Job Description

Looking for work that matters? Join Viant and contribute to the design and manufacturing of medical technologies that improve patient outcomes. Guided by our promise—We’re In It For Life—you’ll build your career with a trusted industry innovator that invests in your growth, well-being, and ability to make a meaningful impact every day.

About the company

Viant is a global medical device partner providing design, development, manufacturing, and assembly services through capabilities in materials, plastics, metals, extrusion, and automation. With nearly 6,000 employees across 24 locations worldwide, it delivers high-quality, life-enhancing products with the scale and expertise to bring devices to market efficiently. Learn more at Viant Medical’s website or in LinkedIn.

About the site:

This Fremont-based center focuses on product design and development, supporting engineering innovation, prototyping, and process development for complex medical devices.

About the role

The R&D Project Manager leads from the front, applying hands-on technical expertise to drive projects through all medical device product lifecycle stages. This role ensures customer needs are met, facilitates regular communication, and maintains budget control. The PM fosters seamless collaboration between internal teams and customers to deliver best-in-class design and quality.

Job Responsibilities

• Leverage technical expertise to lead projects from discovery to design transfer, taking ownership of key milestones and deliverables.
• Manage consistent information flow among team members, management, and clients.
• Identify and communicate project risks such as changes to scope, timeline and budget.
• Organize, delegate and track tasks across internal teams and external partners (vendors, clients) to ensure projects stay on schedule and within budget.
• Analyze and track current project deliverables and ensure alignment with internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop project plans outlining phases, tasks, dependencies, timelines, resource allocation, and costs.
• Establish and track weekly, monthly goals, budgets and schedules for projects and team members.
• Lead design reviews and risk management documentation.
• Ensuring the planning, coordination, execution, tracking and reporting using software tools like MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA etc.
• Working Proficiency with MS Office.
• Maintain detailed project documentation throughout all phases of research and development.
• Employ excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills with all levels of personnel and management.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of medical device product design and development experience.
• Familiarity with FDA regulations and ISO 13485 standards.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey ideas, recommendations, and solutions clearly, logically, and concisely.
• Well-organized with effective time management, prioritization, and resource management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic R&D environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Biomedical Engineering.
• PMP Certification.
• Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas:
• Technical disciplines such as CAD modeling, design of experiments (DOE), PCBA development, or similar.
• Product development for interventional, diagnostic, intravascular, bioelectronics, or other medical devices.
• Risk Management, Manufacturing Quality, and Operations.
• Financial budget tracking and reporting.
• Demonstrated initiative for self-development and continuous learning.
• Creative and resourceful problem-solving skills.
• Flexibility, persistence, passion, entrepreneurial mindset, and a strong drive to succeed.

Core Competencies:

• Communication Skills

Delivers clear, concise, accurate, and professional verbal and written communication. Demonstrates strong presentation, negotiation, listening, diplomacy, and customer resolution skills while representing the company professionally.

• Resource Management

Well organized, manages time effectively, prioritizes tasks appropriately, utilizes resources efficiently, and takes initiative for continuous self-development.

• Customer Focus

Provides professional, reliable, and timely service to internal and external customers. Collaborates effectively, understands customer needs, and ensures prompt follow-through on inquiries.

• Working Conditions / Physical Demands

Must be able to move throughout office and laboratory environments, operate office and lab equipment, lift up to 30 lbs., stand for extended periods, and tolerate exposure to chemicals used within the Viant Medical environment.

Benefits

• Benefits effective day one of hire! Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k Plan with Company Match
• Generous Paid time off and paid Holidays Low-cost nutrition & mental health visits
• Tuition Reimbursement and career development programs
• Company-paid life insurance
• Access to individualized financial planning
• Voluntary Universal Life and Long-Term Care
• Voluntary Legal Plan
• Up to $150-off your gym membership annually
• Employee discount programs
• Pet Insurance
• Home Ownership Program

We offer market competitive compensation. Potential salary range for this role is $125k-$145k annual salary. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Apply today and help us bring life-changing medical technologies to patients worldwide.

Viant is a global medical device design and manufacturing services provider that partners and innovates with customers to provide the highest quality, life enhancing medical devices. We do this through our depth and breadth of capabilities, end-to-end integration, technical expertise, and relentless focus on our customers and on operational excellence. With nearly 6,000 associates across 24 locations worldwide, we offer a unique combination of small-company service and attention with big-company resources. For more information, visit viantmedical.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

Viant provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Viant complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.