Associate Director, R&D - New Product Development

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Job Description

Summary:

The Associate Director of R&D will serve as a technical leader for new product development within the Infusion business.

Responsibilities

• Will act as the technical leader for complex infusion systems, monitoring technologies, and integrated clinical solutions, with responsibility for significant portions of the product development effort.
• Will provide technical leadership for multidisciplinary engineering efforts spanning hardware, software, systems, data integration, and collaborate closely with the monitoring technologies.
• Will define technical architectures and product strategies that support the evolution of infusion systems and associated monitoring capabilities.
• Will collaborate with clinical, product management, regulatory, quality, and engineering teams to develop innovative solutions that address evolving customer and patient needs.
• Will provide technical leadership, direct and indirect reports, with the ability to deep dive into technical issues.
• Will Implement best-in-class R&D tools, processes & standards within the development platform.
• Will create Product Development goals which are linked with business priorities and traced to individual engineering responsibilities.
• Will drive and lead innovative problem resolution at an accelerated pace.
• Will work in a development environment which supports both organic and inorganic development opportunities
• Will lead and work with Functional Leaders to assign engineering disciplines to achieve platform goals.
• Will work with other leaders to mentor, develop and manage performance of talent assigned to the platform.
• Will to plan and administer yearly platform budget to ensure proper execution of deliverables as aligned to business strategy

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in an engineering field (Mechanical, Systems, Physics, Electrical, Biomedical, Software).
• 10 years of growing responsibility in R&D technical engineering roles with experience in product development.
• Understanding of quality management systems
• Regulated industry experience (FDA, Automotive, Industrial, etc).
• Experience with design for manufacturing, process validation and design transfer
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams across hardware, software, systems, and product development functions.
• Project management experience for sophisticated systems.
• Experience in a proven design process (e.g. DFSS) over multiple programs.

Preferred Skills/Knowledge:

• Master's degree or PhD (Mechanical, Systems, Physics, Electrical, Biomedical, Software Engineering, or related discipline) with extensive product development experience.
• Experience with patient monitoring technologies, physiological sensing systems, or clinical decision-support capabilities.
• Experience developing integrated medical device systems involving software, data, analytics, or intelligent monitoring solutions.
• In-depth FDA and regulated medical device experience.

Why Join Us?

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you'll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.

We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.

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USA CA - San Diego Bldg A&B

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Benefits may include:Health & Well-being: Medical, dental, vision, health savings and flexible spendi