Senior Director, Manufacturing Engineering

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

TransMedics is transforming organ transplant therapy with the Organ Care System (OCS)—the first portable warm-perfusion platform that keeps donor organs 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.

The Sr. Director of Manufacturing Engineering is a pivotal leadership role within TransMedics Supply Chain organization, leading Advanced Operations (New Product & Technology Introduction), Sustaining Engineering, Manufacturing (Process) Engineering, and Technical Field Service. Building on TransMedics strong foundation of engineering excellence, this leader will drive the step-change required to enable the company's next phase of growth—ensuring our engineering practices, systems, and infrastructure deliver world-class results, from product quality and reliability to manufacturing performance, efficiency, and scalability.

This is a build role, not a maintain role. TransMedics growth trajectory demands a leader who can set multi-year transformation strategy and organizational design—while staying close enough to the floor to walk a line, dig into a process deviation, or unblock a launch when it matters. We're looking for someone equally comfortable owning a transformation roadmap and rolling up their sleeves alongside the team. This leader will also play a key role in building the team's reputation as a strong destination for engineering talent—attracting good people and giving them room to grow into bigger roles as the company scales.

• •Engineering Transformation — deliver step-change improvements in practices, systems, and infrastructure.
• •Product Quality & Reliability — ensure world-class outcomes across current and future products, including our hardware fleet.
• •Manufacturing Innovation & Scalability — leverage automation, robotics, and advanced processes to scale efficiently.
• •Design for Excellence (DfX/DFM) — embed design principles that drive quality, cost efficiency, and simplification (e.g., part-count reduction).
• •Talent & Leadership Development — attract, grow, and retain top engineering talent while building a culture of excellence.
• •Cross-Functional Collaboration — partner with the broader enterprise to enable TransMedics mission.

Management

• •Office and manufacturing floor environment.

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 can continue to do things few thought possible in organ transplantation to help patients. Specific timing and role impact may vary.

TransMedics, Inc. is a commercial-stage medical technology company transforming organ transplant therapy for patients worldwide. Our mission is to help save more patients’ lives by increasing access to viable donor organs for those who are awaiting an organ transplant. To accomplish this mission, we partner closely with transplant stakeholders worldwide and help expand their access to healthy donor organs,