R&D Engineer

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Pall Corporation, one of  Danaher’s  15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health.

For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation.

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The R&D Engineer, Filtration Technology and Device Design is responsible for conducting research and engages in New Product Development (NPD) of advanced filtration projects. You are expected to drive innovation, cross functionally, to deliver differentiated product performance with custom solutions, engage with Energy+ Business Unit to ensure technical and strategy alignment.

This position reports to the Director R&D Filtration Technology & Device Design and is part of the Filtration Technology and Device Design team located in Cortland, New York and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Apply technical background (from Chemical/Mechanical/Materials Engineering), especially related to micro/macro fluid-flow, strength of materials and structural-mechanical design for design of liquid and gas filtration technologies.

Design, Analyze and Engineer new products (with differentiated performance improvements) with the use of standard tools, state-of-the-art engineering software, design calculations, and best-known methods for product designs

Strive to be a subject matter expert (SME) in design to model to prototype to testing to analysis for targeted application; and mentor fresh grads/new talent to adopt the invention (of your subject matter expertise)

Lead innovation and develop new technologies, build new ideas that enable New Product Development; contributes to Pall’s valuable IP (Intellectual Property)

Establish design, modelling and analysis techniques that serve as a foundation for the rest of the organization to implement across all projects

The essential requirements of the job include:
Minimum bachelor’s degree in mechanical, chemical, or other engineering discipline or material science

Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in R&D/product development and/or design engineering

Knowledge of polymer materials and mechanism of mass-transport during filtration process is valuable

Preferred Qualifications:

Technical background related to filtration technology for liquid/gas separation and purification

Technical skills in macro- and micro-fluid flow, structural mechanics, design to engineering, finite element methods, and/or process modelling is desirable

Experience in dynamic flow testing and analysis is highly preferred

Experience/Technical background in system design for filtration technology is highly preferred

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role
Requires ~5-10% travel both nationally and internationally

Pall Corporation, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs…