Development Lead - Consumables

Position Summary

We empower our users by creating point-of-need tools designed to support critical applications in the Life Sciences and Field Forensics markets. As part of the Research & Development team, the Consumables Development Lead will shepherd consumables projects through the New Product Introduction (NPI) process in support of all 908 Devices' product lines. The primary activities of this role include defining requirements for new development projects and managing efforts to ensure deliverables are met throughout. In addition to NPI development the Consumables Development Lead will be responsible for sustaining engineering of existing consumables products including cost reduction and driving quality improvements. The position will include working in close collaboration with team members across the organization including research scientists and development engineers, product managers, manufacturing and operations managers, and quality engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• You will own all consumables development efforts across the organization, ranging from complex Life Sciences reagent kits to simple Field Forensics sample collection swabs, and everything in between.
• You will plan new development projects by assessing scope of work including resource demands, budgets, and timelines to ensure alignment with the company's strategic plan.
• You will work with product management to define product-level requirements, create and maintain associated documentation, and conduct design and phase-gate reviews throughout the NPI process.
• You will lead the efforts of a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers in coordination with the product management team to take products from conception through development and on to the transfer to manufacturing.
• You will work closely with the NPI and manufacturing teams to ensure that the consumables are designed for manufacturing and processes are in place to reproducibly create high quality products that meet our customers' needs.
• You will coordinate the collection and analysis of reliability and quality management data to continually drive product quality improvements throughout the life of the product.
• You should be willing to travel up to 25% between North Carolina and Boston to work closely with the development, NPI, and production teams in both locations.

Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in consumables development, particularly for high purity chemical reagent applications is highly desirable.
• Excellent judgement and the ability to anticipate and mitigate risk is critical to keep complex projects moving on schedule.
• Experience planning, leading, and reporting on project status to teams both up and across the organization is desired.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for dissemination of information and documenting progress are expected.
• The ability to lead and inspire teams of your peers with context not authority is key to success in this role.
• Previous experience in mass spectrometry, chromatography, and biological sample preparation for molecules such as metabolites, proteins, or pharmaceuticals is a plus.
• Experience with regulatory and compliance documentation including SDS and DOT and IATA shipping requirements is desired.
• A working knowledge of project management and project requirements documentation software applications is desired.

Education & Experience

• Education in a relevant Life Sciences or Field Forensics field such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Chemical Engineering is preferred.
• BS required.MS, PhD, or equivalent experience desired.