Becton, Dickinson and Company

Associate Director, R&D - Technical Lead

Becton, Dickinson and Company • $169K — $280K *
San Diego, CA 92154In-Person
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
More than 3 months ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Science or Engineering; Master's or PhD preferred.
  • 10+ years in R&D technical roles; 4+ years in a leadership position.
  • Expertise in device engineering including system integration and testing.
  • Strong track record in managing complex projects in regulated environments.
  • Experience in developing regulated products (FDA, Automotive, Industrial).
  • Leadership experience with cross-disciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead all technical aspects of medical device platforms throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Provide technical direction and foster team alignment; address engineering challenges.
  • Establish and uphold best practices and standards for R&D processes.
  • Create and manage project plans that align technical deliverables with business goals.
  • Encourage innovative problem-solving to speed up product development.
  • Oversee the full product lifecycle from concept to post-market support.
  • Lead technical risk management initiatives to ensure project success.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Supportive team environment that values collaboration and creativity.
  • Recognition programs and performance-based rewards.
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary

Job Description

The Infusion R&D Technical Lead provides end-to-end technical leadership and is accountable for the overall technical health, performance, and readiness of the infusion platform. This leader drives the technical de-risking, system integration, and disciplined execution required to deliver safe, reliable, and compliant platform releases. They lead the early identification and rigorous mitigation of high-impact risks across hardware, software, systems engineering, and cybersecurity-ensuring issues are surfaced early, resolved with engineering discipline, and retired with clear, objective evidence. As the technical authority for the platform, this role sets direction, guides engineering teams through complex decisions, and ensures the platform advances with well-characterized risks and predictable technical outcomes.

Duties & Responsibilities
  • Serve as the technical leader for complex medical device platforms and major sub-projects, owning significant portions of the product development lifecycle.
  • Provide strong technical leadership and direction to R&D teams, fostering alignment across disciplines and demonstrating the ability to deep-dive into detailed engineering challenges when needed.
  • Champion, establish, and maintain best-in-class R&D methodologies, tools, processes, and standards, ensuring rigor, consistency, and compliance across the platform's engineering activities.
  • Develop and lead robust project plans and integrated timelines, ensuring technical deliverables are tied to business priorities, resourced appropriately, and clearly traced to individual engineering responsibilities.
  • Drive rapid and innovative problem solving to accelerate product development.
  • Lead and execute the full product development lifecycle, demonstrating hands-on experience driving products from concept through design, integration, verification, validation, regulatory submission support, design transfer, launch, and post-market sustaining.
  • Operate effectively within an environment supporting both organic and inorganic innovation opportunities.
  • Partner with Functional Leaders to allocate engineering resources across disciplines, ensuring the right talent is in place to achieve platform goals.
  • Mentor, develop, and performance-manage engineering talent assigned to the platform.
  • Manage the annual platform budget and ensure alignment of resources and execution with business strategy.
  • Partner with cross-functional engineering and organizational leaders to support proactive talent planning, optimize resource allocation throughout the year, and ensure continuity and capability across engineering functions.
  • Lead technical de-risking efforts, including identification, characterization, mitigation, and formal retirement of technical risks


Education & Experience
  • Bachelor of Science in Science or Engineering. Master's degree or PhD preferred.
  • At least 10 years of growing responsibility in R&D technical engineering roles (4 or more years of experience in leadership capacity) or a PhD in a relevant engineering discipline with 3-5 years of industry experience, with extensive, successful experience in product development and a clear understanding of quality management systems.
  • Broad technical background and clearly demonstrated expertise in device engineering: examples include device/system architecture, system integration and testing, and design transfer.
  • Demonstrated track record of technical leadership and delivering results
  • Management of complex projects in a Medical Device or other regulated environment preferred
  • Experience in developing Regulated products (FDA, Automotive, Industrial, etc.)
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams
  • Demonstrated leadership experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams


At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective problem-solving, which are essential in the fast-paced healthcare industry. For most roles, we require a minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week to maintain our culture of excellence and ensure smooth operations, while also recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. Remote or field-based positions will have different workplace arrangements which will be indicated in the job posting.

Primary Work Location
USA CA - San Diego Bldg A&B

Salary Range Information
$169,800.00 - $280,300.00 USD Annual

About Becton, Dickinson and Company

BD is a global technology company that provides diagnostics and technologies for frontliners. Through their solutions and services, they assist scientists in detecting diseases and advanced researchers' on developing diagnoses and therapeutics. BD was established in 1897 by Farleigh Dickinson and Maxwell Becton in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Size
75,000 employees
Market Cap
$72 billion
Industry
Healthcare
Net Income
$1.6 billion
Founded
1897
5 Year Trend
+9.3%
Revenue
$18.2 billion
NASDAQ
BDX
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