Senior Engineer, R&D

Job Description

Position Summary

The Senior R&D Engineer will play a critical role in driving the design, development, and implementation of medical devices. This role involves collaborating closely with cross-functional teams-including marketing, commercial, quality, regulatory, and medical groups-to ensure that all product designs meet regulatory standards and customer expectations.

As a subject matter expert (SME) in medical device development, the Senior R&D Engineer will lead key projects of significant complexity while applying sound engineering principles, experimental methods, and analytical techniques. The ideal candidate will bring extensive hands-on experience in medical device design and development, with a strong background in documentation, testing, and risk management.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Project Management: Provide project and technical leadership for device development. Lead small projects with the support of an established Core Team through the medical device product life cycle of development, qualification, manufacturing, and commercial release process. Communicate with external partners to meet project goals. Manage program budget: functional expenses, capital requests, and forecasts. Identify resources needs, costs, program schedule, key milestones, scope, and report the progress to the established plan.
• Lead Design Control Activities: Oversee all aspects of design control, including Requirements Management, Design Outputs, Verification & Validation (V&V), Design History File (DHF), and Risk File management.
• Drive Product Development: Plan, design, and implement new products, ensuring compliance with applicable medical device standards.
• Solve Complex Engineering Challenges: Apply experimental, computational, and analytical methods to address technical challenges and ensure product performance.
• Develop and Maintain Technical Documentation: Create and maintain product specifications, requirements, architecture, design, and usability documents.
• Conduct and Oversee Testing: Design and execute exploratory, bench, and V&V testing, developing test protocols and generating comprehensive reports.
• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Partner with marketing, quality, and regulatory teams to ensure design requirements align with business objectives and regulatory compliance.
• Design & Model Devices: Utilize SolidWorks to create and refine device models for various product lines, with a focus on high-volume disposable medical devices.
• Partner with Suppliers & Customers: Collaborate with customers and suppliers to refine designs and ensure manufacturability, with an emphasis on plastics/polymer engineering and injection molding.
• Mentor & Provide Technical Leadership: Act as a technical consultant, providing guidance on engineering best practices and mentoring junior engineers.

Knowledge & Skills

• Project Management: Demonstrated experience in leading and managing cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives.
• Proven Expertise in Medical Device Design: Extensive hands-on experience developing and improving medical devices, including knowledge of FDA regulations and ISO standards.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks: Strong capability in 3D modeling and design for manufacturability.
• Material & Manufacturing Knowledge: Deep understanding of medical-grade plastics, injection molding principles, and common joining methods.
• Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Strong ability to apply statistical methods, including Design of Experiments (DOE), to solve complex engineering problems.
• Strong Communication & Collaboration Skills: Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across departments.
• Knowledge of Engineering Mechanics & Physics: Solid understanding of the principles underlying mechanical design.
• Familiarity with Machine Shop Practices: Understanding of basic machining operations and drafting standards.

Minimum Qualifications, Education & Experience

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field from an accredited college or university is required.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in medical device design and development.

Work Environment

• This is largely a sedentary role.
• This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment.
• This role may involve occasional visits to labs or manufacturing facilities.
• Typically requires travel less than 5% of the time.

About Us

ICU Medical has consistently provided you with clinical innovations that help solve real-world challenges.

With the acquisition of Hospira Infusion Systems in 2017 and Smiths Medical in 2022, we are now a global market leader with a complete line of clinically-essential IV therapy and high-value critical care products for hospital, alternate site, and home care settings.

We're ready to bring you consistent quality, innovation, and value in more areas than ever. Our focus allows us to bring you:

• Dedicated and non-dedicated IV sets and needlefree connectors clinically proven to provide an effective barrier against bacterial transfer and colonization.
• The industry's broadest IV smart pump offering covering large volume, pain management, and ambulatory needs.
• IV medication safety software providing full IV-EHR interoperability with the highest customer satisfaction and compatibility with more EHR systems than any other company.
• Significant US IV solutions manufacturing and supply capabilities.

ICU Medical EEO Statement:

ICU Medical is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration for employment regardless of race, color, nationality or national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, or protected veteran status.


If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to participate in the employment selection process, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io. We are committed to providing equal access and opportunities for all candidates.

ICU Medical EEO Policy Statement


Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster


ICU Medical CCPA Notice to Job Applicants