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TransMedics · Medical Devices

Senior Design Quality Engineer

  • Andover, MA
  • On-site
  • Full-time
  • Senior & Principal
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EmploymentFull-time
DeadlineOpen until filled

The role

TransMedics, Inc., headquartered in Andover, MA, is revolutionizing organ care.  With the goal of bringing new life to organ transplant, the pioneering Organ Care System (OCS™) was developed to address the major limitations of the current standard of care, cold storage.  The OCS System serves as a portable, miniature intensive care unit that helps preserve donor organs in a near-physiologic state during transport.  Unlike traditional cold-storage methods, the OCS System features ex-vivo, warm perfusion, and provides the means to monitor organ health, so that transplant patients can experience better outcomes. The only multi-organ platform, with the largest body of clinical evidence, the OCS System is designed to increase utilization and transplant volumes so that more transplantable organs can be made available worldwide.  The Organ Care System is nothing less than a paradigm shift that can help transform organ preservation and optimization so that more patients can benefit from life-saving transplant procedures.

The Senior Design Quality Engineer to join our team in Andover, MA.  The Senior Design Quality Engineer role plays a critical role in ensuring medical devices meet safety, effectiveness, regulatory compliance, and business requirements throughout the design and development process.  Reporting into the Quality Department, the Senior Design Quality Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams supporting New Product Development and Sustaining Engineering projects for complex electromechanical medical devices, with a key focus on Software (embedded and standalone).  The Senior Design Quality Engineer will provide input to the project teams for project decisions and development activities, ensuring the execution of design control and risk management activities in accordance with internal procedures and applicable standards/regulations.

What you need

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other scientific or related field
  • 8+ years experience in medical device or relevant regulated industry
  • Strong knowledge of design control, risk management, and regulatory requirements (FDA, EU MDR, ISO 13485, ISO 14971)
  • Working knowledge of design development and application of risk management
  • Medical device software development and/or testing experience with compliance to 62304 and FDA guidelines
  • Ability to organize and prioritize workflow across multiple projects
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills working in a cross-functional team
  • Excel in an environment that embraces teamwork, change, risk-based decision-making and flexibility

TransMedics is committed to equitable and transparent compensation. The expected base salary range for this role is $93,300 - $132,900 which represents the company’s current good-faith estimate of compensation for this position. Actual salary will depend on factors such as, but not limited to, candidate experience, qualifications, skills, and the specific work location. This role may also be eligible for bonuses, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, retirement savings, paid time off, and wellness resources). We comply with all U.S. pay transparency laws and do not request or consider salary history.

What you'll do

  • This position is responsible for, but not limited to, the following:
  • Ensure design controls process for the projects meets applicable regulatory, corporate, and customer QMS requirements
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, manufacturing, project managers, and regulatory
  • Support new product development and sustaining projects for complex electrical/mechanical systems with software and disposables, with a key focus on Software in a medical device and embedded Software
    • Provide quality input to product user needs, requirements, and specifications
    • Provide quality input to critical to quality specifications
    • Support development of engineering design documentation
    • Support design and process verification and validations activities such as protocols, test cases, reports and resolution of issues identified during testing
    • Support design reviews and development of the design history file
    • Drive overall risk management process, including System Risk Analyses, FMEAs, risk controls and verification of effectiveness
  • Provide quality input for Cybersecurity and Software Safety assessments
  • Support Design Transfer activities
  • Assist in preparation for regulatory submissions and provide support during audits and inspections
  • Apply sound, systemic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, communicating, and resolving quality issues
  • Provide quality input and evaluation for Test Method Validations and Software Tool Validations
  • Provide support during Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) activities and manage CAPAs when necessary
  • Drive enhancements and continuous improvements to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Improve knowledge of design controls, risk management, testing, statistics, and design verification / validation
  • Mentor and provide guidance to junior engineers
  • Perform other Quality Systems related duties as required
  • Perform other TransMedics tasks and duties as assigned/required.

Pay

$93,300 – $132,900 a year

Employer provided
How this compares

Medical with Health Reimbursement Account through Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MA

Dental

Vision

Healthcare Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

401K Plan

Pet insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Where you'll work

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Job intelligence

The context around this role

Live data · November 12, 2026

Salary intelligence

How the pay compares

This role's midpoint is 12% below the US median for Design Quality & Assurance roles at this level.

This roleEmployer provided

$93,300 to $132,900 a year

Senior & Principal roles in Massachusetts9 roles publishing pay

Middle half $113,000 to $133,000, median $117,000

Senior & Principal roles in the US50 roles publishing pay

Middle half $114,125 to $134,750, median $128,000
Annual base pay
Annual base payLowMedianHigh
This role$93,300—$132,900
Massachusetts$113,000$117,000$133,000
All US$114,125$128,000$134,750

This role: TransMedics's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Design Quality & Assurance roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, November 12, 2026. Nothing is estimated.

Career trajectory

Where this role sits in Design Quality & Assurance

The general path across 77 open Design Quality & Assurance roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not TransMedics's own promotion track.

  1. One step back

    Associate & Specialist

    Often: Development Quality Engineer · 2027 Summer Intern, Research & Development Quality

  2. This role

    Senior & Principal

    Often: Senior Design Quality Engineer · Staff Design Quality Engineer

    $128K median56 open
  3. Next step

    Manager

    Often: Manager, Design Quality Late-Stage Development · Manager, Operations Quality

    $159K median6 open
  4. Later

    Director

    Often: Director, Design Quality · Associate Director, Development Quality

    $209K median9 open
  5. Later

    VP & Executive

    Often: Executive Director, Research & Development Quality Assurance

Skills DNA

What this role leans on

How many of the posting's 26 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.

GMP and compliance: 3 linesLab testing and methods: 6 linesDocumentation and SOPs: 4 linesInvestigations and CAPA: 1 lineValidation and qualification: 3 linesRegulatory submissions: 2 linesQuality systems and risk: 8 linesData and digital systems: 6 linesClinical trial conduct: 1 lineCollaboration and leadership: 6 linesGMPLab testingDocumentationInvestigationsValidationSubmissionsQuality systemsData systemsClinical trialsTeamwork
  • Quality systems and risk8
  • Lab testing and methods6
  • Data and digital systems6
  • Collaboration and leadership6
  • Documentation and SOPs4
  • GMP and compliance3
  • Validation and qualification3
  • Regulatory submissions2
  • Investigations and CAPA1
  • Clinical trial conduct1

Regulatory intelligence

The rules, regulations and standards behind this role

The regulations, guidance and standards that govern Design Quality & Assurance work in medical devices, led by the four this posting names, each linked to the agency or standards body that publishes it.

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TransMedics on Regulatory Jobs

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By discipline

  • Quality6 75%
  • Regulatory1 13%
  • Clinical1 13%

By level

  • Senior & Principal3 38%
  • Associate & Specialist3 38%
  • Manager2 25%
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