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Senior Director of Electrical Engineering

TransMedics · Andover, MA

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Level
Director+
Team
Reliability
Base pay
$198k–$282k
Travel
10%
Degree
Required
Experience asked
10+ years
Industry
Medical devices
Posted
16 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A director-level reliability role at TransMedics (medical devices) in Andover, MA. Hands-On Technical Leadership — stay close enough to the work to personally guide a design review or unblock a verification issue.

They ask for
10+ years · degree required
Tools it names
FMEA
Base pay
$198k–$282k
Day to day
about 10% travel

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Reliability Engineer roles in Massachusetts: typical posted base $110k–$151k. This one lists $198k–$282k.

Median of the low and high ends of 11 live postings that list pay, out of 20 reliability engineer openings in Massachusetts, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 19 other live reliability postings in Massachusetts.

Base pay
About 84% above similar roles

Typical $110k–$151k, from 10 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
More than usual (10+ vs 7+)

Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Root cause 55%
  • Robotics 40%
  • Automation 40%
  • Tooling 40%
  • ✓ FMEA 30%
  • Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 30%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 10+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Lifts up to 25 lbs

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This plant: TransMedics in Andover

4 other open roles at this site.

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Position summary

TransMedics is transforming organ transplant therapy with the Organ Care System (OCS)—the first portable warm-perfusion platform that keeps donor organs living and functioning outside the body. It's technology built to give more patients a chance at a transplant, and more transplant teams the confidence to say yes to an organ they'd otherwise have to turn away.

As TransMedics pushes into the next generation of OCS technology, the Sr. Director of Electrical Engineering will own the electrical architecture, design, and test strategy that brings that technology to life—from early concept through cleared, shipping product. This is a senior leadership role with a seat on the R&D leadership staff, shaping the long-range technical strategy and capability roadmap that will define TransMedics next decade of innovation.

This is a build role, not a maintain role. TransMedics is scaling fast, and the electrical engineering organization needs a leader who can build the team, systems, and capabilities to match that growth—while staying close enough to the technical details to step into a design review, unblock a verification failure, or work a supplier issue personally when it matters. We're looking for someone equally comfortable setting a three-year capability roadmap and sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with an engineer debugging a board.

Responsibilities

  • ◆Set department strategy — define the long-range strategy and capability roadmap for Electrical Engineering within R&D, including the skills, tools, and infrastructure needed to support TransMedics next phase of growth.
  • ◆Own electrical architecture — lead architecture, design, and testing for next-generation Organ Care Systems, ensuring every design meets project

requirements

and regulatory standards.

  • ✓Lead design teams — provide leadership, oversight, and technical guidance to internal and external design teams across new product development.
  • ✓Stay hands-on — bring a hands-on approach to electrical engineering strategy, prototyping, and design, for both new products and the products already in the field today.
  • ✓Own design

requirements

— lead the team through definition of electrical design

requirements

and specifications for new products.

  • ✓Drive design rigor — own documentation practices including cross-functional design reviews, theory of operation, DFMEA, and complete release packages (fabrication and assembly drawings, Gerber packages, and source files).
  • ✓Lead verification — own the verification strategy for electrical subsystem designs, including protocol and report generation across internal and external test labs.
  • ✓Support supply relationships — Lead the support of contract manufacturers for supply of PCBAs and components.
  • ✓Own goals & planning — set and monitor department goals aligned to corporate and project objectives, and own project planning, budgeting, and scheduling for the team.
  • ✓Partner cross-functionally — work closely with Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and Clinical to keep programs moving.

requirements

(IEC 60601, RTCA DO-160) the first time.

  • ✓Hands-On Technical Leadership — stay close enough to the work to personally guide a design review or unblock a verification issue.
  • ✓Team Building & Development — grow a high-performing electrical engineering organization built to scale with the company.
  • ✓Cross-Functional Partnership — work seamlessly with Quality, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and Clinical to bring products to market.

Responsibilities

  • ◆Direct management of the Electrical Engineering department, including performance reviews and professional development planning.
  • ◆Oversight of design contractors, co-ops, and interns as needed.

Qualifications

  • ✓BS in Electrical Engineering plus 10+ years of electrical design experience for medical devices, including 10+ years managing an engineering team.

Preferred qualifications

  • ✓Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Electrical Engineering.
  • ✓Direct knowledge of regulatory

requirements

and industry standards in the medical device industry.

  • ✓Strong leadership skills with experience leading complex research projects from concept to completion.
  • ✓Deep knowledge of the state of the art for electrical products, components, design methodology, and EDA software.
  • ✓Proven ability to lead a team (internal and external) to deliver high-quality, complex electromechanical medical devices compliant with US and international safety and EMC

requirements

(IEC 60601, RTCA DO-160, etc.).

  • ✓Class II or III medical device experience under IEC 60601.
  • ✓Hands-on experience designing, testing, and formally verifying digital and analog systems, including electrostimulation or ECG monitoring, microprocessor-based electromechanical designs, analog front-end data acquisition, motor control, communications interfaces, power supplies, and battery controller design.
  • ✓Experience with Altium Designer, Cadence OrCAD, and Allegro PCB Designer preferred.
  • ✓Clear, confident communicator, written and verbal.
  • ✓Comfortable exercising independent judgment and driving results autonomously.

As part of our long-term growth plans, TransMedics is excited to announce our plan to relocate our headquarters (HQ) to Somerville, MA by 2028. We chose this location because we believe it is a place where innovation will thrive. Our new state-of-the-art headquarters is designed to support collaboration, creativity, and discovery. We believe this will be a place where we

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Job Description

Please note that this position is not available for visa sponsorship, and we are unable to take over existing employment visa sponsorships.

Strategic Focus Areas

  • •Technical Strategy & Roadmap — define the electrical architecture and capability roadmap for next-generation OCS platforms.
  • •Design Excellence & Compliance — ensure every design meets safety and EMC

Physical attributes

  • •In-office environment.
  • •Ability to lift to 25 lbs.
  • •May travel up to 10% domestically.

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