# Principal Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer

Help Us Build the Future of the Human Heart. At BiVACOR, we’re developing the world’s most advanced total artificial heart, a technology capable of saving millions of lives around the world. We’re a team united by purpose, working on something truly unprecedented. Every process you optimize, every validation you lead, and every engineer you mentor plays a direct role in giving patients another shot at life. If that’s the kind of work that gets you out of bed in the morning, we think you belong here. About the Role The Principal Manufacturing Engineer leads cross-functional collaboration with R&D, Quality, and Supply Chain teams, as well as external partners, to elevate tooling and component quality and deliver sustained cost reduction. Beyond hands-on process ownership, this role carries significant technical leadership responsibilities, mentoring junior engineers, leading high-impact improvement initiatives, and contributing to the manufacturing strategy that supports the long-term commercialization of our device. Key Responsibilities Champion Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, driving measurable waste reduction and a culture of continuous improvement across manufacturing Evaluate

- **Id**: 744779
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/bivacor-principal-manufacturing-mechanical-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Huntington Beach, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-23T15:59:51Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-06-23
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T16:34:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 144
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4800
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Cardiovascular Devices

## Company

- **Id**: 669566
- **Name**: BiVACOR
- **Domain**: bivacor.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/bivacor>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 8
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 130000
- **Max**: 153000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 153000

## Technologies

- **CAPA** — Optional: no
- **Design History File** — Optional: no
- **GMP** — Optional: no
- **ISO 13485** — Optional: no
- **21 CFR Part 820** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 143

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T13:51:49Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 9
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.315
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 143
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 153000
- **Is top pay**: no

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