Senior Director, R&D Engineering
M6
MDPD.GEN.M6
Senior Director, R&D Engineering
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Medical Device Product Development · General

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Pay by level

Same pricing source as the profile's ticker header — family multiplier + inherited focus differential over the function×level base.

National-base pricing — this family's function differential is pending review, so dollar levels are not function-adjusted (level-over-level % is unaffected).

M1
$84,052
M2
$108,434
M3
$118,149
M4
$164,620
M5
$184,924
M6
$237,209

Pay rises with level — the structure that explains the most pay variance.

Mastery at this level

Starting outFoundationalProficientExpert

M6Expert · great — sets the standard, reconciles the hard trade-offs

Reconciling risk, human cost, and strategic outcomes

  • Shields the team from bureaucracy and orchestrates cross-group cooperation while taking calculated technical and schedule risk for large payoff
  • Balances personality archetypes and shapes competitive/reward conditions to sustain drive without tipping into corrosive stress
  • Manages the tension between extreme discretionary effort/immersion and burnout so retention and fulfillment survive the sprint
  • Delivers competitive products on-time and on-budget that advance the organization's strategic position

Top of the ladder — this level sits in the Expert stage, the highest the field defines.

From Lead A Hardware / Deep-Tech Engineering Team — the closest guide to this family (semantic match; stage bands from the canonical level binding).

No JFM factory canon (responsibilities × level, level guidelines × level, skills) for this profile yet.