Senior Project Engineer; Product Development

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Spherical Search have partnered up with a division of a multi-billion dollar packaging company who have a cold chain packaging business unit, serving pharma and biotech companies globally.

This company are looking to add a Senior Project Engineer to the team, based in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania. This is an on-site role, so we need someone who is in a commutable distance or willing to relocate to a commutable distance.

While reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will work with members of the engineering, product development, and R&D team to conceive, develop, prototype, test, and debug packaging solution systems and/or new material technologies in accordance with established policies, goals, and objectives; must have the ability to make sound technical decisions, prioritize project deadlines, follow up and complete critical items; required to quickly generate numerous design concepts, narrow down, and select the best option through and appropriate mix of analysis and prototyping;

ability to motivate others to reach timelines and deliverables. In most cases customers will include pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, clinical trials, diagnostics, and other life science-based industries.

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop ideas for, manage, and lead projects from concept to production release

• Liaison cross-functionally with stakeholders to determine what types of products might be successful, research product ideas to determine their viability, and research how existing products on the market are performing

• Design prototypes and feasibility models for proof-of-concept testing

• Evaluate and integrate new technologies

• Lead efforts to verify and validate new product designs

• Prepare and manage Test Protocols, Reports, and Trade Studies

• Perform analysis of test results in relation to design specifications and test objectives, root cause analysis

• Identify and interact with vendors to obtain engineering materials, processes, and equipment

• Work closely with other engineers, technicians, contract manufacturers, assemblers, or other support personnel to assist in optimizing system performance

• Develop and improve manufacturing processes to pilot production level, support existing products

• Communicate with all areas of the company. The ability to communicate with both internal and external partners to bring products to fruition is essential

We’d love to hear from you if:

• You have a BS in Packaging, Mechanical Engineering, or comparable degree

• You have 8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry

• Demonstrated ability to effectively and clearly communicate concepts, ideas and knowledge to other individuals and teams

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as a good background in the product development process

• Candidate must be flexible and able to adapt to changes in priorities

• Cold chain experience – highly preferred

• You have the ability to work in a high-speed, deadline-oriented environment, and the ability to work individually or as part of a team

• You can interpret customers goals and challenges into product and/or solution requirements

• You can create visual presentations of designs and concepts using CAD and PowerPoint for internal and external review

• You have project management experience and the attention to detail to oversee and manage projects, samples, pricing and reports, and provide regular status updates on timelines and deliverables

• You have superior communication skills. Communicating with new and existing customers to provide information on products and solutions, resolve problems, and for technical support. You will communicate with all areas of the company, with both internal and external partners, working closely with sales, marketing and operations teams

• Experience with Solidworks CAD modeling

• Familiarity with heat transfer and thermodynamics principles

• Experience in thermal FEA and CFD simulation using any commercial software – preferred.

• Willing to travel

• Seniority level
  
  Mid-Senior level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Job function
  
  Engineering, Design, and Project Management
• Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Medical Equipment Manufacturing, and Packaging and Containers Manufacturing

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