Merck

Makes medicines, vaccines and animal treatments

Development Engineer

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeVitré, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Have 5 to 10 years of experience in an R&D department, ideally in high-volume production.
Have experience managing several projects simultaneously and coordinating subcontractors in parallel.
Have experience developing products made from multiple materials, such as plastic, metal, and glass.
Have experience working in a multicultural company.
Have experience preparing product technical specifications and solution requests.
Have strong technical competence and willingness to examine details to meet customer needs.
Be comfortable with Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), functional analysis, Lean, and 8D.
Be experienced with computer-aided design (CAD), ideally Solid Edge.
Have good verbal and written communication skills.
Have technical French and English language skills.
Be a mechanical engineer and/or plastics engineer.
Be motivated, independent, able to manage time and priorities, comfortable working in a team, innovative, and proactive.

Responsibilities

Create new and innovative products from ideation through industrialization.
Modify and improve existing products.
Establish and maintain subcontracting relationships to increase execution capacity.
Address issues related to approval requests.
Maintain technical documentation.
Monitor competitor products and processes for technological developments.
Propose ways to reduce time to market, development time, production time, and costs.
Participate in the qualification and approval process for new products.
Interact with various group departments, including purchasing, production, industrialization, and quality.

Desired Qualifications

Have knowledge of numerical simulation.
Have knowledge of processes including plastic injection molding, aluminum high-pressure die casting, machining, coatings, mechanical assemblies (for example, handheld tools), and kinematics.
Have knowledge of primary packaging development, ergonomics, and environmental impact.
Have knowledge of plastics and metals.
Have experience with marking, hot stamping, and engraving.
Have experience with high-volume molding.
Have experience with TPU molds.
Have experience in agriculture or animal health.
Have knowledge of Change Controls, Emerging Technologies, Industrial Design, Mechanical Design, Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), User Experience (UX) Design, User Experience Analysis, and User Experience Evaluation.

Job Description

Nous recherchons un Ingénieur Développement pour le développement de nouveaux produits innovants pour l’identification animale.

Job description

En tant qu’Ingénieur Développement vous aurez en charge la création de produits nouveaux et innovants depuis l’idéation jusqu’à l’industrialisation

La responsabilité inclut les modifications et améliorations des produits existants et il est attendu que vous établirez et maintiendrez des relations de sous-traitance afin d’augmenter la capacité d’exécution.

Vous traiterez les problématiques associées aux demandes d’agrément. Vous tiendrez à jour la documentation technique et serez activement impliqué dans la veille technologique des produits concurrents et des process.

L’ingénieur développement est force de proposition afin de réduire le temps de mise sur le marché et du temps de développement, de production et des coûts.

Vous participerez au processus d’homologation des nouveaux produits

Le poste implique de nombreuses interactions avec divers services au niveau du groupe (achats, production, Industrialisation, Qualité…)

Key requirements

Ingénieur mécanique et/ou plasturgiste
5 à 10 ans d’expérience dans un département R&D, idéalement dans les très grandes séries
Expérience dans le management de plusieurs projets en simultané, sous-traitants en parallèle.
Expérience dans le développement de produits multi-matériaux (Plastique, métal, verre…)
Expérience dans une entreprise multiculturelle.
Expérience en spécifications techniques de produits et demandes de solution.
Excellente compétence technique avec le désir d’aller dans le détail afin d’atteindre les besoins client
A l’aise avec AMDEC, Analyse fonctionnelle, Lean, 8D
Habitué de la CAO (idéalement Solid Edge)
Bonne communication verbale et écrite
Français et Anglais technique

Advantages

Connaissance de la simulation numérique

Connaissance de différents process : Injection plastique, fonderie sous pression aluminium, usinages, coatings, assemblages mécaniques (handheld tools par exemple), cinématique

Connaissance en développement de packaging primaire, ergonomie, impact environnemental.

Connaissances des matériaux: Plastiques, métaux

Expérience dans le marquage, marquage à chaud, gravures

Expérience dans le moulage de grandes séries

Expérience dans le moule TPU

Expérience dans le milieu agricole ou santé animale.

Personal Characteristics

Motivé et indépendant, bonne gestion du temps et des priorités

Motivé et à l’aise dans le travail d’équipe

Capacité à innover et force de proposition

Location

35500 Vitré

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Change Controls, Emerging Technologies, Industrial Design, Mechanical Design, Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), User Experience (UX) Design, User Experience Analysis, User Experience Evaluation

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Regular

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Hybrid

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Job Posting End Date:

12/1/2026

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About the Company

Merck

Makes medicines, vaccines and animal treatments

Merck develops prescription medicines, vaccines and veterinary treatments for patients, health systems and animal owners worldwide. Its vaccine portfolio includes Gardasil 9, which helps prevent cancers and other diseases caused by several types of human papillomavirus. The company takes potential treatments through laboratory research and clinical trials, then manufactures and sells approved products to drug distributors, hospitals, physicians and governments. Its animal health division sells medicines and vaccines to veterinarians, farmers and pet owners, while selected drug partnerships also earn shared profits or royalties. Founded in 1891, Merck is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Rahway, NJ
Founded: 1891

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