Job Description Summary

Job Description

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Job Summary:

The Sr. Director of Engineering provides engineering leadership, functional management, and coordination of all activities surrounding the development of BD Biosciences flow cytometry instrumentation platform (cell sorters and analyzers). The cross-functional organization under the purview of this leader is comprised of a large team, spanning the engineering disciplines of hardware (mechanical, fluidics, optics), firmware and embedded software, electrical, and systems engineering. This person will guide the team through technology development, product development, manufacturing transfer, and sustaining post-launch activities, that are associated with the worldwide launch and sustainment of BD Biosciences’ flow instrumentations. Furthermore, this leader will ensure that (1) world-class technical standards are maintained across all functions within the team, and (2) technical decisions made within the development effort are aligned with long-term priorities of the business and (3) the resulting product platform both meets customer needs and exceeds their expectations for both performance and quality.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) of complex biomedical instrumentation (ideally flow cytometry) in the life sciences space. Candidates with comparable experience in adjacent spaces will also be considered. This role reports directly to the Worldwide Vice President of R&D, participates as a member of the BDB R&D Leadership Team, and will have an R&D function of more than 60 associates worldwide. The candidate will need to work effectively with business partners, including leaders of the Portfolio Management Office, the commercial and platform business functions, and the BD Biosciences R&D Leadership and Worldwide Leadership Team.

Job Responsibilities: (Primary Duties, Roles, and/or Authorities)

• Sets the vision for a word class life sciences Engineering team and formulates strategic and tactical plans / roadmaps to implement this vision over a well-defined product development period.

• Works closely with program managers and engineering team members to ensure proper resourcing and expertise is provided to each product development team.

• Actively works to attract, recruit, retain and develop top talent to build a best-in-class capability.

• As a member of the R&D Leadership team, Sr. Director of Engineering collaborates with other leaders to drive the overall strategic objectives of R&D and broader business.

• Frequently interacts with other senior functional leaders, including Software, Marketing, Program Management, Design Assurance Engineering (Reliability and V&V), Operations, Quality, Business Platforms, Medical, and Regulatory to ensure that the systems under development meet overall business needs.

• Manages within budgetary boundaries defined by the fiscal year budget and quarterly forecasts.

• Works on complex problems where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.

• Introduce and institutionalize valuable engineering and lean practices into BD Biosciences.

• Models best in class Engineering functional excellence.

• Responsible for the stewardship of best practice Engineering processes and methodologies, ensuring consistent application across all programs and the continuous improvement of the processes including Design Technical Management & Reviews, Analytical Modeling, System Defect Tracking, Integration & Test, Characterization

• Establish departmental tasks and priorities necessary to meet program objectives, including monitoring cost/schedule/staffing/performance to plan.

• Participates in Design and Technical Reviews to ensure customers’ needs are satisfied and designs are consistent with systems-level requirement.

Education and Experience:

• Minimum of a BS, M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science, Hardware Engineering, S