Principal R&D Engineer, Neuromodulation Therapeutic Areas at LivaNova in Houston, TX

Job description

As a global medtech company, we are driven by our Vision of changing the trajectory of lives for a new day and our Mission to create ingenious solutions that ignite patient turnarounds. Our relentless commitment to patients and strong legacy of innovation in healthcare are the foundation of our future. If you're looking for a new chance, a new beginning, a new trajectory, LivaNova is where your talent can truly thrive. Join our talented team members worldwide to become a pioneer of tomorrow—because at LivaNova, we don’t just treat conditions — we aspire to alter the course of lives. The R&D Principal Engineer, NM Therapeutic Areas – is a senior technical lead, product-oriented technical and clinical engineer responsible for shaping clinical outcomes and clinical workflows, translating neurostimulation therapies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) from concept through early clinical validation. The technical lead owns the intersection of clinical insight, product definition, system architecture, and technical feasibility, ensuring therapy concepts are grounded in real-world clinical needs, deliver meaningful patient outcomes, and are executable within a robust technical framework. This is an individual contributor role, exercising influence through technical authority, decision ownership, and cross-functional leadership with the NM R&D organization. The role operates with a high degree of autonomy and judgment and serves as a trusted technical authority and escalation point for complex technical and clinical decisions. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in neuromodulation systems, stimulation-based therapies, implantable medical devices, and clinical application, applying this expertise to guide product and technical direction. General Responsibilities This role is reserved for biomedical engineers demonstrating enterprise-level technical-clinical influence without formal people management. Focused on innovation and early-to-mid stage product development; may support later development phases as needed. Serve as the technical-clinical lead for innovation and development initiatives, defining and driving technical direction. Define and communicate technical strategy aligned with product, clinical, and business objectives. Balance clinical value, technical feasibility, and risk in decision-making Serve as the escalation point for complex cross-domain design decisions Maintain deep product and clinical understanding of therapy behavior, workflows, and user needs. Lead system architecture across hardware, software, sensing, stimulation, data, and clinical interfaces. Bring broad systems-level understanding spanning therapy, clinical workflows, sensing, software, human factors, and data-driven product capabilities while effectively integrating specialist expertise. Drive identification, evaluation, and mitigation of key technical risks using disciplined, evidence-based approaches. Generate and evaluate technical options to support informed decision-making at critical milestones. Leverage expertise in neuromodulation and implantable systems to shape product concepts. Translate clinical insights and unmet needs into viable technical solutions. Drive execution across multidisciplinary functions within the product core teams Ensure effort focuses on the most critical technical-clinical risks at the right time. Provide hands-on technical leadership to resolve complex engineering challenges and unblock teams. Exercise judgment to balance technical rigor, risk, and program timelines. Accountable for technical quality, integration readiness, and architectural alignment of externally developed systems and components. Lead and oversee externally executed engineering work through direction, review, and integration oversight. Ensure external deliverables align with system architecture and overall product intent. Drive generation of intellectual property and future technology direction. Minimum Qualifications 15 or more years experi