Senior Manager, MRI Safety Engineering

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The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced MRI Safety Engineering Senior Manager to lead our MRI Safety Engineering team within the R&D organization. This leadership role is critical in ensuring the safety performance and compliance of implantable medical devices in MRI environments. You will oversee design and test activities provide strategic technical leadership and ensure MRI safety requirements are integrated into product development from concept through commercialization. This position influences innovation roadmaps regulatory success and patient safety outcomes.

You will manage a team of approximately 615 MRI safety engineers and technicians reporting directly to the Director of Systems & Clinical Engineering. The team collaborates globally across multiple development sites and interfaces with cross-functional partners including Systems Engineering Clinical Engineering Electrical Engineering Quality and Regulatory.

This position works out of our Plano TX location in the Neuromodulation Division. Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

What Youll Work On

Technical Leadership

• Drive technical excellence and ensure robust MRI safety design and testing across programs.
• Define and execute MRI safety strategies including RF exposure analysis device heating and functional safety in MRI environments.
• Provide expert guidance on RF and electromagnetic interactions in implantable medical devices.
• Oversee development and execution of MRI safety modeling simulation characterization testing and verification/validation activities.
• Ensure full lifecycle MRI safety labeling including MR Conditional testing and labeling strategy.
• Design & Test Integration
• Partner with other R&D functional teams to ensure MRI safety requirements are captured implemented and verified.
• Drive cross-functional reviews of MRI safety design inputs risk assessments and test results.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards (ASTM F2182 F2052 F2213 ISO IEC FDA guidance).

Team & Resource Management

• Lead mentor and develop a team of MRI safety engineers and technicians.
• Perform resource planning workload balancing and capability development.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Build strong partnerships with external R&D functional teams (Quality Regulatory Operations etc.)
• Represent MRI safety engineering in design reviews regulatory submissions and external audits.
• Communicate technical strategies and results to senior leadership and regulatory agencies.

Strategic & Operational Accountability

• Establish and manage budgets for MRI safety engineering activities.
• Ensure adherence to quality system processes and regulatory requirements.
• Drive innovation in MRI safety methodologies tools and test capabilities.
• Track KPIs such as on-time delivery of MRI safety assessments regulatory submission success and innovation milestones.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Physics Biomedical Engineering Electrical Engineering or related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 8 years of work experience in R&D engineering RF engineering or related domain.
• 4 years demonstrated experience at a supervisory/managerial level.
• Proven managerial experience leading cross-functional technical teams in a regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of MRI physics RF interactions and electromagnetic compatibility.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design and test activities for complex medical devices.
• Experience with regulatory submissions and compliance in a federally regulated environment (FDA ISO IEC).
• Excellent communication leadership and negotiation skills.
• Occasional travel (up to 15%) may be required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in STEM.
• 5 years in MRI safety is highly preferred.
• Experience withClass III active implantable medical devices.
• Hands-on expertise withRF modeling simulation and test methodsfor MRI safety.
• Experience with multi-disciplinary systems (hardware software mobile apps cloud).
• Track record of successful product launches requiring MRI safety labeling and regulatory approval.

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