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Continuous Improvement Engineering Lead at Sword Health

unlimited holidays - work from home - fully flexible
Remote: 
Full Remote
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Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

A technical degree in hardware, software, or industrial engineering., 7+ years in a quality engineering role, with management experience., Previous work with medical devices having knowledge of regulatory requirements..

Key responsabilities:

  • Lead Quality test and manufacturing engineers for product improvement.
  • Identify cost-saving opportunities and implement necessary engineering changes.
  • Develop validation test plans, investigate complaints, oversee product lifecycle.
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Sword Health Health, Sport, Wellness & Fitness SME https://swordhealth.com/
201 - 500 Employees
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Job description

Who We Are
 
Each year, 2 billion people across the world are limited by physical pain. By helping people live without pain, they are free to do the things they love most with the people they love—and never miss a moment. This is what we do. We create and design new technologies to solve one of the biggest problems in healthcare: taking care of our Physical Health. Sword Health is the world’s fastest growing digital musculoskeletal (MSK) care provider on a bold mission to free two billion people from acute, chronic, and post-surgical physical pain . Our customers include some of the most progressive Fortune 100 and 500 companies, as well as over 160+ other established businesses across the world.       
 
The Sword program allows members to complete a personalized physical therapy program from the comfort of home, with continued support and supervision from one of our talented Sword specialists. Sword’s personalized care is more effective than traditional standards of care, and has proven to deliver best-in-class clinical results. Since breaking into the market less than two years ago, Sword has worked with insurers, health systems, and employers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia to make high quality musculoskeletal care accessible to everyone. 
 
This is an opportunity to join Sword during a time of hyper growth and expansion. After our recent $2bn valuation, we’re excited to continue accelerating our impact by scaling with high caliber people with passion, commitment and energy to create and deliver technologies, services and products that drive human progress forward.   
 
We welcome you to join our mission, to make a difference on a grand scale and play a pivotal role with a global team at Sword– working alongside great people pioneering novel products and cutting edge technologies.  

You will join our dynamic and highly skilled Systems team where you’ll play a pivotal role in the development of medical devices. You'll be at the intersection of hardware engineering, manufacturing, software, quality, and regulatory affairs teams, playing an instrumental role in bringing groundbreaking products from concept to reality, all while enjoying a vibrant and collaborative work environment.
We’re looking for someone with experience developing and supporting electronic devices throughout the product lifecycle. You’re experienced working on all product stages from research and development to design and manufacture. 
You and your team will take a methodical approach to identifying, testing, and validating product improvements as part of quality improvement and cost savings initiatives. 
You will ensure Sword Health products continue to be manufactured to a high quality bar.  You will naturally strive for innovation, have sharp analytical skills and have a pragmatic and fast-paced work structure. Creativity, adaptability, and technical knowledge in certain aspects of device development are crucial to this role.

What You’ll Do:
  • Manage a team of Quality test and manufacturing engineers to support ongoing production process, NPI, and continuous improvement of existing product lines.
  • Identify cost-savings opportunities, and drive the necessary engineering changes to capture.
  • Work with customer support to triage and validate component failure complaints in the field, and work with the engineering teams to introduce corrective solutions.
  • Investigate CAPAs and NCRs that involve a hardware or manufacturing component.
  • Develop and oversee validation test plans in support of New Product Introduction.
  • Identify and qualify dual-source components to improve product quality and unit economics.
  • Oversee product lifecycle management of critical electronic components within the Sword Thrive ecosystem.
  • Travel up to 10% may be required.

  • Who You Are:
  • A technical degree in hardware, software, or industrial engineering.
  • 7+ years in a quality engineering role, with prior experience managing engineering teams.
  • Advanced DOE skills, capable of developing functional testing programs based on engineering / user requirements.
  • Analytical thinker who can gather or create the information necessary to make data-driven quality and process improvements decisions.
  • Naturally curious and methodical engineer capable of doing root-cause analysis of failure modes across hardware, electronics, and software

  • Bonus Points:
  • Worked on medical devices, and proficiency in the regulatory requirements of development
  • *Please note that this position does not offer relocation assistance. Candidates must possess a valid EU visa and be based in Portugal.

    US Sword Benefits:
    Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance 
    Equity Shares
    401(k)
    Discretionary PTO Plan
    Parental leave

    US Sword Perks:
    Flexible working hours
    Remote-first Company
    Internet Stipend for remote working
    Paid Company Holidays
    Free Digital Therapist for you and your family

    Portugal - Sword Benefits:
    Health, dental and vision Insurance
    Meal Allowance
    Equity Shares

    Portugal - Sword Perks:
    Phone Stipend
    Flexible working hours
    Work from home
    Unlimited Vacation
    Free Digital Therapist for your family
    Snacks and Beverages
    English Class

    SWORD Health, which includes SWORD Health, Inc. and Sword Health Professionals (consisting of Sword Health Care Providers, P.A., SWORD Health Care Providers of NJ, P.C., SWORD Health Care Physical Therapy Providers of CA, P.C.*) complies with applicable Federal and State civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of Age, Ancestry, Color, Citizenship, Gender, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender information, Marital status, Medical condition, National origin, Physical or mental disability, Pregnancy, Race, Religion, Caste, Sexual orientation, and Veteran status.

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    Experience

    Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
    Industry :
    Health, Sport, Wellness & Fitness
    Spoken language(s):
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    Other Skills

    • Communication
    • Teamwork
    • Creative Thinking
    • Analytical Thinking

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