Sr. R&D Engineer - IP&SS Mechanical Design Development

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At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

• Planning and independently executing technical work packages for new product introduction programs, including design, analysis, prototyping, testing, and design optimization.
• Translating user, customer, business, and regulatory needs into product requirements, engineering specifications, and practical design solutions.
• Developing and evaluating components, assemblies, subsystems, and product architectures for performance, safety, reliability, manufacturability, and cost.
• Analyzing data, interpreting test results, applying sound engineering judgment, and communicating evidence-based recommendations that support project decisions.
• Investigating product and process issues, identifying root causes, recommending solutions, and implementing improvements that reduce technical and business risk.
• Supporting NPI phase and gate reviews and contributing to project planning, technical decision-making, milestone delivery, and risk escalation.
• Creating and maintain design control documentation, technical reports, laboratory records, design outputs, test methods, protocols, reports, and other required project records.
• Participating in risk management, design verification, design validation, product release, and design transfer activities in accordance with applicable quality-system requirements.
• Collaborating with cross-functional core and extended team members, suppliers, and external partners to achieve committed project deliverables.
• Supporting manufacturing readiness, product commercialization, and transfer of product and design knowledge to manufacturing and sustaining engineering teams.
• Contributing to innovation and intellectual property through new product concepts, technical solutions, records of invention, patents, trade secrets, and proprietary know-how.
• Preparing and presenting technical updates, design reviews, reports, and recommendations to project teams, business stakeholders, customers, and technical communities as appropriate.

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher AND (3) three years of professional experience in product development in medical device, healthcare or another regulated industry experience in a private, public, government or military environment OR High School Diploma/GED from AND 10 years of experience in product development in medical device, healthcare or another regulated industry experience in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Experience in GMP certified Manufacturing Processes. Experience with mechanical design, 3D CAD, engineering…