Sr R&D Engineer, Sustaining - Imperative Care
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 26, 2026.
Job Title: Sr R&D Engineer, Sustaining
Location: This position is based in our Campbell, California offices. This position is onsite & full time, with some travel.
Why Imperative Care?
Do you want to make a real impact on patients? Imperative Care is changing the way stroke is treated. As part of our team, you’d be developing breakthroughs that will revolutionize the future of stroke care. Every day, the technologies that we develop at Imperative Care directly impact human lives. Our focus is on the needs of the patient, and they come first in everything we do.
What You’ll Do
As a senior professional, this position will lead and support the design and on-going life cycle management of endovascular products through design development, verification/validation, and manufacturability assessments. This role will deliver ideation and prototyping, establishing requirements/specifications and verification of inputs and outputs.
- Serve as technical team member or lead projects based on value improvement, line extensions, and compliance on commercialized products
- Respond to technical field inquiries and perform root-cause investigations on product failures.
- Establish and/or tune detailed requirements including product specifications and appropriate test methods through activities such as competitive testing, literature review and KOL engagement. And refine designs in response to market and customer feedback
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support development and commercialization of the product platform and facilitate user training and create supporting materials required.
- Identify, establish, and maintain partnerships with OEM component suppliers, manufacturing partners and/or testing vendors as the project requires.
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related discipline and a minimum of 5 years of related experience in the medical device or related regulated industry; or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Experience in endovascular or neurovascular techniques and devices preferred.
- Developing knowledge of product design from concept to regulatory marketing approval.
- Statistical analysis Software (Minitab or similar) and CAD (Solidworks, ProE, similar).
- Ability to complete projects individually as well as part of a team, exercising judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
Employee Benefits include a stake in our collective success with stock options, bonus, competitive salaries, a 401k plan, health benefits, generous PTO, and a parental leave program.
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Salary Range: $132,000 - 150,000/annually
Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Imperative Care considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal equity, as well as location, market and business considerations when extending an offer.
The use of external recruiters/staffing agencies requires prior approval from our Human Resources Department. The Human Resources Department at Imperative Care requests that external recruiters/staffing agencies not to contact Imperative Care employees directly in an attempt to present candidates. Complying with this request will be a factor in determining future professional relationships with Imperative Care.
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