Engineer - Product Development / Design at Synectic Product Development
hace 20 días
Woodbridge
Job DescriptionSalary: Job Title: Product Development / Design Engineer ID#: J-xxxx Department: Engineering and Operations Job Description: • Purpose and Scope The Product Development / Design Engineer is responsible for designing and engineering medical and nonmedical products. This person will work closely with the Engineering Manager. This position includes interfacing with clients including; project status meetings, product development project planning, tracking and reporting. Working with other internal technical teams is a key responsibility, including clinicians, industrial designers, consultants, vendors, quality engineers and other support personnel, as needed. The Product Development / Design Engineer should have experience in the development of products for the medical device / healthcare industry/ consumer products. This person should have knowledge of creative concept development, clinical issues, prototype experience, and analytical ability. • Responsibilities Responsibilities include: • Create, experiment with, and evaluate new product concepts, • Participate in project brainstorming meetings, • Capable of designing initial prototypes of specific concepts, • Capable of developing and executing clinical and engineering testing protocols, • Capable of troubleshooting and debugging prototypes, • Perform engineering activities, including, ensuring customer requirements are met, maintaining compliance with quality system requirements, and participating in project status meetings, • Interface with clients regarding project status, • Assure project proceeds in accordance with the Synectic Design Control system., • Perform according to detailed project timeline (start up to project completion)., • Participate in material, component and device assessment and selection for devices and implants, • Develop and communicate to customers results using Microsoft powerpoint or word, as applicable, • Organization Relationships The Product Development / Design Engineer reports directly to the Engineering Manager of the company. The Senior Product Development / Senior Design Engineer works closely with internal and external technical teams such as other engineers, industrial designers, clinicians and vendors. Job Requirements: • Education and Training, • A minimum of a four year college degree in engineering or science, or equivalent experience, is required. Strong listening, verbal and written communication skills required both with technical and non-technical people, • Minimum of five or more years of demonstrated success in product design and development engineering roles, specifically including the following experience and qualifications:, • Success in advancement of multiple new product development projects, from project startup through commercialization, • Demonstrated aptitude for creative, "out of the box" thinking, and translating customer needs into product ideas, • Strong mechanical and problem solving abilities, • Demonstrated ability to function independently and effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, • Technical Requirements, • Knowledge of product development and manufacturing, • Skilled at thinking strategically, innovating and applying technical knowledge to complex problems., • Proficient with recent versions of 3D CAD applications. (SolidWorks preferred), • Working knowledge of in-house machine shop capabilities and safety procedures., • Knowledge of rapid prototyping techniques, molding and extrusion methods, metal processes and components and common medical device assembly processes., • Familiarity with operation of typical mechanical laboratory equipment, as necessary for material, component and device performance evaluation., • Solid data analysis, data management, basic statistics and experimental design skills, • Experience with design, fabrication and validation of simulated use and standardized product performance tests, • Knowledge of polymer and elastomer properties, and common fabrication methods and limitations., • Very proficient with PC-based office tools, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint and Project., • Basic knowledge of classic stress analysis, Finite Element Analysis and mold flow analysis, • Capable of conducting patent and competitive product research on the internet., • Experience and working knowledge of quality systems.