Hybrid Senior Manager R&D – IP&SS Design Development – Mechanical

at Solventum

• Job title: Senior Manager R&D – IP&SS Design Development – Mechanical
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $187,600 - $257,950 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Assembly
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Eagan, United States

About the role

• Senior Manager R&D leading mechanical design development for healthcare solutions at Solventum. Managing a team in creating innovative medical device solutions to enhance patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of R&D Design Development Mechanical engineers and scientists developing products across the Vascular Access Solutions, Assurance & Monitoring Solutions, and Peri-Operative Surgical Solutions portfolios
• Minimizing project uncertainty as early as feasible by clearly defining scope and product requirements
• Aligning program timing and resources with design capability to best fit within the product portfolio
• Identifying new capabilities or capacities to develop internally or acquire externally
• Developing component, subassembly, assembly, and product designs that are reliable and manufacturable
• Working in concert with IP&SS R&D Product Development to maintain effective extended team resource allocation – to achieve committed deliverables
• Identifying, planning, documenting, and executing design controls and risk management processes and procedures
• Evaluating product functionality, performance, and safety through characterization, verification, and validation testing
• Continuously evaluating selected designs to ensure they meet design input requirements and performance requirements while reducing project-, cost-, and timeline-risk and increasing certainty of business case attainment
• Transferring technology design knowledge to Sustaining Engineering as products enter the market; maintaining a role as technical subject matter experts to support Sustaining activities as needed
• Ensuring the health and vitality of our IP&SS new product development portfolio and products by defining and implementing vision, culture, and development focus areas for the team and our people

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in an applicable technical field
• Ten years of relevant experience
• Experience in a regulated industry, medical devices preferred, utilizing design controls to design, develop, verify, validate, and commercialize new products
• Previous experience managing people, leading teams, and developing/managing budgets
• Expertise in project technical leadership with the ability to oversee multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with and working knowledge of ISO9000, FDA and GMP requirements including product requirements, specification documents, risk management files
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint), strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to read and understand technical drawings

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental & Vision
• Health Savings Accounts
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Disability Benefits
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Absences
• Retirement Benefits