Engr, Product Development

Senior Engineer, Product Development

Pyramid Consulting, Inc

Base pay: $60.00/hr – $67.00/hr additional compensation and benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Franklin Lakes, NJ (Onsite)

25-95195

Immediate need for a talented Staff Engr, Product Development for a 6+ month opportunity with long‑term potential.

• Designs and develops in vivo and in vitro models.
• Works under general direction to guide design and development of advanced biomedical solutions that meet key business objectives for existing and new medical‑device products.
• Guides successful completion of major programs and, at times, serves in a project‑leadership role.
• Represents the organization as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects.
• Interacts with senior external personnel on technical matters requiring coordination between organizations.
• Independently determines and develops approach to solutions.
• Drives creative, logic and risk‑based approaches to resolve technical challenges and tradeoffs under business constraints.
• Utilizes sound engineering principles and design of experiments (DOE) to develop technical solutions to complex problems using experimental, computational and/or analytical methods.
• Develops robust test methods, designs test fixtures, and executes measurement‑system analysis.
• Writes, implements, and leads hands‑on benchtop studies, tolerance‑stack‑up analysis, design verification, validation, vendor interactions, material specifications, component specifications, troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis to evaluate product performance and improvements.
• Performs data analysis using statistical tools; generates reports and presents recommendations to peers and business leaders.
• Supports and, at times, leads material, design and/or process changes to existing products following the design‑control process and generating well‑documented research and analyses records.
• Demonstrates strong drive for results and clear accountability for successful and timely completion of designated tasks and projects.
• Contributes to development of new product‑development capabilities, methodologies and expertise by staying aware of trends in computational and visualization technology and actively seeking training to improve skills.
• Collects, records, reports, interprets, and analyzes data and presents results to peers and business leadership.
• Provides advanced engineering skills and product‑evaluation support to the platform, building business cases for new opportunities.
• Contributes to R&D strategy development and implementation through evaluation of new business opportunities, technologies, and potential acquisition targets.
• Ensures compliance with BD quality policies, procedures and practices through appropriate communication, training and education of sound quality‑assurance principles.

• Product‑development and engineering support role: playing a critical role in developing, integrating, analyzing, testing, and troubleshooting medical device/IVD components.
• Strong technical judgement and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated capability of leading R&D product‑development projects.
• Experience guiding team/individuals to develop technical solutions to complex problems.
• R&D functional planning, requirement generation and technical (DFSS/Design/Cross‑functional) reviews for all product‑development phases.
• Proficiency in solid CAD modeling (Creo, Solid Works or equivalent) and design for manufacturability, including injection‑molded systems and assemblies.
• Considerations for tightly controlled, high‑volume manufacturing processes.
• Disciplined in phase‑gate product development and project planning.
• Strong project‑management, prioritizing and multi‑tasking skills to work within tight deadlines.
• Experience directing associates and leading small cross‑functional groups (plus).
• Proficiency with statistical methods including DoE and data analysis using software such as Minitab.
• Proficiency with fixture design, basic machining considerations and developing test methods.
• Understanding of Measurement…