Staff Medical Device Engineer - Advanced Research & Test Engineering

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

As a member of the Advanced Research & Technology (ART) Team you will support the evaluation of new technologies through testing, modeling, analysis, prototyping, and experimentation. Working as a member of a technology team, this engineer will collaborate and communicate with other engineers and scientists on the team as well as interface with technical personnel from other departments and vendors. This position offers a unique opportunity to have significant impact towards defining Dexcom’s development roadmap and influencing the lives of millions of people within a small team of engineers.

Where you come in:

• Design, setup, plan, and perform electrical, mechanical, or related experiments in the lab

• Design, fabricate, document, and troubleshoot new test fixtures and equipment

• Improve and/or optimize existing test equipment, fixtures, and methods

• Support development of new or improved test methods simulating actual product use conditions

• Generate and execute test protocols leveraging statistical best practices, documenting the results

• Analyze experimental data to build statistically sound models and develop conclusions

• Provide design recommendations while also acknowledging potential tradeoffs of solutions

• Build and evaluate prototypes 

What makes you successful:

• Comfortable working hands-on in a fast-paced environment

• Comfortable managing several parallel activities

• High Proficiency with engineering software tools for CAD (SolidWorks required)

• High Proficiency with statistical analysis (DOE, Gauge R&R, ANOVA, Power and Sample Size)

• Ability to deal with ambiguity/uncertainty and a willingness to try new/challenging things

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills

• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills

• Familiarity with DMAIC problem solving techniques

• Familiarity with FEA tools (Abaqus preferred)

• Familiarity with JMP or Minitab (JMP preferred)

• Familiarity with programming (LabView preferred)

• Familiarity with image processing techniques

• Familiarity with control systems (actuators, pneumatics, sensors, etc.)

• Familiarity operating equipment within a machine shop (Mill, Lathe, etc.)

• Experience working within a regulated medical device environment

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Products

• Basic skills or knowledge related to product, process, equipment, and fixture design, development and improvement

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.

• A full and comprehensive benefits program.

• Growth opportunities on a global scale.

• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.

• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

Experience and Education:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, and