Enabling Technologies Lead for Medical Devices

Enovis; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Spending and Savings Accounts

401(k) Plan

Vacation, Sick Leave, and Holidays

Income Protection Plans

Discounted Insurance Rates

Legal Services

Job summary

Enovis is seeking an experienced Enabling Technologies Technical Lead to guide the design, development, and delivery of innovative orthopedic technology solutions. You will lead cross‑functional teams to ensure scalable, compliant, high‑quality medical device mechatronic products.

The ideal candidate will mentor engineers, own system architecture, and drive improvements across software, hardware, and algorithms while aligning with FDA/IEC standards and product lifecycle processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, etc.) or related technical discipline; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of experience developing complex medical devices or related technology products.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong systems engineering background integrating software, electronics, mechanical systems, and algorithms.
• Experience with medical device design controls and product development processes.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, technical risk management, verification and validation, and product lifecycle management.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, leadership, and communication skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary product development programs from concept through commercialization, including software, algorithms, electronics, mechanical systems, orthopedic instrumentation and visualization technologies.
• Define and maintain overall system architecture, ensuring seamless integration of hardware, software, sensors, optics, visualization, instrumentation, and enabling technologies.
• Lead technical design reviews covering system architecture, software, embedded systems, algorithms, electronics, mechanical designs, manufacturability, usability, and clinical workflow.
• Drive development of navigation, visualization, computer vision, sensor fusion, image processing, automation, and other enabling technologies supporting orthopedic procedures.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Clinical, Systems Engineering, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, and Program Management to translate clinical and business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the medical device development lifecycle, ensuring compliance with applicable FDA, MDR, IEC, and ISO requirements.
• Mentor multidisciplinary engineering teams while fostering technical excellence, innovation, and sound engineering practices.
• Identify technical risks across hardware, software, instrumentation, algorithms, manufacturing, and clinical workflows and develop effective mitigation strategies.
• Support verification, validation, usability engineering, and design transfer activities to ensure safe and effective products.
• Evaluate emerging technologies in navigation, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, sensors, visualization, and automation for future product roadmaps.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Operations to ensure designs are robust, manufacturable, serviceable, and scalable.
• Drive innovation through invention disclosures, patent development, technology roadmaps, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Collaboration & Influence

Execution Excellence

Problem Solving

Communication

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical / Biomedical / Software) or related

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Enovis is seeking an experienced Enabling Technologies Technical Lead to guide the design, development, and delivery of innovative orthopedic technology solutions. You will lead cross‑functional teams to ensure scalable, compliant, high‑quality medical device mechatronic products.

The ideal candidate will mentor engineers, own system architecture, and drive improvements across software, hardware, and algorithms while aligning with FDA/IEC standards and product lifecycle processes.