Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Position Overview: 

Lead the investigation to determine the viability of integrating proven technologies into client products. Responsible for the development, execution, and management of integrating these technologies from concept to New Product Development transition. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES – Other duties may be assigned:

 Applies technical competencies to problems with significant complexity

 Makes difficult design trade-offs and decisions about features, schedule, quality and cost

 Determines all tasks that are required for a project and accepts responsibility for project outcome

 Contributes as a technical reviewer in areas of expertise

 Proactively determines measures and standards of success for project, product, and process quality within project teams

 Seeks the optimal technology solutions to problems from internal and external options, and applies appropriate methodology to identify issues/concerns

 Challenges established work processes and proactively finds creative solutions

 Creates an environment of innovation and exploration

 Ability to work in a global team environment and to mentor junior level engineers

 Creative, self- motivated individual capable of running small projects and working with external partners.

 Ability to work with a cross functional team to derive and document critical requirements and voice of customer

 Ability to conduct thorough research to discover landscape of given technologies and identify potential technology solutions.

 Communicates accurately, succinctly, and with purpose up, down and across the organization through written and verbal communication

 Ability to present technology projects in front of R&D leadership

 Coordination and development of representative concept models used for verification.

 Support Business Development in screening and selecting new ideas and technologies which are submitted internally and externally to the company.

 Must be able to work effectively outside of core competencies to enable flexibility of project work and to drive projects to completion.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Occasionally responsible for directing the technical efforts of others.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

 BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering related field.

 MS Degree in related field preferred.

 8+ years of engineering experience, or comparable experience

 Minimum of 2 years mechanical engineering experience within a highly regulated environment (medical device, auto, aerospace, aviation)

 Experience designing products with/requiring:

o Mechanisms (moving parts)

o Actuators (motors, solenoids, etc.)

o Fastening (fasteners, ultrasonic welding, snaps, steel welding, etc.)

o Off-the-shelf components

o Custom components

o Structural requirements (design for strength, deflection, stiffness)

o Hand- and computer-analysis/simulation

o Test and/or inspection fixtures

Knowledge of;

 Plastic part design (injection-molding, blow-molding, gas-assist, etc.).

 Basics of injection mold design

 Sheet metal design

 Basics of stamping tool design

 Welded structure design (tubes & plates)

 Material properties/selection (steels, polymers)

 3D CAD (component and assembly design)Finite element analysis (FEA)

 Basics of finite element theory

 Manufacturing assembly processes and documentation

 Design for Manufacturability (DFMA)

 Preparing detailed drawings & material specifications

 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GDT, GD&T)

 Configuration management (CM) practices.

 Risk management practices (RMP, FMEA, etc.)

 Critical parameter analysis (CPA)

 Tolerance analysis (tools, methods)

 Statistics/statistical methods

 Mechanical performance testing, experimental equipment, writing protocols

 Metrology (hand-measurement tools, vision systems, CMM, etc.)

 FDA GMPS, cGMP (DMR, DHF, DHR, CAPA, 21-CFR-820)

 Medical device standards (IEC 60601-01), preferred

 Strong organizational and communication skills

 Proficient problem solving skills

 Strong Interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a team environment

 Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Engineering Software

 Experience with project management is preferred

 6+ years working in cross functional teams consisting of discipline specific engineers, or comparable experience

Additional Information

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