Staff Engineer / Staff Designer, Innovation
On-site · Durham, North Carolina, United States or Covington, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Staff-level Innovation leader within BD’s Urology & Critical Care (UCC) organization, focused on transforming validated needs into differentiated, testable, and scalable concepts ready for development investment. Lead concept development, prototyping, and learning cycles balancing clinical performance, business viability, and consumer usability; collaborate with engineering, industrial design, human factors, and clinical stakeholders to assess technical readiness and identify gaps; drive concept down-selection using criteria such as user desirability, technical feasibility, regulatory risk, and business attractiveness; mentor teams and contribute to best practices for concept development across global markets. Must excel at cross-functional leadership, communicating concept rationale and trade-offs to senior leadership, and advancing opportunities from ideation through validation toward development-ready concepts.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Design, Human Factors, or related field
- Minimum of 7+ years experience in medical device development, healthcare innovation, or consumer product development
- Demonstrated experience progressing concepts from early ideation through validation and down-selection
- Hands-on experience with prototyping, user testing, and formative evaluation
- Experience applying structured innovation methods (e.g., Biodesign, Design Thinking, Jobs to be Done, DFSS)
- Experience designing or developing products intended for home care, self-use, or consumer health environments
- Travel: Yes, 10% domestic and international
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