Welcome to the Traegerhood: 

Our business is BBQ, and business tastes good. Traeger invented the wood pellet grill over 30 years ago, and we’re fanatics who are dedicated to bringing people together to create a more flavorful world. From our headquarters in Salt Lake City, we work tirelessly to provide a world-class experience to our customers, retailers, and especially our employees. If you’re a team player who’s dedicated to delivering top-quality results every day, then we want you to come cook with us. 

What You’ll Do: 

As an Embedded Systems Engineer at Traeger, you will design, develop, and implement embedded software that controls our Traeger grills, MEATER wireless probes, and product test fixtures. You will contribute to sustaining our current products, building new features and enhancements that improve performance and user experience, and discovering innovations for future products. Success in this position requires strong analytical and data driven problem-solving skills, creativity, innovation, and attention to detail, along with clear communication of findings and progress across hardware, firmware, performance, and product teams. 

This position is with the firmware development group located in our Cleveland, Ohio office. 

How You'll Help Us Win: 

• Design, document, manage, and maintain embedded software solutions from concept to implementation, ensuring they meet performance, cost, compliance, and reliability requirements.  

• Collaborate with the stakeholders, test team, culinary, and design engineers to ensure everything is properly implemented and tested.  

• Improve, troubleshoot, and resolve any issues or failures that arise during development, testing, or production.  

• Support occasional travel or after-hours teleconferences with domestic and international partners as needed.  

What You'll Need To Succeed: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, or related technical field.  

• 1 to 4 years of experience designing and developing firmware. 

• Proficiency in C programming language.  

• Thorough understanding of RTOS based micro-controllers and micro-controller architecture. 

• Experience with hardware bring-up and bench level debugging using test equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes, digital multi-meters, and data acquisition equipment). 

• Experience with at least some drivers for and/or utilizing various peripheral devices, sensors, and protocols such as BLE, Wi-Fi, UART, SPI, I2C, etc.  

• Ability to effectively communicate ideas across a cross functional team. 

• Self-motivated and self-driven to work independently on a task but call for help when needed. 

• Experience with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams). 

• Ability to travel occasionally (<5%) both domestically and overseas, including to Asia, to support product development activities. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Knowledge of reading and interpreting digital electrical schematics. 

• Basic knowledge of Python for test development and build scripting 

• Familiarity using Gitlab, P4 (HelixCore) or similar revision control systems. 

• Familiarity with consumer IoT architecture and products utilizing WiFi and Bluetooth. 

• Familiarity leveraging AI to improve efficiency. 

• Familiarity with product development using a stage-gate process. 

• Familiarity using JIRA for work assignments. 

Why You Will Love Working Here: 

• Be part of the most disruptive force in outdoor cooking 
• Join a true team working towards a common goal 
• Culture of risk-taking, innovation, & quality 
• Full medical/dental/vision package to fit your needs 
• 401k to help you plan for the future 
• Tuition reimbursement 
• Individual professional development programs & initiatives to help you grow professionally 
• Great discounts on all things Traeger 

Kyowa Kirin is a fast-growing global specialty pharmaceutical company that applies state-of-the-art biotechnologies to discover and deliver novel medicines in four disease areas: bone and mineral; intractable hematologic; hematology oncology; and rare disease.  A Japan-based company, our goal is to make people smile by delivering breakthroughs where no adequate treatments currently exist, working from drug discovery to product development and commercialization. In North America, we are headquartered in Princeton, NJ, with offices in California, Massachusetts, and Ontario.

Ideal candidates would like near a major airport. 

Central East – 

• Coverage: OH, KY, TN
• Ideal locations to reside: Louisville, Nashville, Cleveland

Job Summary:

The Field Reimbursement Manager is a regionally field based position that provides reimbursement and access support for patients who have been prescribed a rare disease product.  Reporting to the Director, Patient Access Solutions, he/she will work closely with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and ancillary staff, as well as patients and caregivers of patients to prevent and address barriers to patient access and reimbursement. Also, this candidate will align with Kyowa Kirin’s Commercial and Patient Services Team(s), to ensure that the team is collaborating on behalf of patients, their care teams, and other therapy partners to ensure access to uninterrupted therapy and support throughout the patient treatment journey.

Essential Functions:

• Provide coordination of care to patients and their caregivers accessing a rare disease product by working with Healthcare Providers to ensure access
• In person meetings with patients, healthcare providers, and/or other office staff to discuss and educate on product specific coverage and reimbursement, alternative insurance and coverage options, and relevant information to aid in the continued access of a rare disease product.
• Assist with and provide information and education regarding general reimbursement and process related information and assistance to help HCPs obtain reimbursement for their patients
• Ensure that all patients and providers are well educated and informed throughout the treatment journey to ensure and maintain treatment schedule as prescribed by their provider
• Subject matter expert on relevant reimbursement topics related to rare disease therapy
• Billing, reimbursement, and procurement options expert
• Able to provide support to help troubleshoot billing and coverage hurdles with office staff
• Provide ongoing support and input to Kyowa Kirin’s Patient Services, Marketing, Market Access, Sales, Legal/Compliance, and Medical team partners as needed in order to provide on-going support
• Liaison with Kyowa Kirin’s Commercial team’s internal and external stakeholders 
• Attend meetings and represent Kyowa Kirin at industry conferences as needed
• Attendance at company sponsored and external customer meetings when requested
• Expertise in regionally based plan/policy as well as nationally and government funded plans
• Understanding of company based and external alternative co-pay and financial support programs, 501c3 and other advocacy groups

Job Requirements: 

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required

Experience

A minimum of 5+ years of experience in a Market Access and/or Patient Services role, with extensive prior knowledge in patient access and reimbursement required

Technical Skills

Proficient in MS Office Suite

Non-Technical Skills

• 3+ years informal leadership experience in biotech/pharmaceutical industry required, product launch experience a plus
• Rare Disease and Specialty products experience preferred
• Highly Patient Focused
• Exceptional enthusiasm with a drive to succeed
• Demonstrated track record of professional growth
• Ability to strategically think and tactically execute on patient and departmental objectives
• Ability to collaborate, educate and lead peers all while working cohesively within a team environment, both office and field based
• Ability to assist with providing information regarding complex reimbursement and processes to patients and their medical professionals
• Remain professional during interactions with all patients, families, and other medical professionals
• Excellent organizational, written, listening, and communication skills a must
• Excellent time management skills, both team and individually
• Ability to influence others without authority
• Understanding of specialty channel patient-level data
• Quick learner and ability to adapt to change  

Physical Demands:

Field based/Normal office environment with prolonged sitting and extensive computer work

Working Conditions:

Requires up to 80% domestic and international travel

KKNA and all of its employees have an obligation to act in accordance with the law and with integrity in all our operations and interactions

It is the policy of Kyowa Kirin North America, Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, religion, creed, color, pregnancy, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or affection preference or citizenship status or any other category protected by law.

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Recruitment & Staffing Agencies

Kyowa Kirin does not accept agency resumes unless contacted directly by internal Kyowa Kirin Talent Acquisition. Please do not forward resumes to Kyowa Kirin employees or any other company location; Kyowa Kirin is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Annualized base salary ranges from $160,000 – $185,000 plus sales incentive; actual salaries will vary and may be above or below this range commensurate with various factors including but not limited to experience, education, training, and merit. 

This position is eligible for a company car through the Company’s FLEET program.

Kyowa Kirin provides a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which includes:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Basic and Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance, Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Health Savings Account, Business Travel Insurance, Employee Assistance Programs
• Pet Insurance
• Retirement Savings 401k with company match and annual discretionary profit sharing
• Well-Being and Work-Life Programs Including Gympass, Nutrition Counseling, , Volunteer Time Off, Flexible Work Arrangements, Parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, and TouchCare Insurance & Billing Support
• Generous Paid Time Off, Sick Time, & Paid Holidays
• Perks and Discounts with Tickets at Work and LifeMart
• Reward & Recognition Programs
• Career Development and Training 

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