Sr. Manager Engineering

591x Varian Medical Systems, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. is seeking a highly technical Senior Manager for R&D Engineering to lead a new product development team with initial focus on test engineering. You will build a high-performing team and shape verification and validation strategies for electromechanical medical devices.

The role requires strong leadership, cross-disciplinary understanding of electronics, embedded software, and mechanical design, plus a commitment to delivering safe, reliable, and compliant products.

Qualifications

• Experience leading verification and validation in product development.
• Strong knowledge of electronics, embedded software, and electromechanical systems.
• Proven ability to develop and mentor high-performing teams.
• Experience in requirements development, prototyping, design reviews, and risk reduction.

Responsibilities

• Lead verification and validation engineers across multiple development programs.
• Develop and implement V&V strategies for world-class products.
• Define test plans, protocols, and reports with traceability.
• Provide technical leadership in electronics, system integration, and electromechanical development.
• Mentor team, plan resources with PM and leaders.
• Analyze test data and failures to improve performance and reliability.

Skills

Team leadership

Verification & Validation

Electronics

Electrical systems

Embedded software

Mechanical concepts

Risk assessment

Root-cause analysis

Talent development

Project management

Tools

Test equipment

Data acquisition

Job description

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Position Summary

We are seeking a highly technical and people-focused Senior Manager for R&D Engineering team. You will lead a new product development engineering team with initial focus on test engineering. This leader will build and develop a high-performing team, establish effective verification and validation strategies, and ensure products meet technical, performance, quality, and customer requirements. Although verification and validation will be the team’s initial responsibility, the role is not limited to V&V. The Senior Manager and the team will also support product development activities, including requirements development, prototyping, design reviews, technical risk reduction, root-cause analysis, and early-stage testing. The ideal candidate has significant experience managing engineering teams and strong technical knowledge of electronics and electrical systems. The candidate should also understand software concepts, mechanical mechanisms, and the interaction of these disciplines within complex electromechanical products. This individual must demonstrate strong critical thinking, sound technical judgment, effective talent development, and a commitment to maintaining a positive, motivated, and accountable team culture.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership and Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of verification and validation engineers supporting new product development.
• Establish clear priorities, responsibilities, performance expectations, and professional development plans.
• Build a positive and collaborative culture that promotes accountability, technical rigor, continuous learning, and constructive problem-solving.
• Assess team capabilities and address skill or capacity gaps through employee development, recruiting, and contract resources.
• Work with Project Management and other leaders to plan and balance resources across multiple development programs.

Product Development and Technical Leadership

• Contribute to the full product development cycle. Activities involving requirements definition, system architecture, prototyping, design reviews, risk assessments, and technical investigations.
• Provide hands on technical leadership in electronics, system integration, and electromechanical product development.
• Develop, execute and refine V&V strategies that result in world class products.
• Develop, write and refine test plans, methods, protocols, and reports such that they are technically sound, repeatable, traceable, and properly documented.
• Execute and mentor the team for activities such as system testing and characterization of complex electromechanical systems that include electronics, embedded software, sensors, actuators, data acquisition, controls, and mechanical mechanisms.
• Analyze test data and system failures using strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills, then collaborate with multidisciplinary development teams to improve product performance, reliability, safety, and testability.

Verification, Validation, and Continuous Improvement

• Provide leadership for the selection, development, and use of test equipment, instrumentation, data-acquisition systems, automated test systems, and test fixtures.
• Improve test coverage, efficiency, data quality, requirements traceability, defect detection, and failure