Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced RD Engineer to lead and support product development and cost-innovation initiatives for high-volume medical devices. The role will drive robust, compliant, and manufacturable design solutions through structured product development and change-control processes while partnering with cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

- Lead and support design and development activities for recent products, product improvements, and critical component changes.
- Develop cost-saving concepts using Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE), Lean Product Development, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), DMAIC, Design of Experiments, statistical analysis, and Design for Manufacturability.
- Translate customer, user, operational, regulatory, and business needs into verifiable product requirements and maintain design traceability.
- Apply engineering first principles, analytical, computational, and experimental methods to evaluate design options, trade-offs, performance, reliability, and risk.
- Develop and execute verification strategies, test methods, measurement system analyses, and data analyses; prepare clear technical reports and engineering justifications.
- Author and review design-control and change-control documentation in accordance with applicable quality, regulatory, and safety requirements.
- Build integrated project plans, manage RD deliverables, monitor progress, and ensure timely execution of project commitments.
- Collaborate with Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing Technology, Operations, and other stakeholders to support effective design integration and transfer.
- Lead technical reviews,



assess relevant technologies, materials, intellectual property, products, and regulatory trends, and communicate recommendations.
- Mentor junior engineers and technicians, share technical knowledge, and foster an inclusive, innovative, and accountable work environment.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, Industrial, Production Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.

- 8-10 years of experience leading or supporting product development projects in the medical device, pharmaceutical, or a related regulated industry.

- Hands-on experience designing and developing high-volume products and implementing product changes through a structured, phase-gated development process.

- Strong knowledge of medical-device design controls, change control, risk management, quality systems, and applicable regulatory requirements.

- Experience with VAVE, Lean Engineering, Lean Product Development, DFX, DFSS/DMAIC, statistical methods, and systematic problem solving.

Core Skills

- Cross-functional project leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Decision-making
- Advanced technical problem solving
- Engineering judgment
- Minitab/statistical tools
- VAVE/Lean Engineering/Lean Product Development/DFSS/DMAIC
- Design controls and change control
- Risk management

Location: Bengaluru, India

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📌 Senior Design Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Becton Dickinson
📍 Bengaluru