Mechanical Engineering Manager - Advanced Medical Devices

TITLE Mechanical Engineering Manager - AMD

WORK LOCATION In-Office 5x/week in San Diego

BASE SALARY $175k - $200k

We are seeking a Mechanical Engineering Manager to lead the team developing Synchron's next-generation implantable medical device technology. This hands-on technical and people leadership role combines building a high-performing team with solving hard mechanical design, materials, packaging, and manufacturing problems at the intersection of miniaturized electronics, polymers, and medical devices. Your team will develop novel approaches to overmolding, encapsulation, mechanical packaging, and miniature mechanical systems, taking concepts from early prototypes through design verification and manufacturing readiness—work where mechanical engineering decisions directly enable new device capabilities. Technical Leadership and Development

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of mechanical engineers developing next-generation implantable device components and assemblies.

• Set technical direction, priorities, and development plans aligned with program objectives, and manage workload and resources across concurrent projects.

• Recruit, coach, and develop engineering talent, fostering a culture of technical rigor, creativity, accountability, and rapid experimental learning.

• Lead mechanical development from concept through verification and transfer to manufacturing, consistent with medical-device design controls and risk management.

• Drive innovative overmolding and encapsulation approaches for miniaturized electronic and electromechanical assemblies.

• Guide design of miniature mechanical systems, deployment mechanisms, and architectures integrating electronics, flexible components, and interconnects in highly constrained form factors.

• Oversee selection of polymers, elastomers, adhesives, and coatings for performance, manufacturability, biocompatibility, and long-term reliability.

• Stay hands-on in design reviews, analysis, prototyping, and testing—identifying failure modes and resolving high-risk technical challenges.

Cross-Functional Collaboration and Execution

• Serve as the mechanical engineering lead, partnering with electrical, microfabrication, systems, manufacturing, quality, and clinical teams.
• Work with program leadership on milestones, dependencies, and risks, and communicate progress, trade-offs, and resource needs to senior leadership.
• Lead technical engagement with external suppliers on specialized materials, tooling, molding, and fabrication processes.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical, Biomedical, or Materials Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Significant medical device development experience in a regulated environment, including leading or managing engineering teams.
• Experience designing overmolded, encapsulated, polymer-based, or highly integrated mechanical assemblies where packaging, materials, and manufacturing are tightly coupled.
• Strong grounding in mechanical design, material selection, tolerance analysis, prototyping, and design for manufacturing.
• Experimental mindset and ability to navigate ambiguity, make sound trade-offs, and guide teams through rapid iteration.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize competing demands across multidisciplinary teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience developing, or leading teams developing, implantable or highly miniaturized medical devices.
• Experience with implantable-grade polymers, elastomers, adhesives, coatings, or encapsulation systems.
• Knowledge of micro-mechanical systems, catheters, leads, accelerated aging, hermeticity, or long-term material reliability.
• Experience with molding, precision assembly, laser processing, or bonding, or scaling engineering teams in an early-stage environment.