Product Development Engineer III - Catheter Prototyping

Together we improve lives. At Heraeus Medevio, we bring lifesaving and life‑changing medical devices to market through partnerships with medical device manufacturing companies. Backed by Heraeus Group, we are committed to the growth of our teams and organization by providing an open space for open minds. To reach our vision of improving 100 million lives every year, we foster a culture of curiosity that thrives on challenge, continuous learning, growth, and the opportunity to try new things.

With sites in the United States, European Union, and Asia, and over 2,200 employees worldwide, together, we will meet tomorrow's challenges today.

Position Summary

The primary responsibility of the Product Development Engineer III – Catheter Prototyping is to lead and execute catheter design and prototyping activities from early concept through prototype evaluation and design refinement. This includes translating customer needs into engineering requirements; generating and evaluating catheter concepts; developing 3D models and 2D engineering drawings; building, modifying, and troubleshooting catheter prototypes; and conducting bench‑level testing of components, subassemblies, and complete devices.

The Product Development Engineer III – Catheter Prototyping will work closely with cross‑functional teams, customers, suppliers, and manufacturing partners to rapidly iterate designs and address technical challenges. The position will also support design verification, risk‑based decision‑making, documentation, and design transfer activities in accordance with Heraeus and customer quality systems.

This is an onsite position in our Fridley, MN location, with movement between this and the White Bear Lake site as needed to support project activities.

What You’ll Do Every Day:

• Lead hands‑on catheter prototype development from concept through evaluation, including prototype planning, component and device‑level design, build execution, troubleshooting, design iteration, and performance assessment.
• Translate customer needs, user requirements, and project objectives into measurable engineering requirements and prototype objectives, maintaining traceability among requirements, design outputs, prototype results, risks, and design decisions.
• Generate, model, and evaluate catheter concepts at the component, subassembly, and full‑device levels, including creation and maintenance of 3D CAD models, 2D engineering drawings, specifications, and prototype build documentation.
• Select and evaluate materials, components, joining methods, and manufacturing approaches, and build or modify prototypes using appropriate catheter‑development techniques, tools, fixtures, and laboratory equipment.
• Develop and execute prototype test methods and bench setups to evaluate key performance characteristics, including dimensional performance, flexibility, torque response, trackability, push‑ability, bond integrity, tensile strength, leak performance, and other program‑specific requirements.
• Analyze prototype and test data to identify failure modes and drive design decisions, using structured problem‑solving and engineering methods such as tolerance stack‑ups, material and component evaluations, design of experiments, and other data‑driven analyses.
• Support design verification and risk‑management activities, including development and execution of verification plans, test protocols and reports, identification of design risks and failure modes, and establishment of critical‑to‑quality characteristics.
• Plan and coordinate technical execution of development programs, including project plans, schedules, budgets, prototype builds, deliverables, and activities required to efficiently advance catheter concepts into further product development.
• Collaborate…