Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.
As the Senior R&D Engineer, you will be responsible for providing mechanical engineering support in the creation and the development of new medical device products (invasive and non-invasive).
What You’ll Work On
Develop new concepts from initial design to market release.
Develop processes to transform concepts into commercial devices
Maintain detailed documentation throughout all phases of research and development.
Conduct feasibility studies to verify capability and functionality.
Write and submit intellectual property (patents).
Investigate and evaluate existing technologies.
Review or coordinate vendor activities to support development.
Establish and cultivate an extensive network of support to facilitate completion of assignments.
May lead a project team.
Participate in determining goals and objectives for projects.
Influence middle management on technical or business solutions.
Initiate or maintain work schedule.
Establish priorities of work assignments.
Exercise judgment in selecting innovative, practical methods to achieve problem resolution.
Required Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in related field and/or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Masters Degree preferred.
Minimum 6 years related work experience with a strong understanding of medical device.
Wide application of technical principles, practices, and procedures.
Experience with CAD.
Strong problem-solving skills
Team player
Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
Work on problems of diverse scopes where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
Exercise judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
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- The base pay for this position is
- $90,000.00 – $180,000.00
- In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY
Product Development
DIVISION
SH Structural Heart
LOCATION
United States > Menlo Park : 3885 Bohannon Drive
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS
WORK SHIFT
Standard
TRAVEL
Yes, 10 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
No
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
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