About Dexcom

Founded in 1999, Dexcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM), develops and markets Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) systems for ambulatory use by people with diabetes and by healthcare providers for the treatment of people with diabetes. The company is the leader in transforming diabetes care and management by providing CGM technology to help patients and healthcare professionals better manage diabetes. Since the company’s inception, Dexcom has focused on better outcomes for patients, caregivers, and clinicians by delivering solutions that are best in class - while empowering the community to take control of diabetes. Dexcom reported full-year 2022 revenues of $2.9B, a growth of 18% over 2021. Headquartered in San Diego, California, with additional offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company employs over 8,000 people worldwide.

About Dexcom:

Founded in 1999, Dexcom, Inc. provides continuous glucose monitoring technology to help patients and their clinicians better manage diabetes. Since our inception, we have focused on better outcomes for patients, caregivers, and clinicians by delivering solutions for people with diabetes - while empowering our community to take control of diabetes.

Position Summary:

In this role you will be part of the Advanced Research and Technology team that focuses on evaluating and establishing the feasibility of next-generation technologies and products at Dexcom. This role will focus on supporting the characterization of devices used in Clinical and Pre-Clinical studies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support device characterization efforts of Clinical and Pre-Clinical study devices. Additionally, support Clinical study evaluations of new technologies
• Support failure mode analysis, root cause investigation, and problem solving to drive the understanding of in vivo device failures
• Plan and execute post Clinical experiments for sensor and device performance characterization
• Establish and track metrics for Clinical failures across studies and programs to better determine frequency and possible root causes and/or critical parameters increasing/decreasing failures
• Develop analysis methods and determine appropriate metrics to assess the product
• Develop and maintain project timelines and provide updates and feedback to project leadership
• Evaluate and drive development of new test methods and analytical techniques for use in root cause investigations.
• Work cross-functionally with R&D, new markets, and external partners to develop and characterize new product development efforts
• Provide team and project updates and reports as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• Comfortable working hands-on in a fast-paced environment
• Experience using root cause analysis methods and proven ability to utilize structured problem-solving methodologies
• Strong analytical and experimental skills and a broad engineering mindset
• Highly motivated, strong work ethic, organized, and detailed oriented
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to coordinate and prioritize activities to meet project objectives and timelines.
• Effective technical writing skills, including ability to write protocols, technical reports, and documents
• Exposure to data analysis methods and software

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical engineering, Mechanical engineering, or related field
• Experience with medical devices and working in a regulated industry preferred
• Familiarity with analytical equipment for the medical device industry
• Adept at analysis methods and analytical techniques, with the ability to construct appropriately powered and creatively designed experiments to solve complex problems
• Ability to run self-directed projects, manage timelines, and execute projects

Travel Required:

• Up to 25%

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.

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