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Staff R&D Engineer, Sustaining

Imperative Care
Imperative Care Salary
Campbell, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/31/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/29/2026
Job Title: Staff R&D Engineer, Sustaining

Location: This position is based in our Campbell, California offices. This position is onsite & full time with some travel.

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 an advanced professional, this position will lead and support the design and on-going life cycle management of endovascular products through design development, verification/validation, and manufacturability assessments. This position uses advance expertise and deep technical knowledge to design innovative new products and solutions that advance product development initiatives. This role determines best course of action to solve complex situations and serves as the R&D lead on cross-functional project teams, mentoring other junior R&D engineers to contribute to their development.

  • Drive innovation and ensure products achieve best-in-class performance while promoting manufacturability and meeting cost targets
  • Use advanced expertise to work directly with customer representatives, marketing, physicians, pre-clinical engineering, and regulatory affairs to understand user interactions, identify product opportunities, and develop comprehensive product requirements
  • Research and advise on new vendors, materials, and/or processes.
  • Play a key technical role in a project team, evaluating assigning appropriate R&D engineering resources to meet project milestones
  • Lead cross-functional project team to ensure products are designed, developed, and manufactured in compliance with customer needs, company quality systems, budget, schedule and regulatory requirements of the countries into which the products will be marketed

What You’ll Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related discipline and a minimum of 8 years of related experience developing flexible medical device instruments; or equivalent combination of education and work experience in related regulated industry.
  • Statistical analysis Software (Minitab or similar) and CAD (Solidworks, ProE, similar).
  • High level of expertise with Product Lifecycle Management from proof of concept through manufacturing transfer including documentation control systems and design.
  • Experience leading a technical cross-functional team through all phases of product development. Strong understanding of braiding, laminating, coiling, and laser cutting design and process constraints.
  • Ability to be self-directed with minimal direction and supervision and take initiative to discern from multiple priorities when guiding a technical project team toward efficient solutions and opportunities; ability to multi-task efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

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.

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Salary Range: $160,000 - 185,000 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

The use of external recruiters/staffing agencies requires prior approval from our Human Resources Department. The Human Resources Department at Imperative Care requests that external recruiters/staffing agencies not to contact Imperative Care employees directly in an attempt to present candidates. Complying with this request will be a factor in determining future professional relationships with Imperative Care.

Imperative Care will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates themselves for either current or future positions. Submission of unsolicited resumes in advance of an agreement between the Human Resources Department and the external recruiter/staffing agency does not create any implied obligation on the part of Imperative Care.

Salary : $160,000 - $185,000

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