Product Development Team Lead

We’ 3 $500k per year.
Lead the creation, planning, and reporting of project scope, timelines, financial management, and performance.
Lead client meetings and all client communications including non‑technical aspects such as billing, expenses, etc.
Lead projects through at least 2 of 3 Product Strategy, Product Development, and Product Manufacturing domains.
Actively plan & consider how their project resourcing needs impact Inertia & the Inertia team, by seeking out additional (internal or external) resources when required and/or communicating when resources need to redeploy to other projects.
Work closely with the Managers, Directors, or VPs in the creation of new project work orders, resources plans, pricing, and presentation to client.
Manage the trade‑offs and relationships between technical, project, and human aspects of projects.
Lead and manage your primary engineering discipline, with some ability in others.
Have and deploy a broad spectrum of knowledge to leverage many different types of resources, understand the dependencies/interactions between the mand and know when to ask for help.
Manage direct report performance and coach team members to help achieve Inertia’s and their own goals.
Coach team members in a supportive, challenging, and inspiring team environment.
Actively participate and engage with external partners, industry groups, and organizations.
Develop and encourage strong peer relationships across disciplines, teams, and geographies.
Use and promote Inertia’s Quality Management System to guide daily work.
Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
Actively support and promote workplace health, safety, and wellness.
Perform other relevant duties as may be assigned.
Who we are looking for
You have:
A university degree in a relevant engineering discipline (i.e., Biomedical/Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics) or equivalent combination of advanced education and experience.
6+ years’ progressive experience designing and engineering complex physical products—medical device development is an asset.
Experience in medical, life science, and diagnostic devices.
Experience in working with an ISO09001 or ISO13485 quality management environment.
Experience with the methods and documentation practices required by the FDA and other regulatory agencies for the development of medical devices.
Success managing multi‑disciplinary engineering teams and projects, ideally new product development projects, from initial concept all the way to product manufacture and customer delivery.
Ability to successfully apply understanding of mechanical and/or electrical engineering fundamentals to the realities of new product development.
Experience creating and maintaining product requirements throughout the design cycle.
The mindset and methods to ensure an end‑user/stakeholder centric perspective in your product development.
Competence planning and managing work in an agile project management environment using project management tools like JIRA.
Highly competent with computer‑aided mechanical and/or electronic design and engineering tools (e.g., Solid Works/Onshape, Altium, etc.).
Skilled at executing and/or directing complex engineering calculations, modeling and simulation methods and software.
Familiarity with and experience designing for a wide range of manufacturing methods.
Proven ability to work directly and successfully with external customers and suppliers.
Exceptional written, visual, and verbal communication and facilitation skills that have helped you effectively engage, collaborate with, and educate stakeholders at various levels.
Ability and desire to maintain impeccable documentation— you are detail oriented.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
An energetic and can‑do attitude with ability to set realistic and attainable goals.
Work that garners praise from peers and customers and the tangible results to prove it.
A passion and perseverance for all aspects of product design, engineering, and prototyping.
You are someone who
Is as comfortable in a customer‑facing role as they are doing the technical work.
Loves learning, sharing knowledge, and helping others grow too.
Listens intently and reacts with careful confidence and humility.
Likes to gather facts. You use them to help evaluate ideas and make balanced decisions.
Is great at communicating ideas – visually, verbally, and in writing.
Is the first to take on responsibility, the last to take credit (everyone gives it to you anyway).
Has a proven ability to develop constructive relationships with all internal and external partners.
Can work collaboratively, effectively, and efficiently without ego getting in the way.
Can tactfully and effectively address concerns or conflicts openly with the team and clients.
Has the persistence and resourcefulness to overcome project obstacles an