Director of Engineering

Quick Facts

• Role: Front-end innovation and product concept leadership (Director of Engineering)

• Focus: Shaping future growth opportunities and translating them into actionable product concepts for a sensing platform expansion

• Collaboration: Cross-functional teams across strategy, clinical insight, design, prototyping, and technical feasibility

Description

Explore and develop future opportunities for growth, including expansion beyond core indications into new analytes, adjacent disease states, care settings, and new product concepts. Lead the translation of prioritized opportunities into well-defined product concepts with clear target users, use cases, clinical and customer value, differentiated positioning, and concept-level requirements. Assess feasibility by integrating expertise across system architecture, mechanical and electrical engineering, system integration, sensor technology, and algorithms, while supporting build/buy/partner decisions and corporate venture capital initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop future growth opportunities and expansion areas

• Partner cross-functionally with product, market strategy, and clinical/medical strategy teams

• Translate opportunities into actionable, differentiated product concepts and requirements

• Evaluate technical feasibility and resolve key technical uncertainties

• Communicate innovation strategy, portfolio health, key risks, and major recommendations to stakeholders

• Stay current on external developments: technologies, care models, competitor activity, and clinical trends

• Identify, evaluate, and shape external innovation opportunities aligned to roadmap and platform expansion objectives

• Support corporate venture capital efforts, including researching startups and building relationships with entrepreneurs and investors

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; advanced degree preferred (e.g., PhD/MBA/MS/MD) in bioengineering, engineering, life sciences, business, or related fields

• 5–10+ years of experience in medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, or related healthcare technology

• Need-driven innovation experience (e.g., Stanford Biodesign or similar)

• Experience advancing new healthcare/device concepts from opportunity identification through product development and market introduction

• Innovation leadership and platform expansion strategy experience

• Experience assessing external innovation opportunities, partnerships, or venture-related initiatives

• Corporate venture capital or venture capital experience assessing technologies and startups for strategic decisions

• Cross-functional leadership in regulated environments with complex products combining clinical value, technology, user experience, and market strategy

• Strong communication and presentation skills; ability to influence stakeholders and lead through ambiguity

• Typically 15+ years industry experience and 9+ years management experience

Benefits

• Full benefits program

• Global growth opportunities

• Career development via in-house learning and/or qualified tuition reimbursement

• Innovative, industry-leading organization focused on employees and customers

• Travel required: 15–25%