Senior r&d engineer

PE Global is recruiting for a Senior R&D Engineer for our medical device client in Galway. This is an initial 10-month contract, fully onsite role.
As a Senior R&D Engineer within the Product Design Engineering Team, you will be tasked with supporting the cross functional technical team and leading projects in all aspects of new product development engineering.
Key Responsibilities

Medtronic R&D seeks an experienced engineer to focus on all stages of the product development process from concept generation through to commercializing of innovative medical devices.
Design and develop new medical devices from initial concept phase through design freeze, verification, and validation and finally into commercialization phase.
Work from basic clinical need through opportunity assessment and device concept to prototype.
Effectively represent Medtronic while interacting with physicians to distil their needs into product requirements and concepts.
Participate in technical innovation across the department.
Identify and mitigate technological risks throughout the design process.
Apply understanding of anatomy & physiology with engineering knowledge in materials and processes to produce working designs.
Interface effectively and build relationships with team members, other staff and key technology and component suppliers, both locally and globally.
Contribute to resolution technical obstacles with existing designs and support portfolio sustaining activities.
Contribute to generation of intellectual property.
Delegate/direct work of experienced engineers.
Provide coaching/guidance to less experienced team members.

Key Skills & Experience

Level 8 Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering or related discipline with minimum 5 years relevant direct engineering experience within medical device environment.
You are a dynamic team player and can work effectively and proactively on cross-functional teams and across organizational boundaries and take appropriate actions when problems occur.
Technical experience in DOE (Design of Experiments), Six Sigma, DFM, Problem Solving etc.
Experience in interfacing with physicians and reducing feedback to device concepts.

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV.
Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in Ireland.
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