LLOYD M. SNYDER
Whiteland,IN
Summary
Principal R&D Engineer with over 30 years of engineering experience, including extensive expertise in medical-device product development. Led design and commercialization of complex Class I, II, and III medical devices and drug-delivery technologies, ensuring compliance with rigorous design controls and risk management standards. Contributed to innovation as inventor on 25 U.S. patents, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive product success and market readiness.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead R&D Engineer | Project Manager
Cook Medical
Bloomington, IN
2024 - Current
- Provide senior technical leadership for multidisciplinary Class II and III medical-device programs, serving as the primary engineering resource across product architecture, design reviews, verification strategy, technical risk, and production readiness.
- Lead alignment across R&D, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Program Management, and executive stakeholders to balance technical, regulatory, patient-safety, manufacturing, and commercial objectives.
- Led design reviews and technical decision-making on product requirements, architecture, verification strategy, and production readiness, facilitating successful project outcomes.
- Plan and execute design-verification testing, including protocol development, data analysis, traceability, and verification activities supporting regulatory submissions and commercialization.
- Advised program leadership on technical risk, development strategy, design controls, ISO 14971 risk management, and commercialization readiness to ensure program alignment with regulatory standards.
- Influence portfolio and development decisions through evaluation of emerging technologies, clinical needs, technical feasibility, manufacturability, and commercialization opportunities.
- Improve product robustness and manufacturing efficiency through DFM/DFA optimization and proactive resolution of technical risks.
- Strengthened engineering capability by mentoring team members, providing technical coaching, conducting design reviews, and implementing risk-management and design-control best practices.
Staff Engineer | Technical Design Lead
ENABLE INJECTIONS
Cincinnati, OH
2019 - 2024
- Acted as senior technical authority for strategic pharmaceutical partnerships, providing product-architecture leadership, technical decision-making, and commercialization strategy for wearable drug-delivery platforms.
- Shaped platform-integration strategies with global pharmaceutical partners to influence technical direction for future wearable drug-delivery programs.
- Directed multidisciplinary product development from concept through commercial launch, including verification, design transfer, manufacturing scale-up, production readiness, and commercialization.
- Established risk-management strategies to balance patient safety, regulatory compliance, technical performance, and development timelines in FDA-regulated design-control environments.
- Led mechanical design of molded, machined, and assembled components using CAD, GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, material selection, DFMA, statistical analysis, risk management, and DOE.
- Drove design simplification, manufacturing-readiness, semi-automated production implementation, and scale-up initiatives that increased production capacity by 250%.
- Led engineering investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions while collaborating with manufacturing engineering on process development and component modifications.
- Built, mentored, and led a team of 5 R&D engineers, strengthening technical capability through coaching, design-review leadership, and engineering standards.
Principal Engineer | Project Team Leader
TYBER MEDICAL
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2018 - 2019
- Directed development of orthopedic trauma implant and surgical instrument systems from concept through commercialization.
- Acted as primary technical interface among executive leadership, customers, suppliers, and cross-functional development teams; advised leadership on go/no-go decisions, technical risk, and portfolio strategy.
- Acted as the primary product-development contact with the DePuy product team to align product requirements and technical specifications.
- Facilitated design and risk reviews, change control, and corrective actions to address technical and program risks, enhancing project alignment and mitigation strategies.
- Coordinated design verification, transfer, manufacturing scale-up, production-readiness assessments, and supplier qualification to ensure successful commercial launch.
- Developed and updated 3D CAD models and engineering drawings using GD&T, incorporating tolerance analysis and verification testing to ensure product accuracy and reliability.
- Simplified product architectures using DFMA principles to improve scalability, robustness, manufacturing efficiency, and product cost.
- Mentored 4 product-development engineers while leading strategic product-development initiatives.
Principal Design Engineer | Cross-Functional Team
MEDTRONIC — INTERVENTIONAL PAIN & SPINAL BUSINESSE
Memphis, TN
2010 - 2018
- Led development of interventional pain, spinal, implant, and related medical technologies from early concept through commercialization within FDA-regulated design-control environments.
- Defined product architecture and commercialization strategy for novel drug-delivery platform, driving alignment with strategic growth initiatives.
- Influenced development priorities and investment decisions across embolization systems, vertebral compression-fracture solutions, spinal instrumentation, and implant technologies.
- Served as enterprise technical authority across multiple business units, shaping platform strategy, guiding technology investments, and defining long-term product roadmaps.
- Invented and developed a custom compassionate-use spinal implant enabling life-saving surgical reconstruction for a two-year-old patient.
- Architected complex mechanical systems using tolerance analysis, material selection, risk-based engineering, DFMA, and design-verification methods.
- Directed manufacturing transfer, ensured production readiness, managed supplier qualification, facilitated commercial-launch support, and planned lifecycle management.
- Collaborated with spinal surgeons and cross-functional teams across Program Management, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, and Product Assembly to translate clinical needs into product requirements and manufacturable solutions.
Senior Staff Product Design Engineer | Principal R
MOTOROLA | AUTOLIV | TRW
U.S. / INTERNATIONAL
1990 - 2010
- Held progressive senior engineering roles developing highly regulated electromechanical systems, automotive safety technologies, and global product platforms.
- Managed international development teams and supplier collaborations across North America, Europe, and Asia to align with global R&D strategy and drive innovation-roadmap initiatives.
- Developed and launched advanced electromechanical systems across automotive and consumer-product industries.
- Introduced advanced Degressive Load Limiting and Adaptive Load Limiting retractor safety systems into the U.S. automotive market.
- Created market opportunity by introducing electrical locking retractor system for wheelchair restraints, expanding product offerings.
- Co-developed a global retractor-system platform during a 3-year expatriate engineering assignment in Germany.
- Designed hundreds of complex plastic injection-molded and metal components, mechanisms, and assemblies, enhancing product functionality and manufacturability.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
GMI Engineering and Management Institute
Flint, Michigan01-1995
Six Sigma / Design For Six Sigma Black Belt
25 U.S. Patents
Skills
- Device development
- Mechanical design
- Design controls
- Verification and validation
- Risk management
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Design for manufacturability
- FMEA & Root Cause Analysis
- Lean Product Development
- Quality Control Techniques
- CAD & Prototyping
- Manufacturing scale-up
- Production readiness
- Supplier & Cross-Functional Leadership
- Project leadership
SELECTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
- 25 U.S. patents spanning drug-delivery devices, combination products, implant systems, surgical instruments, mechanical safety mechanisms, and medical-device platforms.
- Increased production capacity by 250% through design simplification, process optimization, semi-automated production implementation, manufacturing readiness, and scale-up initiatives.
- Provided senior technical authority for Class II and III medical-device programs, influencing product architecture, verification strategy, technical risk, manufacturability, and commercialization readiness.
- Led and mentored a team of 5 R&D engineers, strengthening technical capability through coaching, design reviews, and engineering standards.
- Developed a custom compassionate-use spinal implant enabling life-saving surgical reconstruction for a two-year-old patient.
- Led product-development and commercialization programs spanning wearable drug delivery, combination products, orthopedic trauma, spinal technologies, interventional pain, surgical instruments, implants, and electromechanical safety systems.
Timeline
Lead R&D Engineer | Project Manager
Cook Medical
2024 - Current
Staff Engineer | Technical Design Lead
ENABLE INJECTIONS
2019 - 2024
Principal Engineer | Project Team Leader
TYBER MEDICAL
2018 - 2019
Principal Design Engineer | Cross-Functional Team
MEDTRONIC — INTERVENTIONAL PAIN & SPINAL BUSINESSE
2010 - 2018
Senior Staff Product Design Engineer | Principal R
MOTOROLA | AUTOLIV | TRW
1990 - 2010
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
GMI Engineering and Management Institute
Six Sigma / Design For Six Sigma Black Belt
25 U.S. Patents