Leader​/Director, Hardware Engineering

Overview

The Leader, Hardware Engineering is a critical leadership position within the Fujifilm Sonosite R&D organization. You will lead the Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering teams, along with Ultrasound Engineering and Transducer Engineering. The design covers ultrasound medical devices and associated peripherals. Your responsibilities include the timely design and deliverable of the products and accessories, the creation of models and prototypes. As well as the generation of evidence required by 21 CFR 820 indicating that your teams follow design controls, and associated tests.

The leader will drive the teams to adopt reliability practices as well as six-sigma design practices including Dfx. As the Leader of Hardware Engineering, you will inspire and motivate your team to achieve new and exciting innovations and ensure Fujifilm Sonosite remains a top innovator in the industry.

Company Overview At FUJIFILM Sonosite, we reinvent how healthcare is delivered with point-of-care ultrasound technology. As the leader in bedside ultrasound systems, our innovations save lives—from premature babies in NICUs to trauma patients in emergency rooms.

We’re looking for purpose-driven team members ready to build technology that impacts real-world scenarios, including natural disasters and even war zones. By joining FUJIFILM Sonosite, you’ll be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, out-of-the-box thinking, and a passion for life-saving innovations. Let’s make a difference together.

Our headquarters in Bothell, Washington, blends riverside charm with urban amenities, quality schools, and an ever-evolving downtown—all part of the vibrant Seattle metro area.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit:

• Responsible and accountable for carrying out the requirements of the company's quality system as they pertain to the managed teams.
• Ensures that the teams are equipped with the proper skillset to tackle their assignments.
• Actively engage in solving complex problems that affect product or project development execution.
• Foster a strong independent and driven team environment.
• Proactively lays out detailed critical path plans and time schedules, actively manages the required tasks, establishes mitigation plans in case of potential delays and implements as required.
• Stay current on emerging technologies to advance medical device designs using appropriate materials and methods.
• Lead technical meetings and discussions for internal or external parties.
• Ensure smooth deployment of the NPI programs during design transfer, treating internal manufacturing as they would be external contract manufacturers.
• Build strong working relationships with other departments and de-silo the organization.
• Work with the PMO to ensure the resource plan matches the program load and provide monthly updates to the leadership team.
• Collaborate with your peers to drive accountability across the organization.
• Provide team leadership, guidance, feedback, coaching and mentoring.

• Bachelor's Degree or 10-15 years relevant experience in NPI or hardware engineering product deployment in a regulated industry or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years building and working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with medical device development & medical device regulatory requirements.
• 10+ years product development experience.
• 8+ years in a leadership/management role with team building.
• Track record of positively managing conflict and building relationships.
• Experience building products with a mix of in-house and external contract design firms.

• Ability to lift 25lbs with or without accommodations.
• Good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

• $ - $/yr. depending on experience (Compensation will vary based on skills, experience and location; it is not typical to be hired at or above the top of the salary range).
• Insurance:
• Medical, Dental…