Systems Engineering Team Lead – Implementation (Hybrid)

at  Kardium Inc

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TEAM LEAD – IMPEMENTATION (HYBRID)

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 minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.
Kardium has a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market: The Globe® Pulsed Field System. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story. Having completed our global pivotal study and seeking regulatory approvals prior to starting commercial sales, we are now preparing the company to grow rapidly in this exciting market.
In this role, you will be joining the Systems Engineering team reporting to the Systems Engineering Manager, and collaborate with colleagues in Engineering, Risk Management, Regulatory Affairs, and Testing.
Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.
Meaningful work you will be a part of
As a member of the Systems Engineering team, you will be responsible for managing the Systems - Implementation team whose primary responsibilities include requirements management for the Globe® Pulsed Field System.

SKILLS:

• Strong analytical skills and critical thinking.
• Interest or experience in technical team leadership; setting realistic and attainable goals, providing room for growth, and establishing a shared vision of team objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to balance business needs, regulatory requirements, and project timelines.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and conscientious.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with track-record of driving consensus with diverse stakeholders.
  Compensation
  Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range 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.

• $106,000 - $116,000 (CAD Annually)

Your Benefits & Well-being
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.
Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.
Career progression and learning support.
Professional membership support.
Life at Kardium
What makes us a great place to work?
Our Purpose Our People Our Culture
Patient first ​ Brilliant ​ Excellence
Innovation ​ Achievers​ Communication
Quality Trust ​ Decision making ​
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, 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

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical/science field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in managing cross-functional engineering work-packages.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO 13485 and FDA QSR in a regulated industry.
• Experience with requirements management, risk management, and verification & validation testing.
• Experience leading a technical team is an asset

• Leadership of the Systems – Implementation team, working closely with team members to develop and maintain requirements for the Globe PF System (mechanical, electrical, and software).
• Communication of project milestones and regulatory submission schedules to your team, ensuring appropriate prioritization of systems engineering work-packages.
• Working closely with technical, regulatory, and risk team leadership to ensure project schedules are met.
• Identifying and prioritizing improvements to Design & Development documentation infrastructure in collaboration with the Application Development team.
• Directing interdisciplinary working groups to drive product improvement, while managing your team based on their expertise and strengths as they lead various interdisciplinary projects.
  The Systems Engineering team is flexible and affords the opportunity to work in other interest areas such as technical development, human factors/usability, investigatory testing, and product labeling.
  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 bring to the team these characteristics, plus:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical/science field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in managing cross-functional engineering work-packages.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO 13485 and FDA QSR in a regulated industry.
• Experience with requirements management, risk management, and verification & validation testing.
• Experience leading a technical team is an asset.