Staff R&D Engineer, Sustaining

Imperative Care; Campbell (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Bonus

401k plan

Health benefits

Generous PTO

Parental leave program

Job summary

Imperative Care in Campbell, California is seeking a Staff R&D Engineer for endovascular product development. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in developing medical device instruments, and will lead design and lifecycle management. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory standards.

Employee benefits include stock options, a 401k plan, health benefits, and generous PTO. The salary range for this position is $160,000 - $185,000 annually, reflecting the local Bay Area market.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years experience developing flexible medical device instruments.
• Ability to work with minimal direction and guidance.
• Experience in regulated industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support design and life cycle management of endovascular products.
• Determine solutions to complex situations on project teams.
• Evaluate and assign appropriate R&D engineering resources for projects.

Skills

Minitab or similar statistical analysis Software

CAD (Solidworks, ProE, similar)

Product Lifecycle Management

Technical cross-functional team leadership

Braiding, laminating, coiling, and laser cutting design constraints

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline

Job description

Job Title: Staff R&D Engineer, Sustaining

Location

This position is based in our Campbell, California offices. This position is onsite & full time with some travel.

Why Imperative Care?

Do you want to make a real impact on patients? Imperative Care is changing the way stroke is treated. As part of our team, you’d be developing breakthroughs that will revolutionize the future of stroke care. Every day, the technologies that we develop at Imperative Care directly impact human lives. Our focus is on the needs of the patient, and they come first in everything we do.

What You’ll Do

As an advanced professional, this position will lead and support the design and ongoing life cycle management of endovascular products through design development, verification/validation, and manufacturability assessments. This position uses advanced expertise and deep technical knowledge to design innovative new products and solutions that advance product development initiatives. This role determines best course of action to solve complex situations and serves as the R&D lead on cross-functional project teams, mentoring other junior R&D engineers to contribute to their development.

• Drive innovation and ensure products achieve best-in-class performance while promoting manufacturability and meeting cost targets
• Use advanced expertise to work directly with customer representatives, marketing, physicians, pre-clinical engineering, and regulatory affairs to understand user interactions, identify product opportunities, and develop comprehensive product requirements
• Research and advise on new vendors, materials, and/or processes.
• Play a key technical role in a project team, evaluating assigning appropriate R&D engineering resources to meet project milestones
• Lead cross-functional project team to ensure products are designed, developed, and manufactured in compliance with customer needs, company quality systems, budget, schedule and regulatory requirements of the countries into which the products will be marketed

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related discipline and a minimum of 8 years of related experience developing flexible medical device instruments; or equivalent combination of education and work experience in related regulated industry.
• Statistical analysis Software (Minitab or similar) and CAD (Solidworks, ProE, similar).
• High level of expertise with Product Lifecycle Management from proof of concept through manufacturing transfer including documentation control systems and design.
• Experience leading a technical cross-functional team through all phases of product development. Strong understanding of braiding, laminating, coiling, and laser cutting design and process constraints.
• Ability to be self-directed with minimal direction and supervision and take initiative to discern from multiple priorities when guiding a technical project team toward efficient solutions and opportunities; ability to multi-task efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits include a stake in our collective success with stock options, bonus, competitive salaries, a 401k plan, health benefits, generous PTO, and a parental leave program.

Salary Range

$160,000 - 185,000 annually

Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Imperative Care considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal equity, as well as location, market and business considerations when extending an offer.

The posted salary range reflects compensation for employees based in the local Bay Area market. For candidates hired outside of this geographic area, compensation may vary and be adjusted based on location, local market conditions, and other factors.