Lead System Engineer
Title: Lead Design Engineer
Location: Onsite, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Type: Direct-Hire/Permanent
Hours: Standard business hours
Start: May
Overview: Join a cutting-edge lab to discover novel therapeutics that are seeking a highly motivated Lead Engineer to support the development, integration, and operation of advanced aerosol delivery, sensing, and exposure systems for human-relevant experimental platforms. This role focuses on ensuring precise, reproducible generation and delivery of airborne agents, as well as integration of instrumentation and multi-system platforms to enable controlled and standardized experimental workflows. The position will contribute to system optimization, performance validation, and operational readiness in complex laboratory environments.
Responsibilities:
Design, prototype, and refine biomedical devices and components supporting advanced experimental system
Develop and optimize fabrication processes to ensure consistency, quality, and scalability
Contribute to selection and evaluation of materials, fabrication methods, and assembly workflows
Perform testing and validation of device performance, including durability, reproducibility, and functional integrity
Collaborate with scientific and engineering teams to align device design with experimental requirements
Maintain documentation related to design iterations, fabrication processes, and quality control
Troubleshoot device-related issues and implement design improvements
Support coordination of engineering activities across multidisciplinary teams and contribute to project execution
Contribute to preparation of technical documentation, reports, and related materials
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical / System Engineering, or a related field
Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in device design, prototyping, or fabrication
Experience with engineering design tools (e.g., CAD software)
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary research and engineering environments
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s or Ph.D. in a relevant engineering discipline
Experience with fabrication of small-scale or precision-engineered devices, including Organs-on-Chips, injection molding, and CNC milling
Familiarity with polymer-based materials and manufacturing processes
Experience with iterative prototyping and design-for-manufacturing principles
Experience working at the interface of engineering and biological systems
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