Leads technical projects for neurovascular and vascular medical devices, including product innovation, design improvements, prototyping, manufacturability, value improvement, regulatory compliance, and quality-system adherence. Evaluates product performance and customer needs, guides cross-functional development teams, establishes engineering best practices, and mentors R&D engineers.
Title: Principal R&D Engineer
Location: This position is based in our Campbell, California offices. This position is on-site, full-time.
Why Imperative Care?
Do you want to make a real impact on patients? Imperative Care is changing the way stroke and vascular diseases are 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 expert professional in this field, the Principal R&D Engineer serves as the subject matter expert in the design, continuous improvement, and manufacturability of commercialized neurovascular, endovascular or vascular products/product line(s) and /or technical innovation of same. This position used deep expertise in this field and provides insights and leadership as an individual technical contributor to promote new ideas and innovation when establishing processes and methods/techniques that drive best practices and engineering principles to a broader technical team in one of the specific engineering focuses mentioned below. This role includes the responsibility of mentoring and developing other R&D engineers as an industry leader with formal reporting line to an engineering team when needed.
Salary Range: $210,000 – 225,000 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.
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Location: This position is based in our Campbell, California offices. This position is on-site, full-time.
Why Imperative Care?
Do you want to make a real impact on patients? Imperative Care is changing the way stroke and vascular diseases are 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 expert professional in this field, the Principal R&D Engineer serves as the subject matter expert in the design, continuous improvement, and manufacturability of commercialized neurovascular, endovascular or vascular products/product line(s) and /or technical innovation of same. This position used deep expertise in this field and provides insights and leadership as an individual technical contributor to promote new ideas and innovation when establishing processes and methods/techniques that drive best practices and engineering principles to a broader technical team in one of the specific engineering focuses mentioned below. This role includes the responsibility of mentoring and developing other R&D engineers as an industry leader with formal reporting line to an engineering team when needed.
- Lead assigned technical projects in catheter engineering group to drive value improvement, line extensions, and commercial compliance with quality systems and global regulatory requirements.
- Evaluate performance characteristics of new product designs and identify opportunities for new development or improvements based on customer feedback, technologies, and clinical needs.
- Through research, technical discussions, and interaction with SAB and R&D team members, conceptualize and/or prototype new product designs, add-ons, or enhancements
- Ensure products are designed to facilitate manufacturability addressing budget constraints, customer needs, and schedule requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related discipline and a minimum of 12+ years of related experience driving innovation in the development of flexible medical device instruments; or equivalent combination of education and work experience in related regulated industry.
- Experience leading a technical cross-functional team through all phases of product development.
- 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.
- Entrepreneurial spirit, a strong foundation in documentation and communications skills required.
Salary Range: $210,000 – 225,000 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.
Join Us! Apply Today
Imperative Care Campbell, California, USA Office
Dell Ave, Campbell, CA, United States, 95008
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