New · posted Oct 24
Hinge Health · Medical Devices
Senior Design Quality Engineer
- San Francisco, CA
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- Senior & Principal
The role
Join Hinge Health’s Hardware organization and help build safe, reliable, scalable healthcare products that improve how people move beyond pain. As a Sr Design Quality Engineer, you’ll be a core member of cross-functional product development teams, guiding design quality from early concept through commercialization and design transfer.
You’ll bring practical expertise in design controls, risk management, verification and validation, reliability, manufacturability, product development lifecycle activities, and process validation. You’ll partner closely with engineering, product, manufacturing, purchasing, test, supplier engineering, and Regulatory Affairs to help teams move quickly without compromising patient safety, product quality, or compliance.
In your first 3 months
Build working knowledge of Hinge Health’s quality management system, product development lifecycle, tools, and design-quality practices.
Establish trusted partnerships with hardware, software, systems, product, program management, and Regulatory Affairs stakeholders.
Join active product development programs and begin reviewing requirements, design records, risk documentation, and development plans for quality and compliance gaps.
In your first 6 months
Own or materially contribute to design-control and risk-management execution across product development programs, from user needs and design inputs through design outputs, verification, validation, and transfer.
Help teams create and maintain complete, accurate, traceable, and inspection-ready design history file records.
Develop and review risk-based verification and validation strategies, including protocols, reports, acceptance criteria, traceability, and objective evidence.
Provide actionable quality feedback on design architectures, component selections, requirements, drawings, interfaces, usability and human-factors considerations, and risk controls.
In your first year
Drive quality readiness for design transfer and commercialization by partnering with manufacturing, purchasing, test, and supplier engineering on scalable designs, process validation, production readiness, and configuration control.
Lead or support product risk-management activities covering user, design, process, supplier, and software-enabled product risks, and help teams make balanced decisions that protect patient safety.
Support Regulatory Affairs with submissions, responses to regulatory questions, and audit preparation, participation, response development, and follow-up.
Coach and influence engineering teams on design quality, design controls, risk management, data analysis, protocol development, reliability, and design-for-quality methods.
Identify and implement practical improvements to quality workflows, templates, instructions, and cross-functional ways of working as Hinge Health scales its medical-device product organization.
Hinge Health Hybrid Model
This is a hybrid role based in the San Francisco office, requiring in-person attendance three days per week, for the full 8 hours of a typical business day. The San Francisco office has a dog-friendly workplace program.
What you need
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, systems engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical field.
6+ years of experience in quality engineering or a related field, including at least 4 years in a medical-device design and development environment.
3+ years of experience applying design controls and risk management from early design and development through commercialization, including experience with electromechanical systems and applicable medical-device standards such as ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, IEC 62304, and 21 CFR Part 820.
A quality engineering subject matter expert who can guide cross-functional teams through complex, regulated product development and commercialization activities.
A risk-based decision maker who protects patient safety and product quality while thoughtfully balancing schedule, cost, technical, and business constraints.
An owner who solves complex problems with minimal oversight, follows issues through to resolution, and escalates risks that could affect safety, compliance, or launch readiness.
A clear communicator who can translate complex technical, quality, and regulatory information for engineers, cross-functional partners, and executive stakeholders.
A collaborative coach who makes design quality practical and relevant, helping teams adopt strong practices without relying solely on authority or procedure.
A Learn-it-all who stays curious about evolving medical-device standards, software-enabled products, reliability methods, and better ways to scale quality.
Preferred Qualificationsnice to have
Advanced degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical field.
Experience with software as a medical device (SaMD) and software in a medical device (SiMD).
Experience navigating a quality management system with minimal oversight across individual product development projects.
Demonstrated ability to make balanced risk decisions, build consensus, and work through complex technical challenges.
Experience coaching, mentoring, or teaching engineering teams in design quality, data analysis, protocol development, reliability, or design-for-quality methods.
Experience communicating complex quality, technical, and regulatory information to executive management.
Pay and benefits
$156,000 – $215,000 a year
Employer providedMedical, dental, and vision coverage
Gender-affirming care, family and fertility planning support
2%
401(k) (traditional or Roth) with 2% company match
Learning and development stipend
Discounted stock through ESPP
Dog-friendly office
Where you'll work
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From the posting
About Hinge Health
At Hinge Health, we’re using technology to scale and automate the delivery of healthcare, starting with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, which affect over 1.7 billion people worldwide.
With an AI-powered human-centered care model, Hinge Health leverages cutting-edge technology to improve outcomes, experiences, and costs to help people move beyond their pain. The platform addresses a broad spectrum of MSK care, from acute injury to chronic pain to post-surgical rehabilitation, through personalized, evidence-based care.
As the preferred partner to 60+ health plans, PBMs, and other ecosystem partners, Hinge Health is available to over 20 million people across more than 2,800 employers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Montreal and Bangalore.
Learn more at hingehealth.com.
What You’ll Love About Us
Inclusive healthcare and benefits: On top of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, we offer employees and their family members help with gender-affirming care, tools for family and fertility planning, and travel reimbursements if healthcare isn’t available where you live.
Planning for the future: Start saving for the future with our traditional or Roth 401(k) retirement plan options, which include a 2% company match.
Modern life stipends: Manage your own learning and development.
Grow with us: Grow with us through discounted company stock through our ESPP with easy payroll deductions.
Culture & Engagement
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Beware of Phishing Attempts: We've noticed an increase in phishing where fraudsters impersonate employees and send fake job offers to steal sensitive information. We'll never ask for financial details during the hiring process and only use "@hingehealth.com" emails. If you receive a suspicious offer, stop communication and report it to the US FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. To verify an email from our recruiting team, forward it to [email protected].
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We make employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
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Job intelligence
The context around this role
Live data · October 24, 2026
Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
This role's midpoint is 56% above the US median for Quality Assurance roles at this level.
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Senior & Principal roles in California93 roles publishing pay
Senior & Principal roles in the US314 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $156,000 | — | $215,000 |
| California (middle half) | $116,000 | $136,000 | $159,000 |
| All US (middle half) | $103,125 | $119,000 | $137,500 |
This role: Hinge Health's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Quality Assurance roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, October 24, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
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What this role leans on
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- Collaboration and leadership12
- Quality systems and risk7
- GMP and compliance6
- Lab testing and methods5
- Validation and qualification4
- Data and digital systems4
- Documentation and SOPs3
- Regulatory submissions1
Regulatory intelligence
The rules behind this role
Frameworks and standards this posting's work falls under, matched from its own words, each linked to the official source.
- FDA21 CFR Part 820 (QMSR)(official source, opens in a new tab)FDA quality management system regulation for medical devices
- ISOISO 13485(official source, opens in a new tab)Quality management systems for medical devices
- ISOISO 14971(official source, opens in a new tab)Risk management for medical devices
- IECIEC 62304(official source, opens in a new tab)Software life cycle processes for medical device software
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