Clinical Development Engineer

Your opportunity
By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.
Kardium's mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe Pulsed Field System – a revolutionary solution designed by our world-class technical team. The Globe System offers strong, unique, and customer-valued advantages over other treatments on the market, and leading physicians are already using it and helping to share our story.
We have obtained FDA approval and officially begun the commercial launch of the Globe Pulsed Field System. This is a pivotal and exciting time in our journey, as we bring this life-changing technology to patients
Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.
 
Meaningful work you will be a part of
As a Clinical Development Engineer, you will use your clinical and technical expertise to define, develop, and validate new products and features. You will work with engineers, physicians, product managers, and other stakeholders to identify user needs, develop new procedures and workflows, participate in design reviews, validate safety and efficacy in preclinical and clinical studies, and document continuous improvement feedback. Your responsibilities will include:

Collaborate with physicians and other users, using a data-driven approach to identify user needs
Design, develop, and execute benchtop experiments to assess prototypes or complete clinical investigations
Conduct pre-clinical testing to validate new products and features
Provide field support as a mapper and hardware expert at early-stage pilot and pivotal clinical studies
Provide user input on design of training and simulation tools
Document continuous improvement feedback and determine the scope and direction of resulting investigations
Provide input to Product Management, Systems, Mapping, and Product Design teams on areas for improvement and new feature development.
Advise other teams at Kardium on best-practice clinical usage of the Globe system.

What you bring to the team
Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people's lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.
You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, life science, or similar.
3+ years of experience in product development within the medical device industry.
Strong mechanical aptitude and understanding of electrophysiology, cardiac physiology, or human anatomy.
Experience in a hospital setting is an asset.
Demonstrated ability to succinctly explain complicated technical concepts.
Effective communication skills across interdisciplinary teams (verbal, written, presentation).
Self-starter needing minimal supervision.
Composed and able to react quickly under pressure.
Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time, domestic and internationally.

Compensation
Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.
As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium's stock option plan.

$78,000 - $106,000 (CAD Annually)

Your Benefits & Well-being
Total cash – the total cash we've listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.
Comprehensive medical & dental coverage – for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.
Work-day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.
Support – for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.
Career progression and learning support.
Professional membership support.
 Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.
 
Life at Kardium
What makes us a great place to work?

Our Purpose
Our People
Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we're committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.
We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.
As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.
And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more

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