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BD

Staff Engineer, Innovation

BD

Staff Engineer responsible for advancing medical device innovation at BD. Leading prototyping and concept development in healthcare and consumer product fields.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeDurham • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Play a critical role in advancing opportunities through the UCC Innovation Process.
  • Transform validated needs into differentiated, testable, and scalable concepts.
  • Lead concept development, prototyping, and learning cycles focusing on clinical performance and consumer usability.
  • Identify focus areas for critical innovation projects.
  • Translate prioritized needs and value propositions into multiple concept directions.
  • Lead early concept prototyping to explore usability, feasibility, and differentiation.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to assess technical readiness and identify development gaps.
  • Evaluate early IP landscape and contribute to invention disclosures.
  • Drive concept down-selection using structured criteria.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree required in Engineering, Industrial Design, Human Factors, or related field.
  • Minimum of 7 + years experience in medical device development, healthcare innovation, or consumer product development.
  • Demonstrated experience progressing concepts from early ideation through validation and down-selection.
  • Experience applying structured innovation methods (e.g., Biodesign, Design Thinking, Jobs to be Done, DFSS).
  • Hands-on experience with prototyping, user testing, and formative evaluation.
  • Experience designing or developing products intended for home care, self-use, or consumer health environments strongly preferred.
  • Familiarity with regulatory, usability, and risk considerations for medical or health-adjacent products.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health insurance
  • retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • flexible working arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools
prototypinguser testingformative evaluationstructured innovation methodsBiodesignDesign ThinkingJobs to be DoneDFSSmedical device developmenthealthcare innovation
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingcritical thinkingcreativityadaptabilityproject managementanalytical skillsinnovation