The Role
The Sr R&D Engineer will design and develop innovative neurovascular products, conduct risk analyses, and ensure adherence to quality standards while leading various product development activities.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Title: Sr R&D Engineer
Location: This position is based in our Campbell, California offices. This position is on-site and 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
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Salary Range: $132,000 – 158,000/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.
The posted salary range reflects compensation for employees based in the local Bay Area market. For candidates hired outside of this geographic area, compensation may vary and be adjusted based on location, local market conditions, and other factors
Location: This position is based in our Campbell, California offices. This position is on-site and 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 from early-stage into formal design control programs
- Build neurovascular-endovascular catheter/controller prototypes using a variety of equipment
- Author component/assembly drawings, specification documents, test protocols and reports
- Perform design control activities for new product development including performing comprehensive design evaluation, contributing to risk analyses (Hazards/Harms, FMEAs etc.) and ensuring documentation is in accordance with Quality System requirements
- Perform Design Verification testing and participate in design validation activities
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.
- Previous experience in catheter design and design control procedures and requirements
- Statistical analysis Software (Minitab or similar) and CAD (Solidworks, ProE, similar).
- Demonstrated knowledge of and exposure to product testing and data collection
- Strong skill detailing project plans effectively with ability to complete projects independently or as part of a team
Join Us! Apply Today.
Salary Range: $132,000 – 158,000/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.
The posted salary range reflects compensation for employees based in the local Bay Area market. For candidates hired outside of this geographic area, compensation may vary and be adjusted based on location, local market conditions, and other factors
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline
- Minimum of 5 years related experience in the medical device industry
- Previous experience in catheter design and design control procedures
- Proficient in statistical analysis software and CAD software
- Strong skills in detailing project plans
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.
