Ariadne Labs is a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Our goal is to drive scalable solutions for better care at critical moments in people’s lives everywhere. Better care means better health outcomes, lower costs, and more actual caring. Critical means solving health systems failures that have major impact, typically touching people by the millions. Ariadne Labs currently has research programs in the areas of childbirth, surgery, palliative care, home hospital, and primary health care.
Ariadne Labs’ platform teams support projects by providing expertise in the fields of informatics, statistics, implementation science, monitoring and evaluation, quality improvement, strategic communications, human centered design and program management.
The Ariadne Labs’ Innovation Platform accelerates programs’ ability to successfully design, test, and spread solutions. Our design work begins with precisely identifying the problem and patient outcomes to change, background research, generating solution options and prototyping, collecting rapid-cycle feedback, and then iterating on solution design and implementation elements.
Ariadne’s Home Hospital Program is a diverse portfolio of projects focusing on driving advanced care to the home. The team’s largest focus is on acute care at home, or the provision of hospital-level care at home as a substitute for the traditional hospital. The team recently completed a multi-site randomized controlled trial of rural home hospital and a national early adopters accelerator to promote home hospital knowledge products. The team is currently working on the design and implementation of a novel pathway to treat acutely ill patients with psychiatric conditions at home, an international fellowship, a home-based drone program, and mobile advanced rural care program.
The Innovation Platform and Home Hospital Program are seeking an experienced Industrial Product Design Engineer to work on the home-based drone program. This position will lead the design and physical creation of the packaging needed to safely and effectively deliver payloads for various use cases via a drone. This person will work closely with the entire team – clinicians, design specialists, implementation specialists, systems engineers, and other research administration and support staff – to design and create the detailed patient and clinician experience.
The individual in this role should have experience and be well-versed in 3-D CAD software, 3-D printing, modeling, building, software development, and UI/UX. This position is a hybrid role requiring at least 3 days a week in our Boston office (this may increase during phases of the project that are focused on building products). This role requires an individual who is skilled at working collaboratively within a matrix organization to collaborate with individuals across disciplines. This individual will report to the Director of the Innovation Platform and will also be supported by the Science and Technology Platform and Home Hospital Program to successfully integrate into the Lab and project.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop product design ideas that incorporate various end user needs – patients and clinicians and are feasible within the scope of the project.
- Conduct user product research at all phases of the design process.
- Identify and address product design challenges and advise the project team on the limitations and opportunities of product design and engineering to implement various use cases.
- Create detailed product designs, including 3D models and build prototypes, and final products, using CAD software, 3D printing, and other tools.
- Test, solicit feedback, and iterate on product designs and prototypes.
- Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., clinicians, drone operators, software and systems engineers) to ensure payload designs and the built products support end-to-end integration, real-world testing, and regulatory compliance.
- Contribute to payload development that supports embedded diagnostics, secure data handling, and integration with broader drone and data systems architecture.
- Design, build, and iterate packaging solutions for drone-based medical payloads with attention to usability, safety, environmental conditions, and regulatory compliance (e.g., FAA, HIPAA), supporting real-world testing and deployment.
- Develop products for commercialization and scale.
Required Skills
- Strong understanding of engineering principles, materials science, manufacturing processes, and CAD software. (Examples of past work may be requested)
- Ability to visualize ideas, sketch, and create 3-D models.
- Strong craftsmanship skills using a variety of materials and machines/tools and interfaces to build final products. (Examples of past work may be requested)
- Ability to identify and solve problems creatively.
- Demonstrated experience working with interdisciplinary teams, including software and embedded systems engineers, to support integrated hardware-software solutions.
- Ability to prototype and test physical components in coordination with software teams, including iterative improvement based on real-world testing.
- Excellent self-management skills, including the ability to work independently and problem solve proactively.
- Logical and rigorous thinker, able to integrate new information rapidly, comprehend large amounts of information, draw conclusions, and clearly communicate key findings
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively in partnership and in team settings with colleagues of varying backgrounds and expertise
- Effective relationship building skills with external partners, clients or customers
Education
Master’s Degree Related Field of Study required or Doctorate Related Field of Study preferred
Experience
Research Engineering Experience 3-5 years required
If you’re excited about the position but don’t meet all the qualifications listed above, please apply anyway! Ariadne Labs is committed to fostering an environment founded in principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are always looking for candidates who will bring new ideas and a fresh perspective to the organization.
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