R&D Engineer; Product Development

Position

R&D Engineer (Product Development)

Franklin Lakes, NJ

Duration: 10+ Months Contract
Hours per week: 40.00

Must have design control and at least 3+ years of Med Device experience. Strong communication and written skills, statistical background.

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering is required
• MS in a closely related field is preferred
• 3+ years of experience in the Medical Device Industry working in Product Development/R&D
• Must have participated or led Product Development projects and established a successful track record
• Ability to gather user needs and translate them to technical inputs
• Experience developing viable V&V (Design Verification and Validation) plans
• Working knowledge of Medical Device Risk Management
• Proven ability to assess root cause of issues and propose solutions
• Ability to foresee project risk and develop mitigation plans
• Self‑starter, agile, flexible, quick learner
• Good communicator, good listener
• Strong work ethic and practice of BD's values

Research and Development Engineering is responsible for developing and implementing new products through adherence to established design control processes and good engineering and documentation practices. The role demonstrates working knowledge of engineering principles and their application in solving standard technical problems, product design and development, and design control processes. Activities include testing, analyzing and solving technical problems with moderate guidance; applying basic statistical techniques and utilizing design of experiments with moderate guidance;

translating customer needs into design inputs and ensuring design outputs meet design inputs; working with moderate guidance; translating requirements into basic designs under guidance of others; creating and testing prototypes; mapping the intellectual property landscape; and applying knowledge and skills to a variety of standard activities with moderate guidance in one's area of knowledge.