R&D Process & Manufacturing Manager
Las Vegasfull-timePosted 11mo ago
About the role
Leads and manages sensor fabrication operations to ensure quality, scalability, and compliance with medical standards, combining leadership with hands-on development and troubleshooting in a startup environment.
Responsibilities
- Oversee day-to-day operations of the sensor fabrication facility, including scheduling, resource planning, and capacity management.
- Hands-on involvement in the manufacturing production of sensors.
- Troubleshoot and resolve sensor fabrication issues and implement corrective and preventative actions.
- Manage and mentor a team of technicians/operators.
- Establish and maintain metrics (yield, throughput, cost, downtime) to monitor performance and guide improvements to processes.
- Contribute to long-term sensor fabrication strategy, including vendor selection, automation, and capacity expansion.
- Lead process scale-up from R&D prototypes to pilot manufacturing and full production.
- Maintain equipment, tools, and facility readiness to support reliable operations.
- Follow all laboratory safety procedures, policies, and precautions.
Qualifications
- Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Engineering or related fields and or relevant work experience.
- Ability to work with delicate materials on a small-scale (millimeter-micrometer).
- Experience working in a wet lab environment with chemicals and fume hoods.
- Excellent organizational, planning, and communication skills.
- Experience managing and developing operations staff.
- Experience in technical writing for SOPs, work instructions, and training materials.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot technical problems and implement process improvements.
Skills
Required:Process ManagementTeam LeadershipTechnical WritingLaboratory Skills
Last updated Mar 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Vena Vitals
A small sticker that monitors blood pressure continuously
Vena Vitals makes a small sticker that monitors blood pressure continuously. We've shown that it works in the operating room and is as accurate as the best tools doctors have today, at a fraction of the cost. We're a team of health tech scientists with multiple past startups and exits, and we've built products that have scaled to over 2M users.
hard-technanosensorshealth-techmedical-devicesdigital-health
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