Product Lifecycle Engineer

Job Summary

The ISC (Integrated Supply Chain) Product Lifecycle Engineer serves as the Operations representative on platform-led sustaining engineering projects. This role acts as the primary liaison between manufacturing sites and platform project teams, translating project requirements into executable site actions. The position emphasizes coordination, communication, and execution readiness to support on-time delivery, manage competing priorities, and reduce operational risk.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a core team member on sustaining engineering projects, ensuring site and operations requirements are incorporated into scope, risk assessments, validation strategies, and implementation plans.
• Act as the primary point of contact between platform project teams and manufacturing sites, communicating execution needs, risks, constraints, and status.
• Provide site-level input on capacity, timing, and resource availability to support project sequencing and prioritization decisions.
• Coordinate site execution activities, including validations, process studies, engineering work orders, material trials, and line-time planning.
• Monitor site readiness and execution risks, escalating impacts and constraints to project leadership and the PMO to enable timely mitigation.
• Support implementation of sustaining changes such as material or packaging updates, process changes, compliance initiatives, and business continuity projects.
• Ensure completion of required documentation and change control activities for site-impacting changes, including validation documentation, training coordination, and implementation closeout.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Project Management, Communications, or a related field.
• 3+years of experience in manufacturing, sustaining engineering, process engineering, or product lifecycle support within a regulated industry.
• Working knowledge of validation, change control, risk management, and manufacturing documentation.
• Experience supporting cross-functional project teams with site execution responsibilities.
• Strong communication and coordination skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience operating in a quality- and regulatory-controlled environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in medical devices or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Exposure to cost-out, supply continuity, compliance, or end-of-life initiatives.
• Experience coordinating site trials or execution across multiple manufacturing lines or sites.
• Familiarity with SAP manufacturing and document control systems.
• PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or similar project or operations certifications.
• Business analysis, product management, or negotiation/mediation training.

Success in This Role

• Manufacturing sites have a clear, trusted point of contact for sustaining engineering initiatives.
• Project teams have accurate visibility into site capacity, timing, and execution constraints.
• Validations, trials, and implementations are planned earlier and executed with fewer disruptions.
• Sustaining projects progress efficiently through strong coordination between sites and platform teams.
• Site sustaining needs are clearly communicated and effectively prioritized at the platform level.

Additional information

At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective problem-solving, which are essential in the fast-paced healthcare industry. For most roles, we require a minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week to maintain our culture of excellence and ensure smooth operations, while also recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. Remote or field-based positions will have different workplace arrangements which will be indicated in the job posting.

Pay and benefits

At BD, we are committed to supporting our associates' well-being, development, and success through a performance-based culture. For this position, BD offers a competitive compensation package along with the following benefits specific to this role:

Health and Well-being Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Health Savings Accounts
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Medical coverage
• Health Savings Accounts
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Hospital Care Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accidental Injury Insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term disability coverage
• Long-term disability insurance
• Long-term care with life insurance

Other Well-being Resources

• Anxiety management program
• Wellness incentives
• Sleep improvement program
• Diabetes management program
• Virtual physical therapy
• Emotional/mental health support programs
• Weight management programs
• Gastrointestinal health program
• Substance use management program
• Musculoskeletal surgery, cancer treatment, and bariatric surgery benefit

Retirement and Financial Well-being

• BD 401(k) Plan
• BD Deferred Compensation and Restoration Plan
• 529 College Savings Plan
• Financial counseling
• Baxter Credit Union (BCU)
• Daily Pay
• College financial aid and application guidance

Life Balance Programs

• Paid time off (PTO), including all required State leaves
• Educational assistance/tuition reimbursement
• MetLife Legal Plan
• Group auto and home insurance
• Pet insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Discounts on products and services
• Academic Achievement Scholarship
• Service Recognition Awards
• Employer matching donation
• Workplace accommodations

Other Life Balance Programs

• Adoption assistance
• Backup day care and eldercare
• Support for neurodivergent adults, children, and caregivers
• Caregiving assistance for elderly and special needs individuals
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for fertility, birthing, postpartum, and age-related hormonal changes

Leave Programs

• Bereavement leaves
• Military leave
• Personal leave
• Family and Medical Leave (FML)
• Jury and Witness Duty Leave

Benefits may include

• Health & Well-being: Medical, dental, vision, health savings and flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, wellness resources, mental health support, and disease management programs.
• Retirement & Financial Well-being: 401(k), deferred compensation programs, financial counseling, DailyPay, and educational savings resources.

Work-Life Balance & Family Support: Paid time off, company holidays, educational assistance, parental leave, adoption assistance, backup care, caregiving support, employee assistance programs, commuter benefits, pet insurance, legal services, and associate discount programs.

• Leave Programs: Bereavement, military, personal, family and medical leave, and jury duty leave.
• Additional details regarding benefits and well-being programs can be found in Our Commitment to You.
• Our salary or hourly rate ranges reward associates fairly and competitively. We regularly review these ranges and factors, such as location, contribute to the range displayed

Our pay is based on the role and the necessary skills and education to perform it successfully. The salary or hourly rate offered is determined by the role's specific requirements, including any applicable step rate pay system at the work location. Salary or hourly pay ranges are influenced by labor laws and Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) requirements applicable to the work location which may also affect the workplace arrangement of the role.

Salary Range Information $95,600.00 - $153,000.00 USD Annual