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A Day in the Life R&D - Manufacturing Process Technician to support EU MDR Remediation and Shiley FlexFEN PDP Projects Medtronic At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique.
Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress and deliver meaningful innovations.
Our Purpose At our Research & Development Department, we focus on the development of cutting-edge medical devices in Airway Management.
Our technicians are directly involved in working on the development of Innovative products for use in medical procedures.
Come for a job, stay for a career!
A Day in The Life Of: EU MDR: Given that the EU MDR project comprises converting 10 product families from DEHP plasticized PVC materials, to Non DEHP plasticized materials, extensive work is required with Extrusion, Blow Moulding, and device assembly to demonstrate compliance to new regulation.
In order to qualify the above product changes, work is required on our primary processes to complete Feasibility studies, parameter Development studies, and Operational Qualification runs, including challenge runs at both low and high machine parameter settings to demonstrate process capability.
The role also involves helping us to ensure our products are in compliance to recently released ISO Product Standards Working with the R&D team with respect to developing device specifications, testing methods, and problem resolution.
New Product Introduction (NPI) Support New Product introduction with specific emphasis on PVC extrusion product development and validation including Parameter Development studies, and Operational Qualification runs, including challenge runs at both low and high machine parameter settings to demonstrate capability.
Provide general support to other plastics processing technologies such as Blow Moulding, and general Device Assembly and Packaging Key Skills & Experience Level 6 or higher qualification in in Mechanical, Polymer, Biomedical or related Engineering /Science discipline with excellent Hands On working knowledge of Extrusion.
Working knowledge of blow moulding, injection moulding and Medical device assembly an advantage.
Experience in the development of new product specifications in the Medical Device Industry.
Good knowledge of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) / Design Reliability Manufacturability (DRM) and CAD (Solidworks) Familiar with problem solving techniques and methodologies.
Broad biomedical materials knowledge, with knowledge of processing and joining technologies also.
Basic knowledge of quality requirements from agencies or outside professional groups (e.g.
FDA, ISO, ANSI,) and EU MDR.
Ability to adjust or recommend enhancements to systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area.
Can work independently with general supervision A dynamic Player and can work effectively on cross-functional teams.
A good communicator and fluent in English, both in writing and speaking.
Core hours will be 8am to 4:30pm Monday to Thursday, and 8am to 3:30 on Friday.
Flexibility to work on evening shift, night shifts and weekends will be required in order to execute tasks aligned with machine availability and project timelines.
The position will report to the Senior R&D Manager.
Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package #IJ Physical Job Requirements The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values.
We recognize their contributions.
They share in the success they help to create.
We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
About Medtronic We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people.
From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves.
We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
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