Engineering Manager
About the job
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 7 years of engineering experience in product development, manufacturing, or related environments.
- At least 2 years of leadership experience managing engineers, technical teams, or engineering projects.
- Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical system design and development.
- Proficiency with SolidWorks and other relevant engineering design tools.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing principles, including bills of materials, work instructions, workflow analysis, and value stream mapping.
- Experience managing complex engineering projects and cross-functional teams.
- Experience working in regulated environments such as ISO 9001 and/or ISO 13485.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team consisting of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers.
- Provide coaching, performance management, and career development support.
- Establish engineering priorities, allocate resources, and balance workloads.
- Partner with leadership on hiring, workforce planning, and succession planning.
- Provide technical oversight for design, development, verification, and release activities.
- Review and approve engineering designs, specifications, and documentation.
- Drive innovation and identify product and technology improvements.
- Manage engineering projects from conception through production.
- Develop project plans and risk mitigation strategies.
- Communicate project status and priorities to stakeholders.
- Partner with Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Product, and Customer Success teams.
- Support customer-facing technical discussions and investigations.
- Ensure compliance with Intelliguard quality management system requirements.
- Support ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 quality standards and audits.
- Medical device experience.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Experience with electromechanical product development.
About the company
Intelliguard delivers the Mira Ecosystem, a healthcare-focused medication management platform that uses RFID to enable transparent inventory across pharmacy, perioperative, and supply chain workflows. It unifies RFID data, real-time visibility, predictive intelligence, and interoperability to capture over 99% of medication data across the lifecycle, far above barcode or manual methods. This helps hospitals, pharmacies, and surgery centers reduce waste, prevent errors, and make safer, smarter decisions with end-to-end coverage across departments. The goal is to create an intelligent information ecosystem that lets providers focus on patient-centered care while gaining clarity and control over critical inventory operations.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Carlsbad, California
Founded
2006
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- September 2026 ROI calculator targets $51 million five-year savings, aiding sales.
- August 2026 temperature-controlled cabinet expands Intelliguard into refrigeration-driven medication control.
- March 2026 Capstone agreement and Southlake expansion show accelerating commercial traction.
What critics are saying
- Hospitals can switch to competing inventory platforms if ROI stays unproven.
- Accucold and Cencora partnerships strengthen distribution, but reduce Intelliguard's uniqueness.
- A failed implementation at Southlake or Capstone would damage references quickly.
What makes Intelliguard unique
- Intelliguard runs the only connected RFID ecosystem for enterprise medication inventory visibility.
- Mira Prep, Mira Care, and Mira Intelligence span pharmacy, OR, and forecasting.
- Capstone Health Alliance access and Southlake Health deployment validate workflow fit.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Parental Leave
Pet Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Hybrid Work Options
Company News
Hospitals may have millions in medication savings. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept 21 - Intelliguard, a leader in RFID-enabled medication inventory management, today announced the launch of its new Interactive ROI Calculator, designed to help hospital and health system leaders quickly estimate the potential five-year financial impact of improving how medications are managed across their organizations. Intelliguard modeled multiple hospitals and health systems reflecting real-world operating profiles. To illustrate these savings, the company applied its methodology to a representative six-hospital regional health system. Grounded in published industry research and Intelliguard's operational benchmarks, including customer outcomes like a 90% reduction in tray refill times and cutting monthly medication waste from 8.5% to under 3% of encoded medicines, the analysis identified a potential $51 million five-year financial opportunity, including: * $20M in drug inventory management * $13M in 340B revenue capture * $12M in charge capture * $6M in waste reduction An overlooked financial opportunity Medication inventory is one of the largest and most complex areas of hospital operations, yet many health systems lack a simple way to quantify the financial impact of inventory inefficiencies. Excess inventory ties up working capital. Medications expire before they can be used. Pharmacy teams spend valuable time on manual inventory and replenishment activities. Incomplete documentation can contribute to missed charge capture and, for eligible U.S. hospitals, unrealized 340B opportunities. The Healthcare Financial Management Association has reported that hospitals can lose as much as 1% of net revenue to charge-capture leakage system-wide. Research published in JAMA Health Forum also found that while the share of 340B-eligible prescriptions captured by 340B pharmacies increased substantially between 2013 and 2020, covered entities were still capturing only about half of the 340B revenue for which they were eligible. From operational inefficiencies to financial impact "Hospital leaders are being asked to find meaningful efficiencies while continuing to manage increasingly complex medication environments," said Jeff Harper, Head of Product at Intelliguard. "The challenge is knowing where the biggest opportunities are and whether they are significant enough to act on. This tool gives pharmacy, supply chain and finance leaders a quick way to use their own data to understand where better medication inventory management could create measurable value." Hospital and health system leaders can model their potential five-year opportunity in minutes at intelliguardhealth.com/roi-calculator/. The five-year savings figures cited above reflect an illustrative example built to mirror the scale of real-world hospital operating profiles and generated using Intelliguard's Cost Savings Calculator methodology. Results are not an audited outcome for any specific hospital and will vary based on each health system's inputs, workflows, medication spend, current level of automation and other circumstances.
Intelliguard and Accucold have launched an RFID-enabled refrigeration cabinet for medication management, integrating real-time inventory tracking directly into temperature-controlled storage. The Mira Care Inventory Cabinet combines Accucold's medical-grade refrigeration with Intelliguard's RFID platform. The system automatically tracks medication location, expiration dates, recall exposure and temperature data whilst logging user access. It operates within Intelliguard's Mira Ecosystem, supporting both source-tagged and self-tagged medications aligned with GS1 standards. The announcement follows a recent C$20 million medication loss in Canada caused by an open freezer drawer, highlighting demand for automated inventory controls in healthcare. Accucold refrigerators are widely used across North American hospitals. The integrated cabinets will be available in various sizes across the Pharma-Vac product line for pharmacies and clinical areas.
SAN DIEGO, COLUMBUS & CLEVELAND, Ohio & DENVER (December 9, 2024) - Intelliguard, a provider of medication management and data-intelligence solutions, announces a strategic partnership with Codonics, a global leader in healthcare technology offering cutting-edge solutions for patient safety.
Intelliguard has partnered with Cencora to bring better compatibility between RFID-tagged medication and RFID-based medication management systems.
SAN DIEGO, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- IntelliGuard, provider of medication and inventory management solutions, today announces the appointments of Robert Howard as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Thomas Koning as President.