Manager, Base Business - Enabling Technologies

Manager, Base Business - Enabling Technologies

Location: Austin, TX

What You'll Do

Platform:

• DJO

Job Description:

• At Enovis we sweat the little things. We embrace collaboration with our partners and patients, and we glory in the grind of scientific excellence — with the goal of transforming medical technology as we know it.

• Because that’s how we change the lives of patients for the better. And that’s how we create better together.

• As a key member of the Enabling Technologies Team, you will play an integral part in helping Enovis drive the medical technology industry forward through transforming patient care and creating better patient outcomes.

Job Title:

• Manager, Base Business - Enabling Technologies

Reports To:

• Director, R&D Product Development

Location

Austin, TX

Business Unit Description:

Enabling Technologies

Job Title/High Level Position Summary: The Manager, Base Business directs the sustaining engineering activities for the Enabling Technologies business unit. In addition to managing product development resources, the Manager individually contributes to development efforts. This includes but is not limited to creating prototypes, testing, and documenting test results; scheduling, coordinating, and managing multiple projects; and communicating with vendors to ensure proper design transfer. The Manager will be responsible for products including mechanical surgical instrumentation, electronic hardware, and software used by electronic hardware.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage project prioritization and resource allocation
• Mentor direct reports by providing technical guidance, coaching, performance management, and professional development opportunities
• Participate in product development including concept, generation, decision matrices, prototype, manufacture, and associated metrics
• Provide expert product leadership for the development projects assigned; this includes an unrelenting attention to minimizing project delays and resource overages
• Creates product designs and documentation used to substantiate those devices (i.e. risk assessments, verification/validation activities, design review documentation, etc.)
• Develops detailed engineering drawings using 3-D Modeling to document designs and design changes (SolidWorks)
• Confers with cross-functional team to identify tasks and requirements (Product Development, Manufacturing Engineers, Quality Engineers, Marketing, Purchasing and Regulatory Affairs)
• Maintains all documentation necessary for a Design History File (DHF), including Design Input Documents, Design Validation Plans/Reports, Test Protocols/Reports, and Design Input/Output Matrix.
• Assist in the regulatory submission process(FDA 510k, EU MDR, TGA, PMDA) by providing official information for regulatory review

Minimum Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 8+ years of professional experience (6+ years with a Masters degree)
• Experience in medical device product development
• Experience with enabling technology (pre operative planning, navigation, robotics) preferred.
• Familiarity with software development processes
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Must be experienced in MS Word, Excel and Project.
• Experience with 3D CAD packages (SolidWorks preferred)
• Working knowledge and requirements of ISO 13485 and 21CFR820.

Travel Requirements:

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