Job Description
Job Title:
Lead, Product Engineering, MedTech Catapult
Requisition ID:
1572
Posting Start Date:
11/04/2026
Job Summary
Roles & Responsibilities
MedTech Catapult is a national initiative for accelerating the development of high-value MedTech projects through an in-house product engineering unit. This productization unit is responsible for supporting the development of technologies through the medical device development cycle to produce full-fledged hardware product systems. The Principal Engineer will report to Lead, Product Engineering.
Responsibilities
- Lead design teams through full product development from conceptualization to early product production.
- Oversee the systems engineering plan and work with cross functional team on the entire implementation relating to hardware, connected devices and related technologies for multiple projects in parallel.
- Guide and lead the definition of system requirements, architecture, and interfaces to meet product requirements, risk analysis and industry standards, focusing on novel MedTech product systems
- Manage feasibility study for each phase on conceptual design for new products and product architecture from conceptualisation to completion
- Ensure product functions meet user expectations, technical requirements and fulfilling budget and quality specifications
- Oversee the analytical studies, verification and validation of the products
- Ensure compliance with the appropriate quality management system and regulatory specifications, and proper document control and communication with internal and external stakeholders
- Support development of intellectual property portfolio in device design and process technology know-how.
- Providing guidance, mentorship and direction to all engineers and stakeholders on product development
- Provision of technical input to help identify and solve project risks affecting project schedules and plans
- Review and approve documentations for QMS, approve risk analysis, risk management, Verification and Validation procedures.
- Perform hands-on system integration testing and troubleshooting of technical issues.
- Perform system level verification against requirements. Create test plans, procedures and reports, performs and analyzes system set up, and conducts verification and validation activities.
- Identify and implement product design changes as required for individual products in accordance with internal and external stakeholders.
- Interface with external parties (design houses) to communicate product requirements, and subsequent knowledge transfer to build internal capability
Requirements
- Masters in System Engineering, Electo-mechanical or related engineering discipline
- >15 years experience in medical devices/life science instruments (e.g. hardware, connected devices) managing product design and development, with hands-on experience in system architecture and integration of mechatronic and software systems
- Experience in Systems Engineering related to stakeholder needs definition, creation of use case workflows, requirements definition and decomposition, functional architecture, and system design.
- Experience generating technical documentation such as product requirements, specifications, engineering reports, test plans & procedures, validation plans and reports
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) to all levels of an organization.
- Strong track record of technical leadership and working in cross-functional teams.
- Lead and coordinate with remote development teams
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Enjoy working in a small team, start-up environment