Principal R&D Engineer, Medical Devices
Principal R&D Engineer, Medical Devices
Company: Innovative Medical Device Company
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Employment Type: Permanent
The Opportunity
Brio Resource Group is partnering with an innovative medical device company to identify a Principal R&D Engineer.
This position will support the advancement of medical-device concepts through design, prototyping, testing, verification, and design transfer. The successful candidate will apply senior engineering judgment to translate user and clinical needs into practical product requirements, solve complex technical challenges, and generate documented evidence of design performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate user needs, clinical requirements, and product objectives into design inputs and engineering specifications.
- Lead device design and development activities from concept evaluation through verification and design transfer.
- Develop prototypes and evaluate design alternatives through structured testing and technical analysis.
- Plan, execute, and document design-verification activities with clear requirements traceability.
- Identify technical risks and support design-related risk analysis and mitigation activities.
- Conduct root-cause investigations and resolve complex product-development and performance issues.
- Partner with Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Clinical, and external development teams.
- Support design reviews, product documentation, change controls, and design-history-file requirements.
- Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing partners to assess feasibility, component performance, and manufacturability.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and cross-functional project teams.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in mechanical, electrical, biomedical, systems, or another relevant engineering discipline.
- Significant medical-device product-development experience, including design, prototyping, verification, and design transfer.
- Strong working knowledge of medical-device design controls, risk management, requirements traceability, and technical documentation.
- Demonstrated ability to translate user needs into measurable product and system requirements.
- Experience developing verification plans, protocols, reports, and supporting evidence.
- Strong problem-solving, root-cause analysis, experimental-design, and technical communication skills.
- Experience working cross-functionally with Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Clinical, and external suppliers.
- Knowledge of applicable medical-device standards and regulated product-development practices.
- Expertise in mechanical, electrical, software, or systems engineering relevant to the device technology is preferred.
- Ability to contribute both strategically and hands-on within a fast-moving development environment.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
This position offers the opportunity to influence the performance and usability of an innovative medical device, solve meaningful engineering challenges, and help advance a patient-focused product toward important development and commercialization milestones.
We will provide a complete job description, compensation information, benefits, and additional company details after an initial résumé review.
