Sustaining Engineering Manager — Medical Devices Lab Lead

Cadwell; Kennewick (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadwell Industries, Inc. seeks a Sustaining Engineering Manager to lead the Engineering Lab team responsible for supporting and improving Cadwell’s medical devices.

You will guide technicians and engineers, shaping processes, tools, and methods to sustain released products while enabling development work. You will drive design verification, failure analysis, and change control, coordinating with Production, Procurement, and Regulatory teams.

Qualifications

• Leadership in engineering teams and staff development.
• Experience with PCB design and manufacturing transfer.
• Regulatory knowledge for medical devices (FDA 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485) and QMS.
• Experience with hardware development lifecycle from design to production.
• Ability to plan, organize, and communicate plans and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Lab Team Ownership: Oversees the Engineering Laboratory team for new development and sustaining released designs.
• Team Leadership & Growth: Mentors technicians and engineers and grows team capabilities.
• Resource Management: Manages Lab resources across projects and activities; adjust plans as needed.
• Reactive Work Management: Resolves escalations with other departments and vendors.
• Sustaining Change Planning and Oversight: Leads change control with cross-functional coordination.
• Laboratory Systems Ownership: Guides standards, processes, and tools for the lab; monitors performance.
• Technical Expertise: Maintains strong technical skills and ensures Cadwell standards.
• Inter-team Collaboration: Partners with Procurement, Manufacturing, Service, R&D, Regulatory, QA, and SQE.
• Regulatory and Process Compliance: Aligns processes with FDA/ISO and supports audits.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Staff development

Lifecycle management

Regulatory knowledge

Risk management

Inter-team collaboration

Technical assessment

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Equivalent work experience

Tools

DFM/DFT analysis

Design verification testing

Change control systems

Job description

Cadwell Industries, Inc. seeks a Sustaining Engineering Manager to lead the Engineering Lab team responsible for supporting and improving Cadwell’s medical devices.

You will guide technicians and engineers, shaping processes, tools, and methods to sustain released products while enabling development work. You will drive design verification, failure analysis, and change control, coordinating with Production, Procurement, and Regulatory teams.