Director of Engineering – Medical Devices (Onsite)

GForce Life Sciences; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Job summary

GForce Life Sciences is seeking a Director of Engineering for a hands-on leadership role focused on drug-device combination products. You will set technical direction, mentor engineers, and partner with clients from early development through verification, validation, and DHF execution.

You will lead teams across autoinjectors, pen injectors, prefilled syringes, on-body wearables, and related delivery platforms, ensuring robust design controls, risk management, and compliant development in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or closely related field; advanced degree a plus.
• 15+ years of progressive medical-device engineering/product development experience, including drug-device combinations.
• Proven people-management experience: mentoring, workload planning, resource allocation, performance management.
• Experience leading complex development, testing, verification, validation, or investigations in regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of design controls, design history files, risk management, statistics, root-cause analysis, and device standards.
• Broad understanding of product design, materials, manufacturing processes, lab methods, test equipment, and failure modes.
• Excellent communication of technical findings to clients, engineers, executives, Quality, and partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop an engineering team with clear priorities and performance expectations.
• Oversee programs for medical devices and combination products, including requirements, validation, and DHF support.
• Provide senior engineering review of protocols, reports, and risk documentation.
• Improve laboratory execution with better testing practices, equipment readiness, and documentation.
• Collaborate with Quality and Operations on equipment qualification and calibration.
• Serve as a technical resource for clients, defining project objectives and communicating risks.
• Contribute to business growth through project scoping, proposals, and client relationship support.
• Guide investigations and continuous improvement to root causes and prevention.

Skills

People management

Engineering leadership

Drug-device combos

Design controls

Quality collaboration

Client communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

GForce Life Sciences is seeking a Director of Engineering for a hands-on leadership role focused on drug-device combination products. You will set technical direction, mentor engineers, and partner with clients from early development through verification, validation, and DHF execution.

You will lead teams across autoinjectors, pen injectors, prefilled syringes, on-body wearables, and related delivery platforms, ensuring robust design controls, risk management, and compliant development in a