Principal R&D Engineer, Myra Vision

Myra Vision, a Shifamed Portfolio Company, is developing a treatment that safely and effectively reduces high intraocular pressure (IOP) for moderate to severe glaucoma patients. More than one third of glaucoma patients have moderate to severe disease, which requires significant reductions in IOP to reduce the risk of vision loss. To learn more about Myra Vision, please visit https://www.myravision.com/.

ABOUT SHIFAMED

Founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneur Amr Salahieh, Shifamed LLC is a privately held medical device innovation hub focused on the development of novel medical products to address clinical needs in the rapidly evolving fields of cardiology and ophthalmology.

Description

This position represents an exciting opportunity to join the Myra team at an early stage where you will creatively design and develop both an implant and a delivery system. As a Principal Engineer on the Myra team, you will be responsible for hands-on design and analysis integrating SolidWorks, FEA, heat transfer and other properties. You will be directly involved in development and problem-solving in a wide range of areas including assembly handling methods, component manufacturing, performance testing, process optimization, and verification & validation testing. This is a full time on-site position and will require reporting to our offices located in Campbell, CA.

Responsibilities, Skills & Hands-On Experience

• Create solutions and product designs to satisfy unmet clinical needs by providing innovative features and systems.

• Work as part of a cross-functional team to develop, verify, and validate product designs through bench, in-vitro, and in-vivo testing.

• Develop bench top models and test methods for use during iterative design development and validation testing.

• Effectively document work throughout the development process inclusive of R&D lab notebooks, design reviews, Manufacturing Process Instructions (MPIs), test methods, and test reports.

• Contribute to the intellectual property position of the company via lab notebook documentation, invention disclosures and prototypes to demonstrate reduction to practice. Participate in technical "brainstorming" sessions to generate new intellectual property.

• Interact with physicians to assist with product demonstrations and product testing.

• Creative problem solving.

• Product, tool and fixture design on SolidWorks or equivalent.

• Multi-physics analysis including FEA and heat transfer using Abaqus or similar tool.

• Design for manufacturing.

• Micro scale engineering problem solving.

• Micromachining and microfabrication processes for metals and polymers.

• Performance test apparatus and test method development.

• Process development on both a prototype and manufacturing level.

• Excellent communication skills; ability to work independently or in project team setting.

Preferred Skills & Hands-On Experience

• Nitinol material properties and processing.

• Development of ophthalmology products.

• Process optimization (design of experiments).

• Lab and cleanroom environments.

• Mentoring and assisting team members with less experience.

• Supplier selection and management.

Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering; MSc or PhD preferred.

• 12+ years of medical device industry experience.

• Previous experience working with preclinical testing, clinical trials, and data collection.

• Experience working under quality systems designed to meet governmental regulations.

• Excellent communications skills (both written and verbal) required.

• Excellent presentation skills are required.

• Ability to work independently or in team setting required.

Our salary ranges are calculated by role and level. Your position within that range will be determined by your job-related knowledge, skills, experience, relevant education, and training/certifications. In addition to those factors, we also examine internal equity as well as consider current market rate, and title may be assessed one level lower or higher accordingly. After you join the company your performance, contributions, and results along with business and organizational needs will affect your base salary. The base salary range for this full-time position is between $90,000 to $180,000 + equity + benefits.

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