Mechanical Test Engineer (Hybrid)

Your opportunity 

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.  

Kardium’s mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe® Pulsed Field System – we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.  

We have now completed our pivotal clinical study and our focus is on regulatory approvals and commercial launch. This is an exciting and significant milestone in our journey to bring this ground-breaking technology to patients.  

In this role, you will gain hands-on experience specifying, performing, and overseeing verification and validation activities on complex and leading-edge medical devices. Your work in verification and validation will necessitate interactions with all parts of the company including design engineering, clinical research, field operations, regulatory affairs, and manufacturing. You will have an excellent opportunity to gain a broad and comprehensive understanding of medical device R&D, while performing detailed technical work. 

Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC. 

Meaningful work you will be a part of   

You will engage in a diverse set of activities including some or all of the following: 

• Plan and execute hands-on testing activities to evaluate product performance
• Characterize manufacturing processes and assess process capability using design of experiments
• Validate tests using statistical methods to assess repeatability, reproducibility, and accuracy
• Analyze test data using Excel and Minitab
• Author protocols and reports to support regulatory submissions for new and existing products
• Interpret and implement medical device standards and regulations
• Collaborate with stakeholders to assess process or design changes and propose comprehensive test plans
• Participate in root cause investigations, corrective and preventive actions
• Drive continuous improvement of company procedures as they pertain to verification and validation
• Occasionally design and fabricate test jigs and fixtures using Solidworks, CAMWorks, CNC mills, lathes, and other tools 

What you bring to the team  

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about creating cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work within a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. And we understand that only by working together can we solve the unsolvable.  

You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering (mechanical, mechatronics or engineering physics is preferred)
• At least 3 years of testing and design experience in the medical device industry, or 5 years of hands-on experience with mechanical/hardware product testing
• Practical knowledge of mechanical systems, experimental design, and statistical analysis
• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills
• Strong written and technical documentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness 

Compensation   

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.  

As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium’s stock option plan.  

• $80,000 – 105,000 (CAD Annually)  

Your Benefits & Well-being  

The total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.  

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.  

Work-day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.  

Support for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.  

Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.  

Career progression and learning support.  

  Professional membership support.  

Life at Kardium   

What makes us a great place to work?  

1. Our Purpose
2. Our People
3. Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we’re committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.   

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, and Irish ERG.  

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.   

And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more!