Principal Product Design Engineer – Global NPD
About Your New Employer
- Join a pioneering company specializing in health, wellness, and innovative technologies, growing their portfolio globally.
- Work at the forefront of product innovation with a collaborative, cross-functional team influencing every stage of product development—concept to commercialization.
- Be part of a company renowned for market leadership, a diverse product range, and a strong focus on compliance and quality.
About Your New Job
As the Principal Product Design Engineer – Global NPD, you will:
- Lead the technical architecture and development of regulated device and general wellness products from concept through commercialization.
- Define and author Product Requirement Documents (PRD), User Requirement Specifications, and Technical Specifications.
- Establish the system architecture for electromechanical and wellness products, ensuring alignment with regulatory, commercial, and quality standards.
- Approve final product specifications, lead design risk analyses (DFMEA, PHA), and define verification/validation strategies.
- Act as LifeWave’s technical authority with external consultants in mechanical, firmware, electrical, industrial design, and testing disciplines.
- Partner with Regulatory and Quality teams to embed compliance in every stage of design and documentation.
- Drive innovation through technology evaluation and platform improvements while ensuring technical outputs are audit-ready.
What Skills You Need
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Material Science, or similar.
- 10+ years’ experience in R&D/NPD, preferably in the medical device, electronics, or automotive industries.
- Strong knowledge of engineering methods, design principles, FMEA, project management, and regulatory standards (ISO9001:2015, ISO13485).
- Experience leading cross-discipline teams and managing external engineering partners.
- Demonstrated ability to balance compliance with commercial priorities and adapt to rapidly changing environments.
- Experience with electromechanical device development is an advantage.
- Ability to mentor and coach others; open to some travel (up to 10%).
What's on Offer
- Attractive compensation package.
- Opportunities to lead critical, global product development projects at LifeWave.
- Empowering, innovative, and globally connected work environment.
What's Next
Apply now by clicking the “Apply Now" button or call me, Alan Fitzpatrick, on +353 21 4847136. If the job isn’t quite right but you are looking for something similar, please get in touch. We also have multiple Temp, FTC, and Contract jobs available.