The Role
The R&D Engineer II will design and develop neuro-interventional medical devices, participate in problem solving, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Title: Sr R&D Engineer
Location: This position is based in our Campbell, California offices. This position is full time.
Why Imperative Care?
Do you want to make a real impact on patients? Imperative Care is changing the way stroke is treated. As part of our team, you’d be developing breakthroughs that will revolutionize the future of stroke care. Every day, the technologies that we develop at Imperative Care directly impact human lives. Our focus is on the needs of the patient, and they come first in everything we do.
What You’ll Do
As a senior professional, this position will use solid knowledge and experience to design, develop and launch innovative endovascular/neurovascular products through conceptualization, design development, verification/validation, and manufacturability assessments. This role will deliver ideation and prototyping, establishing requirements/specifications and verification of performance inputs and outputs.
What You’ll Bring
Employee Benefits include a stake in our collective success with stock options, bonus, competitive salaries, a 401k plan, health benefits, generous PTO, and a parental leave program.
Join Us! Apply Today.
Salary Range: $132,000 - 150,000/annually
Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Imperative Care considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal equity, as well as location, market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Location: This position is based in our Campbell, California offices. This position is full time.
Why Imperative Care?
Do you want to make a real impact on patients? Imperative Care is changing the way stroke is treated. As part of our team, you’d be developing breakthroughs that will revolutionize the future of stroke care. Every day, the technologies that we develop at Imperative Care directly impact human lives. Our focus is on the needs of the patient, and they come first in everything we do.
What You’ll Do
As a senior professional, this position will use solid knowledge and experience to design, develop and launch innovative endovascular/neurovascular products through conceptualization, design development, verification/validation, and manufacturability assessments. This role will deliver ideation and prototyping, establishing requirements/specifications and verification of performance inputs and outputs.
- Serve as technical team member or lead in project transfers from early-stage teams into formal design control programs, executing projects based on value improvement, line extensions, and compliance on commercialized products.
- Respond to technical field inquiries and perform root-cause investigations on product failures.
- Create, modify, and qualify test methods per FDA and regulatory requirements.
- Establish and/or tune detailed requirements including product specifications and appropriate test methods through activities such as competitive testing, literature review and KOL engagement.
- Author robust component/assembly drawings, specification documents, test protocols and reports.
- Ensure technical activities are properly documented; participate in and contribute to technical discussion sessions to generate new intellectual property.
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related discipline and a minimum of 5 years of related experience in the medical device or related regulated industry; or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Experience in endovascular or neurovascular techniques and devices preferred.
- Statistical Analysis Software (Minitab or similar) and CAD (Solidworks, ProE, similar).
- Skilled knowledge of machine shop equipment (mill, lathe, drill press, etc.) operation including operation of 3D printing equipment is preferred.
- Developing knowledge of product design from concept to regulatory marketing approval.
- Ability to complete projects individually as well as part of a team, exercising judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
- Ability to apply learned techniques to analysis/investigation to solve challenges using problem-solving tools and methodologies.
- Previous experience working with regulated quality systems such as GMPs, ISO 9001, and the MDD.
- Familiar with Design Control procedures and requirements.
Employee Benefits include a stake in our collective success with stock options, bonus, competitive salaries, a 401k plan, health benefits, generous PTO, and a parental leave program.
Join Us! Apply Today.
Salary Range: $132,000 - 150,000/annually
Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Imperative Care considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal equity, as well as location, market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline
- Minimum 1 year of related experience
- Experience in endovascular or neurovascular techniques and devices preferred
- Statistical Analysis Software (Minitab or similar)
- CAD (Solidworks, ProE, or similar)
- Knowledge of machine shop equipment operation
- Familiar with Design Control procedures and requirements
- Experience with regulated quality systems (GMPs, ISO 9001)
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Imperative Care Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Imperative Care and has not been reviewed or approved by Imperative Care.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Posted salary bands for multiple roles are explicit and compare favorably to U.S. norms in several functions. Publicly listed ranges help anchor expectations and indicate a market‑competitive stance.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock options are consistently included as part of offers and total rewards. Equity is positioned as a meaningful component alongside base pay and, in some roles, bonus.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Company materials highlight generous PTO and a parental leave program as standard benefits. Multiple postings reiterate these time‑off elements across roles.
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The Company
What We Do
Imperative Care is a Silicon Valley-based medical technology company focused on developing the next generation of innovative solutions to address the vast and urgent needs in stroke intervention and peripheral thrombectomy. With a physician-driven approach and a culture of rapid innovation, we are working to improve every aspect of the stroke procedure with the goal of bringing patients the best care possible. We have two 510(k) cleared product platforms, as well as an expansive technology development pipeline. Follow us for updates as we work to change the way stroke is treated. For important safety and risk information, visit bit.ly/3yWkfEJ.
