Senior Director, Combination Product Engineering

Scholarrock; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Scholar Rock seeks an experienced Senior Director, Device Engineering to lead and shape the strategy for combination products and drug delivery devices. This hands-on role oversees design controls, DHF management, and human factors investigations as part of a cross-functional team.

You will drive device platform evaluation, regulatory submissions, and external partnerships, shaping future pipeline assets while ensuring quality and compliance across US and EU markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in combination product, drug delivery device, or medical device development for the US and EU; global experience is a plus, with significant technical leadership responsibility for combination products.
• Knowledge of ISO medical device standards (11608, 11040, 10993, 13485, and 14971), FDA/EU guidelines, and global regulatory expectations for commercializing combination products, including FDA combination product requirements, 21 CFR Part 4, applicable Quality System requirements, and EU MDR Article 117.
• Experience with prefilled syringes, autoinjectors, and injectable drug delivery systems from project initiation through commercialization and post-approval lifecycle management.
• Experience with biologic drug-device integration, including primary container/device interfaces and functional performance of prefilled syringe systems.
• Hands-on experience with design controls, design history files (DHF), EU notified body technical documentation, risk management, design transfer, and verification and validation activities.
• Experience with commercially available autoinjector vendors and platforms (e.g., Ypsomed, SHL, or similar platforms) and demonstrated experience evaluating, selecting, and developing platform-based autoinjectors.
• Experience leading human factors engineering programs and usability studies, including development of human factors strategy.
• Experience authoring and reviewing technical documentation supporting regulatory submissions.
• Strong leadership, communication, project management, and influencing skills, with experience working with external consultants, vendors, and technical service providers.
• The ability to work effectively in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment and to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution.
• Up to 20% travel as required.
• Experience developing high-concentration biologics in prefilled syringe and/or autoinjector presentations.
• Experience taking at least one combination product through regulatory approval and commercial launch.
• Experience with biologics and combination product development globally, including the US, EU, and rest-of-world markets.
• Experience with both prefilled syringe and autoinjector presentations, including progression from healthcare-professional-administered to patient/caregiver-administered products.
• Experience supporting transition of products from intravenous to subcutaneous administration.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Scholar Rock’s technical lead and subject matter expert for combination products and drug delivery devices providing hands-on technical leadership across development programs.
• Lead device engineering activities that support prefilled syringe, needle safety system and autoinjector development programs.
• Provide technical leadership for drug-device integration, including primary container/device interfaces, syringe functionality, injection performance, dose delivery, and other critical device performance attributes.
• Define and maintain device user requirements, design inputs, design outputs, traceability matrices, verification/validation plans and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain design history files (DHF), EU technical documentation files, design control documentation, risk assessments, and supporting technical documentation.
• Lead human factors engineering activities, including formative and summative usability studies.
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs and Regulatory CMC on U.S. combination product requirements and EU device requirements, including EU MDR Article 117 and Notified Body Opinion activities, as applicable.
• Provide technical leadership for device platform evaluation, selection, and lifecycle management activities.
• Partner with and oversee external consultants, human factors vendors, and device development partners.
• Develop scopes of work, manage budgets, and help ensure outsourced device-related activities are executed successfully.
• Support device-related investigations, change controls, commercial readiness activities, and post-approval lifecycle management.
• Establish fit-for-purpose device engineering processes and best practices as Scholar Rock’s combination product portfolio grows.
• Foster a culture of scientific rigor, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Influencing skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Life Sciences

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Design controls tools

Job description

Scholar Rock seeks an experienced Senior Director, Device Engineering to lead and shape the strategy for combination products and drug delivery devices. This hands-on role oversees design controls, DHF management, and human factors investigations as part of a cross-functional team.

You will drive device platform evaluation, regulatory submissions, and external partnerships, shaping future pipeline assets while ensuring quality and compliance across US and EU markets.