Sr. NPI Engineer – Victoria

Are you passionate about leveraging innovative medical technologies to revolutionize healthcare? StarFish Medical is in search of a Senior NPI Engineer who shares our vision. In this role, you’ll play a crucial part in bringing life-changing medical devices to the market, significantly impacting the healthcare landscape. If you possess a robust technical background, a flair for strategic planning, and thrive in collaborative environments, we’re eager to learn more about you.

As a Senior NPI Engineer, you’ll be pivotal in driving medical devices from development to successful market launches. You’ll work closely with program management and multidisciplinary teams to craft commercialization strategies aligning with technical and business goals.

Recognizing the uniqueness of each program, you’ll develop tailored commercialization strategies to meet specific client needs, ensuring that each approach balances technical success with business objectives. Your role will require you to adapt and customize your strategy, ensuring every project achieves client satisfaction and market success.

Salary & Benefits

The annual base salary for this role is listed below.

Location

Victoria, Ontario.

Base salary range is between

$93,926 – $117,408 CAD. Annual variable compensation tied to goal completion targets of 5-10% of the base salary. Employees are also eligible to earn profit sharing.

Comp Philosophy

At StarFish Medical, we believe in a fair and transparent compensation philosophy. We collaborate with external compensation consultants annually to ensure our salary ranges are competitive in the market. Our career framework outlines the skills, abilities, and behaviours required to progress within a job family, and placement within a range is based on these factors. The salary range posted applies to our Victoria location. If a candidate advances beyond the first interview, we can provide the salary band specific to their geographic location.

Benefits of working at StarFish Medical

An exciting career working with a genuinely talented and ambitious team, combined with:

• The opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology.
• Award-winning culture with deep-rooted Guiding Principles.
• Profit-sharing program.
• Excellent company-paid benefits package.
• Paid vacation and sick leave, including a “vacation purchase program” to take more time off.
• Monthly All-hands meetings.
• Active social committee.
• 50% TTC cost-sharing in Toronto.
• The Office has shower facilities for midday runs or biking to work. A bike Share station is within a 5-minute walk of the Office.
• The location offers free parking on-site or around the premises.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and execute robust, innovative commercialization plans for cutting-edge medical devices, ensuring compliance and alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate seamlessly with internal teams and clients across R&D, marketing, regulatory, and quality departments, ensuring all commercialization strategies align with overarching business objectives.
• Lead and inspire cross-functional teams to drive timely and effective product design transfers, ensuring smooth transitions from development to market-ready solutions.
• Lead process verification and validation strategies, ensuring every product meets the high standards of excellence and regulatory compliance.
• Innovate manufacturing processes that meet client expectations, optimizing performance and efficiency.
• Partner with Program Management to craft detailed and high-level program plans, ensuring successful execution from concept to launch.
• Identify and conquer risks, proactively addressing any challenges that may arise during commercialization activities.
• Balance the big picture, understanding how strategies impact products at different stages of manufacturing while expertly communicating the trade-offs between technical and commercial considerations.
• Collaborate closely with manufacturing teams at every stage, from early-stage prototypes to full-scale commercial manufacturing, providing crucial support to ensure success.
• Ensure quality excellence, working with quality assurance to guarantee that all products meet the appropriate quality levels for their intended use.
• Own the process, overseeing process requirements’ collection, definition, and traceability throughout product development.
• Provide expert technical guidance, offering insights and direction from a commercialization perspective to support development teams.
• Drive strategic reviews, contributing to technical, design, and phase-gate reviews to evaluate all processes thoroughly.
• Stay ahead of the curve, keeping up with the latest innovations in the medical device field and incorporating relevant advancements into commercialization processes.
• Champion continuous improvement, leading initiatives that streamline processes, boost efficiency, and enhance client value.
• Elevate quality standards, adhere to and improve the Quality Management System (QMS), develop critical documentation, and train teams to ensure consistent excellence.

What We’re Looking For

The StarFish team is talented, innovative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices for our clients to improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we constantly have breakthroughs on the most complex devices.

      You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes

• Eng., B.A.Sc., or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical, Software/Firmware, or Systems Engineering.
• 10+ years of relevant NPI or commercialization experience, preferably in medical device development.
• Proven leadership and project management skills.
• Strategic thinking and systems-oriented approach.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly.
• Experience in regulated environments, such as ISO 13485, is preferred.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy and quality.
• Ability to thrive in dynamic, fast-paced, and ambiguous environments.

Amazing Culture!

Our work environment received Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture awards for 2021, 2022 & 2023, recognizing best-in-class cultures that have helped enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage. We are Canada’s leading medical device design service provider, providing a full complement of design, development, and low-contract manufacturing services in Victoria and Toronto. We successfully partner with innovative companies (both large and small) to create breakthrough products for several medical specialty areas.

We thank all candidates who apply; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted after initial acknowledgement. No phone calls, please. 

We look forward to meeting you!