Job Description: We are seeking a Medical Innovation Lead to join our team. As a key member of our research and development department, you will be responsible for driving technical innovation across the department.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design, develop, troubleshoot, and provide technical skills during research and/or product development.
* Effectively represent the company while interacting with physicians to distil their needs into product requirements and concepts.
* Provide direction 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 come up with working designs.
* Interface effectively and build relationships with team members, other staff, and key technology and component suppliers, both locally and globally.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
Key Requirements:
* Degree level 8 in Engineering or related discipline with a minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or PHD with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience – additional relevant qualifications may be advantageous.
* Dynamic team player that can work effectively and proactively on cross-functional teams.
* Extensive medical device product development experience and a strong proven track record in innovation and technical advisory.
Benefits:
This role is primarily technical in nature; thus, we seek someone who is passionate about Engineering concepts and principles – someone who gets a thrill from how and why things work.
We are looking for a proven influencer and someone who exhibits skills in driving large-scale technical initiatives.
You are a seasoned professional in engineering development with extensive engineering knowledge and skills in some or all of the following: component and system design, materials (polymers and metals), sterilization of medical devices, test method development, design for six sigma principles, CAD (Solidworks preferred), pre-clinical evaluations, physician interactions, knowledge of anatomical use conditions (anatomy, physiology etc.), system requirements development, design control, application of ISO standards for medical devices.