Job Title:
Senior Project Engineer
Job Description:
As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for designing and developing innovative solutions for Orthopaedic and Trauma applications. Your technical expertise will be instrumental in leading cross-functional teams through the new product development process. You will also provide oversight on adjacent project efforts and take ownership of technical aspects across the broader program pipeline.
Your Responsibilities:
- Independently design and implement complex concepts and systems, including system architectural design, relevant design documentation, test planning and execution
- Specialize in various technology domains and evaluate new technologies
- Support designs and the selection of platform technologies
- Work independently with surgeon customers in a user setting, clearly communicate design goals and incorporate feedback into designs
- Ensure compliance with relevant requirements in cooperation with other engineering disciplines, QA/RA/AO, etc.
- Maintain and improve engineering methods and practices
- Train and mentor regarding established engineering best practices, design principles, processes and tools
- Work with core team to determine project schedules and time commitments of self and other functional project team members and be able to clearly communicate status of assignments to project management
- Perform holistic problem analysis
- Design and implement solutions to address identified problems
- Support the implementation of state-of-the-art technologies
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in science, prefer Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering, prefer Masters Degree in a technical discipline
- Minimum of 2 years industry experience
- Product design experience in Orthopaedics in the medical device industry or related Engineering/Manufacturing industry experience
- Demonstrated leadership of technical work groups
- Experience in the function, clinical issues and performance requirements of Orthopaedic implants
- Experience leading complex product development initiatives from concept through release
- Experience in design controls and risk management within a regulated industry
- Experience with a parametric CAD design package. Prefer ProE
- Demonstrated understanding of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and its application