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R&D Product Design Manager

Hoya Surgical Optics 🇯🇵 Tōkyō, 1, Marunouchi 1, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

Full-time Lead

Lead the Injector Design Team in planning and delivering IOL and preloaded injector product design, development, testing, and validation, while ensuring technical quality and regulatory compliance. Manage and mentor engineers, approve technical deliverables, allocate resources, and drive cross-functional collaboration, process improvement, and strategic innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Injector Design Team in planning and delivering IOL and preloaded injector product design, development, testing, and validation, while ensuring technical quality and regulatory compliance. Manage and mentor engineers, approve technical deliverables, allocate resources, and drive cross-functional collaboration, process improvement, and strategic innovation.

Requirements

  • Requires at least 10 years of product design and development experience in medical devices, precision instruments, or electronic devices, with a record of leading complex projects and managing engineering teams. Requires a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related field, advanced 3D CAD and mechanical design expertise, knowledge of medical device risk and regulatory standards, and strong English and Japanese communication skills; a master's degree or PhD is preferred.

Key Skills

Product design for medical devices Injector mechanism design IOL (intra‑ocular lens) development Preloaded injector design 3D CAD (advanced) Mechanical engineering Medical device risk management Regulatory compliance (e.g., ISO 13485, FDA) Team leadership and mentoring Technical deliverable approval Resource allocation Cross‑functional collaboration Process improvement Strategic innovation Bilingual communication (English & Japanese)

About Hoya Surgical Optics

Cataract & refractive surgeons have an extraordinary gift. In nearly a blink of an eye, they can transform the way patients see the world. At HOYA Surgical Optics, we are motivated by partnering with surgeons and their teams to make a world of difference in the lives of their patients. We are devoted to delivering the world’s leading preloaded IOLs, educational & practice development services, and specialized support. We help teams find smarter, simpler ways to seamlessly restore sight and enable patients to experience a more vibrant, bold new world. Together, we can help patients celebrate life, visually. Cataract continues to be a major cause of blindness worldwide, with cataract surgery being one of the most commonly performed eye surgeries in the world. The number of cataract surgeries performed throughout the world is expected to increase to almost 33.4 million by 2024. At HOYA Surgical Optics, we enable surgeons to improve vision and quality of life for millions of people suffe

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