Mfg. engrs - Project Manager
Viant Fremont, California, United States
Medical Equipment Manufacturing · 5,001-10,000 employees
About the role
The Project Manager leads medical device product development projects from discovery through design transfer while managing budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams. They are responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance, maintaining project documentation, and facilitating communication between internal teams and external stakeholders.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and 1-3 years of experience in medical device product design. Proficiency in FDA and ISO 13485 standards, along with strong project management and technical documentation skills, is required.
Full description
Mfg. Engrs - Project Manager
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Viant Medical is a global medical device design and manufacturing services provider that partners and innovates with customers to provide the highest quality, life enhancing medical devices. We do this through our depth and breadth of capabilities, end-to-end integration, technical expertise, and relentless focus on our customers and on operational excellence. With nearly 6,000 associates across 24 locations worldwide, we offer a unique combination of small-company service and attention with big-company resources. For more information, visit viantmedical.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
POSITION SUMMARY
The R&D Project Manager leads from the front, applying hands-on technical expertise to drive projects through all medical device product lifecycle stages. This role ensures customer needs are met, facilitates regular communication, and maintains budget control. The PM fosters seamless collaboration between internal teams and customers to deliver best-in-class design and quality.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leverage technical expertise to lead projects from discovery to design transfer, taking ownership of key milestones and deliverables.
- Manage consistent information flow among team members, management, and clients.
- Identify and communicate project risks such as changes to scope, timeline and budget.
- Organize, delegate and track tasks across internal teams and external partners (vendors, clients) to ensure projects stay on schedule and within budget.
- Analyze and track current project deliverables and ensure alignment with internal and external stakeholders.
- Develop project plans outlining phases, tasks, dependencies, timelines, resource allocation, and costs.
- Establish and track weekly, monthly goals, budgets and schedules for projects and team members.
- Lead design reviews and risk management documentation.
- Ensuring the planning, coordination, execution, tracking and reporting using software tools like MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA etc.
- Working Proficiency with MS Office.
- Maintain detailed project documentation throughout all phases of research and development.
- Employ excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills with all levels of personnel and management.
REPORTING STRUCTURE
- N/A
REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Biomedical Engineering is desired, Masters preferred
- 1-3 years of medical device product design and development experience
- Familiarity with FDA and ISO 13485 medical device regulations and standards
- Working knowledge in one or more areas is desired:
- Technical areas (example: CAD modeling of housings; design of experiments, PCBA development etc.
- Product areas (example: interventional/diagnostic medical devices; intravascular devices; bioelectronics devices)
- Risk Management, Manufacturing Quality and Operations
- Financial Budgetary Tracking and Reporting
- Strong communication are critical to the position
- Concise, timely and professional communications (verbal, written) are a must
- Express ideas, recommendations and solutions clearly, logically and concisely
- Management of resources
- Well organized and uses time efficiently. Familiar with all reference materials and can locate needed information as necessary.
- Takes initiative for self-development. Prioritizes tasks effectively. Demonstrates initiative and creativity in the use of available resources.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, fast-growth R&D/business environment
- Flexibility, persistence, passion, resourcefulness, a drive to succeed, and an entrepreneurial spirit are highly desired
- PMP Certification desired.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Communication Skill
All verbal and written communications are concise, technically accurate, timely, and professional. Demonstrates strong verbal presentation and negotiation skills. Represents in a positive and professional manner. Expresses ideas, recommendations and solutions clearly, logically and concisely in both written and verbal communications. Demonstrates tact and diplomacy in communications. Demonstrates active listening skills and ability to resolve discrepancies with customers
Management of Resources
Well organized and uses time efficiently. Familiar with all reference materials and can locate needed information as necessary. Takes initiative for self-development. Prioritizes tasks effectively. Demonstrates initiative and creativity in the use of available resources.
Customer Focus
Provide professional, reliable and prompt service to internal and external customers Work in partnership with others to meet and exceed customer expectations. Interpret customer needs and take appropriate action. Follow through on customer inquiries in a professional and timely manner.
WORKING CONDITIONS / PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Must be able to move throughout office and laboratory space, using a complete variety of office equipment and laboratory machinery, and tools. May lift up to 30 pounds and stand for extended periods of time. Must tolerate exposure to chemicals found in the VIant Medical Inc environment
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to do this job. The above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required.
External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act must be able to perform the essential job functions (as listed) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by management on a case-by-case basis.
Viant is a global medical device design and manufacturing services provider that partners and innovates with customers to provide the highest quality, life enhancing medical devices. We do this through our depth and breadth of capabilities, end-to-end integration, technical expertise, and relentless focus on our customers and on operational excellence. With nearly 6,000 associates across 24 locations worldwide, we offer a unique combination of small-company service and attention with big-company resources. For more information, visit viantmedical.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
Viant provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Viant complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
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