Please note this is an "onsite" role, and the successful candidate will be expected to work from our corporate Irvine, CA campus.

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life.  Our Supplier Development teams help shape the development of groundbreaking technologies to ensure each stage of our innovation process is held to the highest standards of integrity and safety. You’ll bring your passion for problem-solving and partner with various teams to influence decision-making for a product’s entire lifecycle. Your work will involve optimizing product development to impact patients around the world with pioneering technology.

The Sr. Manager, Supplier Development Engineering role resides within the Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies (TMTT) Business Unit and spans the full product lifecycle—from early development through commercialization. The role focuses on developing manufacturing technologies, ensuring design for manufacturability (DFM), and driving supplier readiness. This includes assessing and developing supplier capabilities, leading validation activities, supporting initial builds, and managing the integration of new products into sustaining manufacturing. The role also involves managing component development activities in alignment with design, regulatory, and clinical requirements, and ensuring successful design transfers to sustaining manufacturing.

How you will make an impact:

• Manage and/or oversee the work of assigned team within own function and/or cross functional project teams and may have some budgetary responsibilities. Develop a robust talent development plan in alignment with functional growth strategies of the department.
• Manage project activities with the accountability for successful completion of all deliverables to the business and develop project plans and schedule, scope and objectives. Identify risk, develop mitigation strategies, alternative solutions, resolve issues, action item follow up, etc. in collaboration with cross functional groups.
• Lead cross-functional and/or departmental groups to develop and provide design recommendations that integrate into component(s) or product(s) with moderate complexity
• Champion Design for Manufacturability (DFM) principles by applying tools, analysis, and cross-functional reviews to ensure robust, scalable designs.
• Assess and develop supplier capabilities to meet design and quality requirements; collaborate closely with suppliers to resolve technical challenges and align on specifications.
• Lead supplier qualification requirements for OEMs, contract manufacturers, and custom material providers, including validation activities and test method development.
• Support early-phase builds and ensure smooth transitions into full-scale manufacturing.
• Drive integration of new products into manufacturing operations, including design transfer, process readiness, and production ramp-up.
• Support IQ/OQ/PQ activities both internally and at supplier sites, ensuring documentation meets quality system requirements (e.g., Design Reviews, Drawings, FMEAs, BOMs, Routers).
• Coordinate tooling and process capability studies as required.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

What you'll need (Required):

• Bachelor's degree with at least six (6) years of related experience in engineering; OR Master’s degree with five (5) years of related experience  
• Demonstrated track record in management of technical and/or engineering disciplines
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry
• Ability to travel up to 20% (domestic and international)

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Engineering degree
• Experience with supplier development activities (e.g. supplier assessment, process development, production and early phase development, and implementing corrective actions to enhance supplier performance)
• Proven successful project management leadership skills
• Experience with injection molding, catheter design, and manufacturability using plastics and metal alloys
• In-depth understanding of related aspects of engineering processes and/or systems
• Proficiency in statistical tools (e.g., SPC, Six Sigma, DMAIC)
• Proven expertise in both Microsoft Office Suite and related systems
• Ability to develop and integrate metrics into the projects and operations that clearly demonstrate the value of engineering to the business
• Demonstrated ability to manage assigned team and provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including hire/fire authority and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee relations

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $136,000 to $192,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.