Director – Device Engineering (MSAT)

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Any Location, NC
Job Description
Role Overview

As a Director of Device Engineering, you will guide a global team dedicated to delivering exceptional customer support and training solutions. You will develop and execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for our technical support and training organization, ensuring seamless product support across our portfolio. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with Commercial, R&D, and Marketing teams while guiding initiatives that directly impact our customers' success and our company's growth.

What You Will Do

You will provide strategic, technical, and organizational leadership for device and combination product industrialization. You will define and implement device engineering and industrialization strategy across programs and sites, establish best practices and standards for Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFM/A), and lead development of technology roadmaps for device assembly, molding, automation, and inspection systems.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires a proven leader with deep expertise in device design, assembly, and tooling development, manufacturing process development and validation, and regulatory requirements for medical devices and combination products. You will need to demonstrate the ability to lead across global matrix organizations, influence senior stakeholders and executive leadership, and drive strategic initiatives and organizational change.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
  • 12–15+ years of experience in device or combination product development and manufacturing
  • Proven leadership experience in MSAT, Engineering, or Technical Operations
  • Deep expertise in device design, assembly, and tooling development; manufacturing process development and validation; and regulatory requirements for medical devices and combination products
  • Strong knowledge of ISO 13485 and 21 CFR Part 820, design controls (DHF/DMR), and technology transfer and commercialization processes

Benefits

  • Choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
  • Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
  • At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
  • Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
  • Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
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