Principal Design Assurance Engineer

About MicroTransponder

MicroTransponder, Inc. is dedicated to transforming the lives of stroke survivors through its innovative neurostimulation technology. The company's flagship product, the FDA-approved Vivistim® Paired VNS™ System, enhances stroke rehabilitation by pairing vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) with physical and occupational therapy. This approach leverages the brain's neuroplasticity to improve upper limb function, offering new hope to those with chronic arm and hand impairments following an ischemic stroke.

By integrating this therapy into rehabilitation programs, MicroTransponder aims to help stroke survivors regain independence in daily activities and enhance their quality of life. The company's commitment to advancing stroke recovery is evident in its ongoing research and collaboration with healthcare providers to make this therapy accessible to more patients.

About the role

The Principal Design Assurance Engineer supports product design and development activities and ensures the effective transfer of new products into manufacturing. This role partners closely with Regulatory, Operations, and Engineering teams to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and company standards.

The position is responsible for lifecycle management of assigned products, including maintenance of Design History Files (DHF) and Design Risk Management documentation.

This role applies hands-on electrical engineering expertise to support the design, analysis, verification, and sustaining of medical devices, including analog and digital circuits, power management, embedded systems, and electromechanical interfaces. The engineer interprets and evaluates electrical schematics, PCB layouts, component selection, and design tradeoffs to ensure alignment with design inputs, risk controls, and regulatory requirements.

The role serves as a technical bridge between Design Engineering and Quality by providing informed review and challenge of electrical design decisions.

In addition, this position supports nonconformance, CAPA, and complaint investigations and acts as a subject matter expert in hardware and electrical design controls, product and system risk management, robust design practices, test method development and validation, and technical investigations.

What you'll do

• Provide Design Assurance leadership throughout the design and development of new hardware and electrical medical device products
• Support post-market sustaining activities including failure analysis, design change development and implementation, supplier performance evaluation, certifications, complaint investigations, and nonconformance disposition
• Lead root cause investigations, corrective action development, and verification of effectiveness
• Lead and support compliant development, verification, validation, and transfer of new products and processes into manufacturing
• Serve as a subject matter expert in hardware and electrical design controls, risk management, verification & validation, and DHF maintenance
• Support new process development, test method development and validation, process characterization, and technical investigations
• Lead and participate in design verification and validation activities with clear documentation
• Ensure hardware and electrical designs meet regulatory and company standards for quality, safety, performance, and reliability
• Apply sound engineering methodologies to resolve technical issues and drive improvements
• Collaborate with Product Development, Sustaining Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, and Operations teams
• Participate in design reviews and phase-gate reviews
• Contribute to project planning, cost estimates, schedules, and performance requirements
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations
• Provide leadership and mentoring to engineers and project team members
• Support audits and regulatory inspections
• Provide backup support for other QA functions
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Biomedical, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline with 10+ years of progressive experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience applying hardware and electrical design controls in regulated industries
• Quality en