Posted: 07/06/2026 Employment Type: Direct Hire Job Number: 32076 Job Location: Onsite Industry: MDEV - Medical Device

Job Description

Job Title: Engineering Laboratory Manager

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire Engineering Laboratory Manager with our client.

Job Description:

The Engineering Laboratory Manager leads the Engineering Lab team in the maintenance, design transfer, and continuous improvement of the cutting-edge medical devices.
This leadership role oversees the technical team that provides long-term engineering sustaining support of released products, as well as supporting prototyping and testing efforts for products in development.
As a team leader, they are responsible for the development and growth of skilled technicians and engineers, along with the identification, planning and maintenance of the techniques, processes, systems, and tools they use every day to optimize team quality, efficiency, and consistency.

Job Responsibilities:

Lab Team Ownership: Oversees and leads the Engineering Laboratory team in supporting both new development and post-release sustaining of the medical devices; includes failure analysis, design verification testing, component management, production/procurement support, design improvements, and releasing new and updated engineering design
Team Leadership & Growth: Provides mentorship and guidance to Laboratory Technicians and Engineers, assisting in their technical development and strategically growing and diversifying skills and team composition to best support the success
Manage and Monitor Resources: Oversees and actively manages Engineering Laboratory resources to ensure they are efficiently applied to both projects and smaller supporting activities; continuously evaluates team, outputs, and workload to proactively identify and communicate resource needs and schedule impacts, adjusting plans and priorities as needed
Reactive Work Management: Ensures timely resolution of engineering support escalations from other departments, as well as externally sourced escalations from the vendors
Sustaining Change Planning and Oversight: Leads engineering change control efforts for released designs, chairing change control activities and crossfunctionally coordinating with Production, Procurement, and Manufacturing Engineering as necessary to ensure success
Laboratory Systems Ownership: Provides leadership on and direction for the systems (standards, processes, checklists, and tools) used by the Engineering Laboratory team; continuously monitors and manages the performance of the Engineering Laboratory team and systems against set goals
Technical Expertise: Maintains strong technical skillset to evaluate, guide, and continually improve the team’s produced work; ensures that work quality meets the design standards and industry best practices
Inter-team Collaboration: Partners with other departments such as Procurement, Manufacturing, Service, Software & Hardware Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, Quality
Assurance, and Supplier Quality Engineering to ensure they are supported as needed
Regulatory and Process Compliance: Ensure the team’s processes, trainings, and outputs align with applicable regulations (FDA 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, etc.) and the processes; supports internal and external audits from FDA and Notified Bodies
Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

Comprehensive knowledge of engineering team leadership, staff development, and development of engineering procedures, checklists, and work instructions
Comprehensive knowledge of PCB design from concept through manufacturing transfer and post-release support; includes Design-For-Manufacturability and Test (DFM/DFT) analysis
Thorough knowledge of electrical engineering principles, including failure analysis, reliability engineering, component selection, and risk-based decision making.
Thorough knowledge of common embedded electronic circuits such as DC-DC converters, embedded microcontrollers, memory interfaces, sensors, and other technologies
Thorough knowledge of regulatory compliance and Quality Management Systems (QMS) required for Medical Device
Thorough knowledge of the entire hardware development life cycle including development, testing, change control, deployment to production, and maintenance
Ability to plan, organize, and exercise sound judgment; communicates plans and schedules well, motivate and lead employees, and collaborate with other teams
Ability to clearly assess, articulate, and manage risk with a sense of urgency to meet product requirements, on schedule, and on budget. Must be able to see the big picture, prepare contingency plans, and ensure execution of plans through effective organizational awareness
B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent worked experience
Typically has greater than ten (10) years of relevant professional or technical engineering management experience of increasing responsibility and difficulty of assignment
Experience designing regulated equipment. Ideally this experience is in a medical or similar safety-conscious, highly regulated industry.

Job Details:

Job Type: Direct Hire
Salary Range: $140-165K.
Location: Kennewick Washington (Onsite)
Due to government contract requirements, this position is restricted to U.S. Citizens/GC Holder only.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.

Meet Your Recruiter

Kalyan Krishna

I have been working in technical recruiting since 2011 and specialize in talent acquisition. My recruiting style highlights company culture and builds pipelines of quality candidates. I can help you maintain motivation until you reach your goals, and my philosophy is “don’t be afraid to start over”. I love recruiting because I like to meet and interact with exciting people. Recruiting allows me to get to know hundreds of outstanding clients and strive to leave a lasting impression on them. I love baking and gardening in my free time, and I respect women. Reach out to me to get started now!

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