Manager, R&D Test Lab (Spinal Implants)

Location: Carlsbad, California, United States

Salary: $150,000–$170,000 annual base salary, plus incentive compensation eligibility and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops the aprevo® personalized surgery platform to improve outcomes and reduce the cost of spine surgery.

What you will do

• Establish and lead day-to-day operations of the R&D mechanical testing laboratory, including capacity planning, scheduling, maintenance, calibration coordination, and equipment uptime.
• Provide technical leadership for static, fatigue, torsion, compression, bending, pullout, subsidence, construct, and instrument testing in accordance with applicable ASTM standards.
• Develop, qualify, and execute mechanical test methods, fixtures, protocols, and reports supporting design verification and validation under the quality management system and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate cadaveric and animal studies with external laboratories, including protocols, partnerships, execution, and technical reporting.
• Partner with engineering, Quality, Regulatory, and Operations to investigate field issues, production issues, anomalous results, equipment problems, test failures, and method variability.
• Drive improvements in fixtures, automation, data acquisition and analysis, throughput, workflows, documentation, equipment roadmaps, CAPEX planning, and laboratory KPIs; may manage test engineers, technicians, and lab specialists.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 7–10 years of relevant engineering or testing experience; an MS may supplement experience depending on focus.
• Experience collaborating with junior and senior engineers and providing technical guidance and support.
• Experience operating electromechanical or servo-hydraulic test systems such as Instron or MTS, including load cells, fatigue testing, fixture design, and statistics/data analysis.
• Extensive familiarity with standards and test approaches for interbody devices, spinal constructs, fixation systems, screws, rods, plates, and instruments.
• Strong verbal and written communication, including creating presentations for and delivering them to senior management.
• Ability to write and review technical memos, protocols, and reports; understand product risk; execute complex technical work accurately; and work autonomously across multiple responsibilities.

Nice to have

• Experience with spine or orthopedics.
• Experience with motion-preservation, corpectomy, and other unique spinal constructs.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role with autonomy, self-directed problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Flexible scheduling may be required to align with testing demands.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching and unlimited paid time off.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to reasonable recruiting accommodations for candidates with disabilities.