R&D Integration and Test Engineer

R&D Integration and Test Engineer – Princeton, NJ Full Time 

Our Company Story:  www.ricovr.com/about-us/

RICOVR Healthcare is an innovative, early-stage biotech startup revolutionizing point-of-care and home-health diagnostics. We were recognized in the Top 10 of technology startups in Princeton 2022 and one of Business Insiders Top 26 startups in 2021. Currently, a gap exists between point-of-care and lab-based diagnostics. While existing point-of-care diagnostic technologies are qualitative and lack sensitivity and accuracy, clinical lab-based technologies are prohibitively expensive and require trained personnel, large equipment, and time-consuming sample analysis. Ricovr Healthcare aims to fill this gap by achieving lab-based machines’ sensitivity, accuracy, and quantification in a portable, low-cost format that enables accurate point-of-care applications for various health and diagnostic markers.

RICOVR’s platform technology utilizes a novel plasmonic fiber-optic absorbance biosensor (P-FAB) combined with functionalized nanoparticles to enable quantitative immunoassays at the point of care. We are at an inflection point in bringing this technology to market and seek to expand our scientific team. Suppose you want to be a part of commercializing a new technology at the interface of biology, chemistry, engineering, and healthcare while working with innovative and driven colleagues. In that case, you should reach out to us!

As an R&D Integration and Test Engineer at Ricovr Healthcare, you will provide tactical execution on our highest priority initiatives. You will collaborate with a diverse team across scientific and engineering disciplines to launch our first commercial product, including production scale-up and clinical validation studies. You will also be involved in developing new assays on the P-FAB platform. These responsibilities will require hypothesis-driven research, rigorous data collection, management according to proper quality and regulatory standards, problem-solving to achieve objectives creatively and effectively, and hands-on lab work. 

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute experiments involving proof-of-concept hardware, evaluation kits, optical sources and detectors, stepper motors, etc.
• Prototype, design, implement, and maintain Plasmonic Fiberoptic Absorbance Biosensor (P-FAB) based diagnostic equipment.
• Troubleshooting and identifying the root cause of failures in Plasmonic Fiberoptic Absorbance Biosensor (P-FAB) based diagnostic equipment.
• Develop test methods to support feasibility, characterization, and qualification of processes.
• Utilize a growth mindset to improve our Systems Engineering capabilities continuously.
• Document protocols and reports at various stages of product development
• Design and develop advanced new test methods, improve existing test methods, measurement techniques, and fixtures
• Develop verification and validation test strategies and equipment to enable the execution of product testing and perform analysis to evaluate designs for short and long-term performance and reliability
• Develops, prepares, and executes comprehensive test plans, procedures, and schedules supporting production and development programs

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or a related field with 3+ years of experience
• Experience with data analysis/visualization tools such as Python, Matlab
• Experience with quick prototyping techniques, including 3D printing, micromachining, laser-cutting, laser-molding and injection-molded parts
• Background in experimentation with characterization instrumentations electronics, as well as considerations for practical aspects of product development
• Technical expertise in setting up, operating, maintaining, and debugging electronics devices with optical subsystems, motors, microcontrollers, displays, etc
• Experience in research and development of micro/milli fluidic systems for laboratory instruments, consumables for microfluidic systems
• Experience in biochemistry and/or bioassay development
• Knowledge of regulatory standards applicable to the design of medical devices, including ISO 13845, IEC 60601 and IEC 62304

What we offer: We are located in a major biotechnology hub in New Jersey and offer an excellent collaborative environment at the Princeton Innovation Center Biolabs.

• Competitive Salary
• Equity Participation Program
• Flexible PTO

If you enjoy intellectually challenging projects in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment, and the opportunity to come in at the beginning of a growing start-up excites you, we look forward to talking with you. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. You may reach us at [email protected] or [email protected] to submit your interest.