Staff/Principal Product Development Engineer

TITLE: Staff or Principal Product Development Engineer

COMPANY SUMMARY: Our ambitions are big at Jupiter. With a vision that spans the breadth of all cardiovascular disease, we are reinventing medicine with the endoportal procedure to bring the stability, control, and precision of direct surgical access to catheter-based interventions for the first time ever. By addressing loss of stability and control within the anatomy that has constrained percutaneous procedures for decades, we strive to usher in a new era for endovascular medicine so that patients can live longer, fuller lives.

Jupiter Endovascular is a medical device start-up located in the San Francisco Bay Area and led by a team of successful medical device entrepreneurs. Our culture is built on innovation, teamwork, and speed. We have raised capital from a diversified investor base including venture capital, private equity, corporate strategic investors, and clinician angel investors.

POSITION SUMMARY: This Staff/Principal Product Development Engineer will have a central role in developing our core Dynamic Fixation technology and associated accessory products to significantly advance Jupiter's clinical and market success. A well-qualified applicant would display the ability to perform the below requirements, would show a high level of individual responsibility, and would thrive in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams, would update existing devices, and would develop new devices according to pertinent medical device regulations while developing and managing timelines within division goals.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Bring an experimental and analytical approach while creating specific designs for endovascular applications
• Work with typical and novel catheter technologies
• Participate in the development of specifications, test methods, and protocols to ensure the functionalist, safety, and efficacy of medical devices in accordance with medical device regulations and design controls
• Lead assessments and make recommendations for solving challenging design problems at both the component and system levels via inspection, testing, analysis, and experimentation
• Be a mentor and provide work direction to junior engineers, technicians, and interns
• Be a technical leader on key projects
• Significant hands-on building and testing of multiple generations of prototypes
• Apply DFM principles
• Manage third party vendors to ensure deliverables meet product and timeline requirements
• Interact with physicians to inform design decisions
• Lead continuous improvement projects such as design changes for materials, components, finished products, processes, and related procedures
• Manage and participate in design verification and validation to confirm design outputs meet design requirement parameters
• Collaborate with QA on risk management activities per ISO 14971
• Create and maintain CAD models and drawings
• Generate novel ideas that strengthen the company's intellectual property position
• Collaborate closely and show a high-degree of self-direction

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related discipline
• 7+ years of work experience as a hands-on engineer
• Strong understanding of all elements (design and design controls) required to take a product from feasibility to launch
• Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams
• Draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied sources, combined with a good understanding of the relevant technologies
• A willingness to work hard with a driven outlook and with a strong desire to succeed as an engineer, as a team player, and as a company
• Technical writing skills, documentation, and proficient in general computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and email communication
• Proficient in CAD (SolidWorks or OnShape)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization

HIGHLY DESIRABLE SKILLS:

• Developed products from invention to market release
• Experience with catheter development
• Experience with composite structures
• Experience in a start-up environment
• Experience with medical device manufacturing
• Strong mechanical engineering skills, including design for manufacturability
• Clinical background with a thorough knowledge of anatomy and disease, exposure to doctors, and surgical procedure development
• Made significant contributions to an IP portfolio (pending or issued patents)
• Experience with managing or mentoring junior engineers

PLEASE SEND US:

• Your resume
• A short cover letter showing us why you could be great in this role
• Some samples of your work (e.g., a link to a website, a PDF portfolio, images, or whatever you think can give us a sense for what you have done)
• We are located in Menlo Park just north of Dumbarton Bridge.

COMPENSATION: Our job titles may span more than one career level. The starting base pay for this role is between $150,000-$190,000. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for equity, benefits, and 401(k) with matching.

Jupiter Endovascular provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.