Staff R&D Engineer, Advanced Catheter Development

About the role

Do you want to make a real impact on patients? Imperative Care is changing the way stroke and vascular diseases are treated. As part of our team, you’d be supporting breakthroughs that will revolutionize the future of stroke care. Every day, the technologies that we develop at Imperative Care directly impact human lives. Our focus is on the needs of the patient, and they come first in everything we do.

What You’ll Do

• Lead technical design and development of products and test methods from early-stage teams into formal design control programs
• Drive innovation and ensure products achieve best-in-class performance while promoting manufacturability and meeting cost targets
• Use advanced expertise to work directly with customer representatives, marketing, physicians, pre-clinical engineering, and regulatory affairs to understand user interactions, identify product opportunities, and develop comprehensive product requirements
• Research and advise on new vendors, materials, and/or processes
• Oversee that technical activities are properly documented; drive and contribute to technical discussion sessions to generate new intellectual property

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related discipline and a minimum of 8 years of related experience in the medical device or related regulated industry; or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Experience in endovascular/neurovascular techniques and devices, with knowledge of relevant standards preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of and exposure to product testing and data collection
• Ability to be self-directed with minimal direction and supervision and take initiative to discern from multiple priorities when guiding a technical project team toward efficient solutions and opportunities

Employee Benefits

• Employee benefits include a stake in our collective success with stock options, bonus, competitive salaries, a 401k plan, health benefits, generous PTO, and a parental leave program.

Pay

Salary Range: $172,000 – 185,000 annually

Schedule

The position is full time and on-site in Campbell, CA