Product Designer

About the role

LifeLens Technologies, Inc. is a medical device developer located in Ivyland, PA, pioneering innovative, next-generation treatment devices for personal health monitoring. The Hardware/Firmware Product Designer works with company stakeholders and forward deployment engineers to gather user stories and needs, create hardware and firmware requirements, and effectively communicate those requirements to hardware (electrical and mechanical) and firmware developers. This is a full-time, in-office role with some travel to off-site locations.

Responsibilities

• Work with company executives and/or forward deployment engineers to gather customer needs and requirements
• Travel to customer sites such as military bases or commercial hospitals, labs to support events and learn customer workflow, applications
• Draft Hardware and Firmware requirements for medical wearable devices
• Draft Hardware and Firmware requirements for wireless communication gateways and variety of networking applications
• Draft and effectively communicate use-cases and requirements to developers
• Participate in prototyping activities
• Participate in design reviews to ensure design is consistent with requirements
• Participate in usability study and provide feedback
• Support project manager by owning requirement documents and traceability documents
• Support other documentation needs such as draft user manual as required
• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, industrial design or related degree preferred
• Experience with drafting user stories and requirements
• Understanding of basic electrical engineering and firmware development activities
• Understanding of medical wearable devices
• Understanding of computer and wireless networking
• Strong communication skills, problem-solving, and adaptability
• Experience with military project development life cycle is preferred
• Experience in FDA 510K compliance is preferred

Requirements

• Work environment: professional office and laboratory settings; may require using laboratory equipment (training provided); standard office equipment (computers, etc.); field work including hospitals and military bases
• Physical demands: specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus; advanced fine motor skills may be required; prolonged sitting at desk and computer in office; in field: demanding physical environment with erratic sleep schedules, prolonged standing, working outside in all weather conditions; must be in good physical condition with abilities including walking, lifting up to 30 lbs, bending, climbing, and stooping
• Travel: 10–25% travel to support customers at their location; must be able to travel by car and by plane
• Class C Driver's License preferred
• American citizenship required for travel to military bases

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k)
• Stock option incentive plan
• FSA & dependent care

Pay

The expected base salary range for this position at hiring is $110,000 – $130,000/yr. Individual base salary for a successful candidate is determined by qualifications, skill level, experience, competencies and other relevant factors.