P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
R&D Engineer
An independent engineer responsible for executing larger or more complex segments of the product development process. Works with moderate supervision.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Design and develop new product components or improvements.
- Develop and execute verification and validation tests.
- Resolve technical problems and optimize designs.
- Develop new product components
- Execute verification tests
- Optimize design solutions
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Complex problem-solving
- Design optimization
- Verification testing
- Technical leadership
- Collaboration
- Advanced engineering concepts
- Product lifecycle management
- Regulatory compliance
- Design optimization techniques
- Team collaboration
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Self-motivated
- Collaborative mindset
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s (or Master’s) degree in relevant engineering discipline
- 3–5 years of experience in R&D or product engineering
Common titles
Medical Device Product Development IIIMedical Device Product Development 3Mid-Level Medical Device Product DevelopmentMedical Device Product Developer IIIMedical Device Product Developer 3Mid-Level Medical Device Product DeveloperR&D Engineer
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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