to succeed with a track record of being productive.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and build prototypes for next-generation products and processes.
• Perform lab testing activities and communicate with engineering for feedback.
• Design and build tools and fixtures for engineering activities.

Skills

Excellent hand-eye coordination

Technical documentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work with minimal supervision

Ability to deal with changing priorities

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.

Your opportunit y

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium’s mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe Pulsed Field System – we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

We have now completed our pivotal clinical study and our focus is on regulatory approvals and commercial launch. This is an exciting and significant milestone in our journey to bring this ground-breaking technology to patients.

We are searching for a Senior Research and Development (R&D) Technician to join our product development team.

Please note, this opportunity is an onsite work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

Meaningful work you will be a part of

The Senior R&D Technician will support Engineering activities for the development of next-generation products and manufacturing processes, as well as improvements to the current-generation manufacturing processes. The Senior R&D Technician will report to the Mechanical Engineering Manager.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assembling and building prototypes for next-generation products and/or processes following minimal instructions
• Assembling, building, and testing new production equipment, involving mechanical and electrical components
• Performing lab testing activities: collecting raw data and delivering to engineering for analysis
• Keeping engineering lab spaces and equipment clean, organized, and in good repair
• Performing formal rework on non-conforming product
• Designing and building simple tools and temporary fixtures for engineering activities
• Communicating with Engineering to provide feedback on manufacturability and opportunities for improvement
• Providing written stepwise instructions to help draft Work Instructions for new processes

What you bring to the team

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.

You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes:

• High school diploma
• Minimum of 10 years of experience as a Manufacturing Technician in a highly regulated industry such as medical devices, automotive, or aerospace.
• Prior exposure to Good Manufacturing Practices and working in a cleanroom
• Excellent hand-eye coordination especially when working with a microscope
• Able to work with minimal supervision in a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication and technical documentation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, including maturity, teamwork, respect, courtesy, tact, and discretion
• Ability to deal with changing priorities and requirements
• A strong drive to succeed with a track record of being highly productive

Compensation

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less e xperience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium’s stock option plan.

• $ 88,000 - $ 97,000 (CAD Annually)

The total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.

Work-day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.

Support for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.

Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.

Career progression and learning support.

Professional membership support.

Life at Kardium

What makes us a great place to work?

• Our Purpose
• Our People
• Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we’re committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, and Irish ERG.

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.

And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more!