Job Description

Director, Device Engineering

About Omnicell

Omnicell is a leading provider of medication management solutions and automation tools for healthcare systems and pharmacies. We design and build technology that improves patient care, strengthens clinical workflows, and enables greater operational efficiency. Our teams value collaboration, curiosity, and a deep commitment to transforming healthcare through innovative, reliable, user‑centered solutions.

About the Role

As a Director of Device Engineering for Omnicell’s Point‑of‑Care portfolio, you will lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for developing, launching, and sustaining integrated hardware‑and‑software devices used in clinical environments. Reporting to the VP of Device Engineering, you will guide both early‑stage concept development and the ongoing engineering improvements that ensure product quality, reliability, and scalability across a deployed product fleet.

We are seeking an engineering leader with a foundation in mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering—someone who naturally thinks in systems, understands how mechanical, electronic and software elements fit together, and brings the kind of engineering intuition that only comes from building real products end‑to‑end. This role is ideal for a leader who can balance strategic direction with the ability to dive into the details when needed.

Key Responsibilities

Lead with Engineering Insight and Systems Thinking

• Provide technical leadership across mechanical, electrical and software interfaces, ensuring cohesive, reliable system behavior.
• Translate clinical use cases and product strategy into clear requirements and architectural direction.
• Guide concept‑level exploration, prototyping, and early risk reduction for new point‑of‑care devices.

Drive Product Development and Execution

• Lead multidisciplinary teams through full lifecycle development—from discovery through design, integration, verification, and launch.
• Empower and develop technical leads who drive day‑to‑day execution on major programs, providing clarity, priorities, and escalation support.
• Ensure engineering decisions are grounded in sound tradeoffs around cost, schedule, manufacturability, and field behavior.

Sustain and Enhance Deployed Products

• Oversee and manage the sustaining engineering backlog, including engineering change orders, quality improvements, cost‑down efforts, and field escalations.
• Build strong cross‑functional rhythms with Service, Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to maintain and improve fleet reliability.
• Ensure issues are surfaced early and resolved with durable, system‑level fixes.

Enable Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Management to align engineering priorities with business goals and customer needs.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations to ensure designs are scalable, serviceable, and efficient to build.
• Communicate risks, decisions, and progress clearly across technical and non‑technical audiences.

Champion Engineering Culture and Talent

• Promote a culture of intellectual honesty, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Coach technical leads and nurture emerging engineering talent.
• Encourage thoughtful experimentation, data‑driven decision‑making, and a willingness to pivot when better solutions emerge.

Qualifications

Required

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Strong systems‑level awareness with the ability to analyze interactions across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software.
• Proven track record of delivering integrated hardware‑and‑software products from concept through commercial launch.
• Experience leading both new product introduction and structured sustaining engineering processes.
• Clear, confident communicator who can influence across matrixed teams.

Preferred

• Demonstrated ability to lead through technical leads and manage multiple concurrent programs.
• Experience with electromechanical systems, industrial devices, robotics, or automation.
• Background working in healthcare environments or other high‑reliability industries (not required to be a medical device background).
• Familiarity with design for manufacturability, supply chain considerations, and cost‑down initiatives.
• Strong analytical intuition and hands‑on engineering mindset.

What Success Looks Like

• New point‑of‑care devices launch on time, meet customer needs, and achieve reliability targets.
• Sustaining engineering efforts measurably improve fleet performance, cost, and serviceability.
• Teams are aligned, empowered, and executing efficiently through strong technical leads.
• Engineering decisions balance innovation with practicality, informed by deep system‑level insight.
• Cross‑functional partners view Device Engineering as a collaborative, transparent, and technically strong organization.

Since 1992, Omnicell has been committed to transforming pharmacy care through outcomes-centric innovation designed to optimize clinical and business outcomes across all settings of care. We strive to be the healthcare provider’s most trusted partner by our guiding promise of “Outcomes. Defined and Delivered.”  
Our comprehensive portfolio of robotics, smart devices, intelligent software, and expert services is helping healthcare facilities worldwide to improve business and clinical outcomes as they move closer to the industry vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy. 
Our guiding principles inform everything we do: 

• As Passionate Transformers, we find a better way to innovate relentlessly. 
• Being Mission Driven, we consistently deliver on our promises. 
• Our Entrepreneurial spirit makes the most of EVERY opportunity for innovation. 
• Understanding that Relationships Matter creates synergies that yield the greatest benefits for all.
• Intellectually Curious, eager to think deeper to learn and improve.
• In Doing the Right Thing, we lead by example in ALL we do. 

We are deeply committed to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Our ESG efforts focus on creating an inclusive culture and a healthier world. This includes our Employee Impact Groups, which foster inclusion and belonging, as well as our learning and well-being programs that support personal and professional growth. We also prioritize sustainability in our operations, aiming to reduce our environmental footprint and promote responsible business practices. Join us in transforming the pharmacy care delivery model, making patient care safer and smarter for all.