Engineering Manager, FundamentalVR
VR technology for healthcare
Job no longer available
VR technology for healthcare
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To accelerate human capability via precision simulation and as a result, advance pre-human competence in surgery and additional clinical environments to improve patient outcomes.
Role
Who you are
- A proven track record of managing tech teams, and helping team members grow in their careers
- Experience coaching and managing developers at various levels (from entry level, to senior engineer)
- Familiarity with some of the people challenges of an Engineering team in a startup organisation
- Experience hiring high-quality engineering talent
- Direct experience of running performance review discussions
- Experience of owning and improving career frameworks that are suited to the organisation and adds value to Engineers
- Strong communication skills, particularly with non-technical peers
- Prior experience leading a technical software engineering team - ideally in a fast paced environment
- Strong understanding of real-time 3D Software Development, experience with the Unity 3D engine ideal
- Good understanding of back-end development
- Good understanding of the tools and processes used in software development, Jira, Scrum, Kanban, Source Control etc
- Are comfortable with public speaking, presenting to large groups, and evangelising engineering best practices
What the job involves
- The Engineer Manager role reports to the CTO and will work closely with our VP of Engineering. The role centres around people and you will be responsible for mentoring, coaching and supporting our teams through their careers at FVR
- You will focus on recruiting new engineers, aid retention by helping existing engineers with their professional development and ensuring we build a strong team to set us up successfully for growth
- Working with the VP Engineering to create an effective Onboarding programme for Engineers to ensure they get up to speed and productive as quickly as possible - checking in regularly with their managers to ensure any issues are identified early on and tackled appropriately
- Support line managers to have goal setting discussions with their team members and guiding them through any performance management of their teams
- Driving the mid year and end of year performance reviews - gathering helpful feedback, ensuring line managers are well prepared with examples, and ensuring the process runs smoothly along with the VP Eng and CTO
- Give engineers the space to discuss their career goals, working with them towards their next step and liaising with their line managers to ensure any development needs are addressed
- Reviewing the existing Skills Matrix and Career Framework to ensure it remains up to date as the teams evolve, and keep it a critical part of the annual, (and bi-annual) review discussions
- Be an active and enthusiastic part of our efforts to attract top engineering talent
- Leading the recruitment process with our Talent Acquisition Specialist. Reviewing CVs, ensuring key stakeholders make space in their diaries for interviews, providing feedback on candidates and ensuring candidates move quickly through the hiring process.
- Work closely with the VP Engineering and our People & Culture team to have stay apprised of market conditions and ensure we are rewarding our engineers appropriately
- Support and encourage the teams - working closely with their line managers to ensure development needs are given time and focus
- Ensure that engineers feel challenged, that they can learn both on and off the job effectively
- Encourage a “feedback culture” - to ensure both positive and constructive feedback is delivered well, acted on promptly and that we recognise individuals strengths and find ways to regularly celebrating their achievements
- Contribute in shaping and improving our Ways of Working
- Identifying best practices and ensuring they’re adhered to
Salary benchmarks
Our take
FundamentalVR applies machine learning, immersive technology and haptics to the healthcare industry, providing medical professionals and trainees with VR technology to aid them in surgery and diagnosis.
With its patented Haptic Intelligence Engine, Fundamental VR aims to accelerate skill transfer and surgical proficiency in a variety of orthopedic and spine procedures through immersive touch-sensitive simulations. Fundamental VR has optimised its technology for home, multi and mixed-use, making it a flexible tool for medical professionals.
Though Fundamental VR has achieved tens of millions in Series B funding, accreditation by the Royal College of Surgeons England, and an expansion into the US, the medical VR market is crowded. Nevertheless, FundamentalVR is confident that with its focus on Haptics and machine learning, it can provide a more multi-sensory and lifelike experience for the surgical training industry, and hence cement itself as a strong option in the market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2024
$5m
GRANT
Aug 2022
$21.8m
SERIES B
Total funding: $36.5m
Company benefits
- Private Healthcare
- Death in service insurance
- Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Leave
- Perks: Access to hundreds of vouchers and discounts
- 22 days of holidays per year + bank holidays + 3 days between Christmas and a new year + one extra day per year, up to a maximum of 28 days
- Opportunity to participate in and become a key player in a fast-paced startup environment with lots of exciting growth opportunities
- Opportunity to work with VR plus haptics, the next frontier of simulation and virtual reality
- WFH Budget
- Share options
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Leadership
Richard Vincent
(CEO & Co-Founder)Former CEO & Co-Founder of SmartFusion, former Head of Consumer & Digital at Jack Morton Worldwide.
Chris Scattergood
(Co-Founder)Co-Founder of Fundamental Surgery, previously CEO & Founder at Beaver Communications and Smartfusion.
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