Sr. Design Quality Engineer

About The Role

The Senior Design Quality Engineer supports product development from concept through commercialization and will serve as the core team member for the cross-functional product development team. The Senior Design Quality Engineer will provide subject matter expertise and guidance to the team on design control and risk management from early development through design transfer, Design for Reliability and Manufacturing, product Development Life Cycle, and Process Validation. In addition, this position will play a working role to ensure that the developed products meet quality standards consistent with Hinge Health's quality processes, while meeting all external design control and regulatory requirements. The role requires solving complex problems with minimal oversight and the ability to articulate complex information to teams, including executive management

What You’ll Accomplish

• Design Control and Risk Management Stewardship: Planning and execution of design controls, risk management, and design verification/validation for new products

• Advocate product design history file and ensure compliance to internal processes and external standards and regulations.

• Understand user needs and assure they are translated to the design, while ensuring compliance to usability and human factors standards and regulations.

• Partner with engineering to define design inputs, design outputs, and traceability matrices.

• Contribute to the strategy and execution of risk-based design verification and validation.

• Accountable for overall risk management file: participate and support the development of product risk management file, to analyze and assess the product risks associated with user, design, process and supplier.

• Review and provide feedback on design architectures, selections, requirements, and drawings from early design

• Collaborate with manufacturing, purchasing, test engineering, and supplier engineering to facilitate transfer of scalable designs into production.

• Contribute to new product development Technical Reviews and Design Reviews.

• Support Regulatory Affairs with creating submissions and responding to submission questions.

• Perform and/or support audits (internal, external, and by regulatory agencies)

• Coach, mentor, teach, and influence the engineering staff in best quality practices, data analysis, protocol development, and design for quality and reliability methods

Hinge Health Hybrid Model
We believe that remote work and in-person work have their own advantages and disadvantages, and we want to be able to leverage the best of both worlds. Employees in hybrid roles are required to be in the office 3 days per week, for the full 8 hours of a typical business day. The San Francisco office has a dog-friendly workplace program.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical or system engineering, math, or physics Advanced degree preferred

• 4+ years of working experience in Quality Engineering or related field and minimum 3 years in medical device design environment

• 2+ years of working experience in design control and risk management from early design and development through commercialization

• Experience with electromechanical systems

• Experience with medical standards compliance including ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, IEC 62304, and 21 CFR 820 with a focus on design controls and risk management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SaMD and SiMD 

• Able to navigate the quality system with minimal oversight on individual projects

• Balanced risk decision making to drive product quality, gain consensus, and work through technical challenges

Compensation

This position will have an annual salary, plus equity and benefits. Please note the annual salary range is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. The annual salary range for this position is $120,000 - $180,000.

About Hinge Health

Hinge Health leverages software, including AI, to largely automate care for joint and muscle health, delivering an outstanding member experience, improved member outcomes, and cost reductions for its clients. The company has designed its platform to address a broad spectrum of MSK care—from acute injury, to chronic pain, to post-surgical rehabilitation—and the platform can help to ease members’ pain, improve their function, and reduce their need for surgeries, all while driving health equity by allowing members to engage in their exercise therapy sessions from anywhere. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

What You'll Love About Us

• Inclusive healthcare and benefits: On top of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, we offer employees and their family members help with gender-affirming care, tools for family and fertility planning, and travel reimbursements if healthcare isn’t available where you live.

• Planning for the future: Start saving for the future with our traditional or Roth 401k retirement plan options which include a 2% company match.

• Modern life stipends: Manage your own learning and development

Diversity and Inclusion

Hinge Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We make employment decisions without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. We provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you feel you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, let us know by reaching out to your recruiter.

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