Design Assurance Engineer 2

Socket.dev; Marlborough (MA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Hologic Marlborough, MA, is seeking a Design Assurance Engineer 2 to provide design assurance support for new product development and on-market medical devices. You will help apply design controls, verification, validation, and risk management throughout the product lifecycle.

The role emphasizes collaboration with R&D, regulatory teams, and manufacturing to ensure compliance with FDA QSR, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971, while supporting design changes and test method validation.

Qualifications

• Technical Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• 2+ years of experience preferred, ideally in the medical device industry.
• Experience supporting regulated product development, sustaining engineering, or design assurance activities is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide design assurance support for new product development and on-market medical devices.
• Facilitate application of design controls throughout product development and sustaining product activities.
• Support manufacturing-related design changes, regulatory compliance, manufacturability improvements, and cost-reduction evaluations.
• Participate in new product development projects by ensuring product inputs are clearly defined and that design verification and validation activities confirm requirements are met.
• Support test method validation as part of verification and validation activities.
• Coordinate Health Risk Assessment activities for on-market products, with manager or lead support as needed.
• Assess product change requests for design impact and determine required supporting documentation for implementation.

Skills

Design controls and V&V

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Documentation accuracy

Education

Technical Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Design Assurance Engineer 2 will provide design assurance support for new product development by ensuring that design controls, verification and validation, risk management, regulatory compliance, and product change activities are effectively implemented and maintained.

Responsibilities

• Provide design assurance support for new product development and on-market medical devices.
• Facilitate application of design controls throughout product development and sustaining product activities.
• Support manufacturing-related design changes, regulatory compliance, manufacturability improvements, and cost-reduction evaluations.
• Participate in new product development projects by ensuring product inputs are clearly defined and that design verification and validation activities confirm requirements are met.
• Support test method validation as part of verification and validation activities.
• Participate in sustaining product projects by ensuring projects are well-defined, remain on task, and include required verification, validation, and risk management activities.
• Collaborate with R&D to coordinate design elements of Risk Management files and ensure compliance with applicable standards and internal policies.
• Coordinate Health Risk Assessment activities for on-market products, with manager or lead support as needed.
• Analyze product issues efficiently, including defining problems and evaluating potential impact.
• Assess product change requests for design impact and determine required supporting documentation for implementation.

Knowledge

• FDA Quality System Regulations, especially Design Control requirements.
• ISO 13485 and Medical Device Directive requirements.
• ISO 14971 Risk Management requirements.
• Verification and validation requirements for regulated products.
• Requirements analysis, including development of measurable and testable specifications.
• Familiarity with usability, reliability, electrical safety, software, sterilization, packaging, and biocompatibility standards.
• Preferred knowledge of test method validation, root cause failure analysis, statistical methods, and design of experiments.

Skills

• Ability to support design control activities in a regulated medical device environment.
• Ability to review and assess product and project documentation for compliance.
• Strong analytical skills for evaluating product issues, risks, and design change impacts.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional activities related to risk management and health risk assessments.
• Effective project team participation and collaboration.
• Clear communication of compliance assessments and technical findings.
• Ability to define, review, and evaluate verification and validation requirements.

Behavior

• Collaborative and team-oriented, especially when working with R&D and project teams.
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on compliance and documentation quality.
• Proactive in identifying design, regulatory, and risk-related concerns.
• Objective and analytical when evaluating product issues and change requests.
• Organized and able to keep projects focused and on task.
• Acting as a compliance advocate while maintaining effective communication with stakeholders.

Experience

• Technical Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• 2+ years of experience preferred, ideally in the medical device industry.
• Experience supporting regulated product development, sustaining engineering, or design assurance activities is preferred.

Why join Hologic?

We are committed to making Hologic the destination for top talent. For you to succeed, we want to enable you with the tools and knowledge required and so we provide comprehensive training when you join as well as continued development and training throughout your career.

The annualized base salary range for this role is $78,000 - $122,100 and is bonus eligible. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, education, business needs and market demand.

Agency and Third-Party Recruiter Notice

Agencies that submit a resume to Hologic must have a current executed Hologic Agency Agreement executed by a member of the Human Resource Department. In addition, Agencies may only submit candidates to positions for which they have been invited to do so by a Hologic Recruiter. All resumes must be sent to the Hologic Recruiter under these terms or they will not be considered.

Hologic, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer inclusive of disability and veterans.

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