Senior Product Development Engineer

Hologic, Inc.; Louisville (CO); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

Hologic, Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Development Engineer to drive design and development of innovative medical devices from concept through production. The role emphasizes customer-centric design, technical judgment, and leadership across projects.

The candidate will lead subsystem ownership, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with teams, suppliers, and customers to ensure milestones are met and product quality is ensured throughout development and transfer to manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field with research and development experience in the medical device industry.
• 5 years of work experience in the health and/or business communities with Bachelor’s Degree
• 1-3 years of work experience in the health and/or business communities with Master’s Degree

Responsibilities

• Lead small to medium sized projects with subsystem ownership and manage deliverables to meet milestones.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers and direct engineers, technicians, and staff.
• Lead technical project meetings and present to support technical decisions.
• Routinely interact with project teams, suppliers, customers, contractors, and others.
• Contribute to scopes, budgets, and schedules for assignments and projects.
• Research new techniques to support completion of assignments.
• Solve complex problems using deep technical knowledge.
• Apply broad knowledge to solve problems in a specific practice area.
• Prepare project documents, engineering reports, and verification/validation documentation.
• Lead build and manufacturing transfer activities.
• Apply risk management tools across the product lifecycle.
• Develop new techniques and improved processes, materials, or products.
• Assist with proposals for funding engineering projects.

Skills

Technical leadership

DFSS/DOE

GD&T

Manufacturing processes

Technical writing

Problem solving

Materials knowledge

Project management

Statistical methods

Metal design

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

MiniTab

Job description

• Senior Product Development Engineer possessing strong technical judgment and a deep understanding of customer centric design to support new product development from concept to production.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The candidate may be asked to perform other function-related activities in addition to the below mentioned as responsibilities as reasonably required by business needs.

This position is responsible for performing the following tasks as assigned while receiving strategic supervision with assignments:

• Technically leads small to medium sized projects including one or more subsystem ownership while managing short & long term deliverables to meet project milestones.
• May assign tasks to and directs engineers, technicians, and administrative staff. Active role in mentoring and developing more junior engineers.
• Leading technical project meetings and making presentations to support technical decisions.
• Routinely interacts with project teams, suppliers, customers, contractors, and others.
• Provides inputs for building scopes, budgets, and schedules for assignments and projects.
• Researches new techniques in related fields to help support completion of assignments.
• Formulates and solves problems that require significant depth of technical knowledge and/or skillset.
• Applies broad knowledge of principles and practices in a specific practice area to solve complex problems.
• Prepares complete project documents, including engineering reports and verification and validation documentation. Reviews complete project documents for conformity and quality assurance.
• Leads build and manufacturing transfer activities.
• Applies broad knowledge of risk management tools to identify, assess, and mitigate risks throughout the entire product lifecycle.
• Develops new techniques and/or improved processes, materials, or products.
• Assists with proposals to provide professional services or obtain funding for engineering projects or programs

Supervisory Responsibilities

• N/A

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field with research and development experience in the medical device industry.

Experience

• 5 years of work experience in the health and/or business communities with Bachelor’s Degree
• 1-3 years of work experience in the health and/or business communities with Master’s Degree

Skills

• Action and detail oriented with an aptitude for technical learning
• Fast and accurate communication to team members and management
• Strong functional and technical skills, problem solving skills and a drive for results
• Apply knowledge and expertise acquired through progressive experience to resolve crucial issues and/or unique conditions.
• Evaluate, select, and apply standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform a task or sequence of tasks for projects with complex features.
• Strong technical writing ability, ability to author protocols, reports, requirement and risk documentation with minimal guidance.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes (e.g., machining, injection molding, common joining methods, rapid prototyping, etc.)
• Experimental, computational, and analytical skills such as DFSS tools, statistical methods including design of experiments (DOE) and MiniTab
• Proficient with tolerance stack ups, DFM, and GD&T
• Keep informed of new methods and developments affecting the organization and recommend new practices or changes.
• Strong knowledge in metals and metal tubing design a plus

Physical Demands

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms, use hands to finger, handle, feel, and be able to talk and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to lift or move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to work flexible hours.

Travel

• Ability to travel as necessary up to 10%.

So why join Hologic?

We are committed to making Hologic the company where top talent comes to grow. 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. We offer a competitive salary and annual bonus scheme, one of our talent partners can discuss this in more detail with you.

The annualized base salary range for this role is $97,600 - $152,700 and is bonus eligible. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand.

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

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