Staff R&D Engineer – Cardiac Interventions (On-site)

Cordis, LLC; Florida; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cordis, LLC in Florida is seeking a highly motivated Staff R&D Engineer to join our cardiovascular device team. This role focuses on identifying next-generation opportunities, early-stage concept development, and cross-functional collaboration to translate unmet clinical needs into innovative designs.

The ideal candidate combines deep engineering expertise with market awareness and VOC-driven insight, leading front-end research, feasibility studies, and prototyping while aligning with regulatory

Qualifications

• Engineering degree and 8+ years of experience in medical device R&D.
• 8+ years of relevant medical device R&D experience, including early-stage product development.

Responsibilities

• Lead early-stage R&D activities for innovative cardiovascular medical devices.
• Assess front-end opportunities via competitive landscape, emerging tech, clinical trends, unmet needs.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Clinical teams to conduct VOC activities and define opportunities.
• Drive concept generation, feasibility assessments, and early prototyping for device platforms.
• Support development of innovation strategies aligned with business and clinical priorities.
• Translate insights into actionable product concepts and development plans.
• Work across engineering, regulatory, quality, and commercial teams throughout the process.
• Maintain awareness of IP, market dynamics in cardiovascular therapies.

Skills

R&D Engineering

Medical devices

Concept development

VOC research

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Master's in Engineering

Job description

Overview

When you join the team at Cordis, you become part of an inspiring mission to save lives, impacting millions of people and broadening access to life-saving cardiovascular and endovascular technology. As a global leader for over 60 years, we are dedicated to being the heart of innovation to transform cardiovascular care.

At Cordis, we're teammates, not just employees. We embrace an empowered and one-team culture where teammates are inspired to unleash their full potential. With diverse teams on a global scale, we believe the richness of our experiences and backgrounds enhances the careers of our teammates, the service to our customers, and ultimately, the lives of our patients.

If you love a challenge and are ready to have a direct, transformative and positive impact on the lives of millions, then Cordis is just the place for you.

We are the people behind the people who keep saving lives.

Responsibilities

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative Staff R&D Engineer to join our team. This role will focus on identifying and advancing next-generation opportunities in structural heart and heart failure therapies through early-stage concept development, technical feasibility, and cross-functional collaboration.

The ideal candidate combines deep engineering expertise with strong market awareness and customer-centric thinking. This individual will play a key role in researching unmet clinical needs, evaluating competitive technologies, conducting Voice of Customer (VOC) activities, and translating insights into innovative cardiovascular device concepts.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead early-stage research and development activities for innovative cardiovascular medical devices.
• Identify and evaluate front-end innovation opportunities through assessment of: Competitive landscape, emerging technologies, clinical trends, physician and patient unmet needs.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing and Clinical teams to conduct VOC activities and define product opportunity spaces.
• Drive concept generation, feasibility assessments, and early prototyping efforts for cardiovascular device platforms.
• Support development of innovation strategies aligned with business and clinical priorities.
• Translate user insights and technical findings into actionable product concepts and development plans.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, clinical, regulatory, quality, and commercial teams throughout the innovation process.
• Maintain awareness of evolving technologies, intellectual property, and market dynamics within cardiovascular therapies.
• Contribute technical expertise to portfolio planning, risk assessments, and innovation roadmaps.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Requires Engineering Bachelors Degree and 8+ years of relevant experience or Master's Degree and 6+ years of experience
• Minimum of 8+ years of relevant medical device R&D experience, including significant experience in early-stage product development.