Senior Mechanical Engineer
Senior Mechanical Engineer
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Job Description
Seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to work alongside our growing engineering and scientific team in its NC office. This person will lead a broad set of development objectives. This person will lead a team of mechanical engineers will manage project requirements for our systems and its mechanical designs and will track open issues with the hardware designs. The ideal candidate is an experienced professional looking to apply their skills toward optimizing system and app interoperability for our transformational capabilities. They work well in a fastpaced and highperformance team.
Lead prototyping of compact wearable systems that involve electronic components rigidflex PCBs batteries RF protection flexible and rigid system casings optical windows displays buttons ambient light shields and biocompatible skin interfacing materials
Work with electrical engineers to integrate PCB components with flexible or rigid enclosure designs that conform to the human body
Coordinate task management among mechanical team members
Mentor junior and midlevel engineers and support hiring processes for the mechanical team
Design system protections for water ingress to depths hundreds of feet underwater and corrosion protection from salt spray and seawater
Identify and qualify domestic and international manufacturing sources for our systems with a focus on manufacturing for scale and commercialization
Check prototype and manufactured parts for accuracy to design intent and engineering tolerances
Translate user needs and functional requirement documents into specific design implementations
Design test fixtures molds manufacturing jigs and related subsystems to build test and validate prototype systems using inhouse 3D printed and molded components
Follow best practices for design controls and quality management systems including version control configuration management secure and compliant data storage and handling
Coordinate prototyping recipes and practices between engineering team and external manufacturing material supply and engineering vendors
Provide support to customers onsite and remotely for stagegated device test milestones
Report to the Director of Engineering
Minimum Qualifications:
B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering or a related field
Eight or more years industry experience in design for wearable monitoring systems or medical devices
Significant capability with Solidworks for designing rigid or flexible enclosures molds test fixtures and optical interfaces
Strong knowledge of safety performance and regulatory compliance requirements of medical devices such as IEC 60601 ISO 10993 ISO 13485 ISO 14971 IEC 62366 and related FDA guidance
Experience in scaling up prototypes toward production
Experience with rapid prototyping processes including creating fixtures molds and prototype subassemblies
Familiarity with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Assembly (DFA) and Test (DFT) practices
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience designing waterproof and corrosionresistant products
Design experience with systems interfacing with the human body
Experience working with medicalgrade skincontacting adhesives silicones and foams
Experience with human factor / usability engineering
Experience developing and iterating on industrial design concepts for manufactured systems
Prior experience working with startups and with a local network
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
