Design Engineer

Job Title:
Design Engineer

Exempt

The Design Engineer will develop and support innovative surgical devices, from concept to launch and beyond, with shared responsibility and shared reward. The role should understand user needs and requirements, balance individual product-level requirements with system-level requirements, resolve complex mechanical design issues, and commit to the highest product quality. Projects will include a mix of new product development, product improvements, and sustaining projects to mitigate challenges related to capacity improvements and supply chain.

Responsibilities include developing, documenting, and validating new product designs, as well as improving existing designs to meet the needs of our customers.

• Creates design concepts through vendors of rapid prototyping physical models (3D printing, machining, etc.)
• Creates intellectual property by brainstorming novel concepts, writing invention disclosures, and creating rapid prototypes
• Serves as lead technical designer, providing technical advice and mentoring the junior design engineers, working on cross-functional project teams to develop new, world‑class surgical devices
• Performs engineering analyses of parts and assemblies (FEA, fatigue, manufacturability, FMEA, root cause analysis, DOE creation). Establishes and maintains systems for continuous improvement by capturing user feedback and other data to improve existing and new designs
• Creates and maintains engineering drawings to company and international drafting standards
• Supports the quality and regulatory processes
• Abides by the documentation for product development that aligns with the company's Quality System and meets or exceeds requirements of the FDA's 21 CFR Part 820 regulations and ISO 13485 standards
• Works within the non‑conformance system to record discrepancies, assists in the review of the non‑conformance and to record the results of the Material Review Board (MRB) and associated activities
• Reviews device master records, history records and other quality‑related documents for accuracy and completeness. Assists to perform first article inspections
• Performs testing of medical devices to replicate customer complaints for the evaluation of changes to existing and new product designs
• Designs for manufacturing and automation, sterilization processes and biocompatibility
• Assesses field reliability data and improves existing product designs as necessary
• Assists in the evaluation of customer complaints on existing product designs
• Participates in the evaluation of non‑conforming product to assist in the improvement of existing and new product designs
• Assists in the activities of analysing repairs for improvement to new and existing devices
• Under limited supervision, contacts customers and sales representatives to resolve technical and quality problems and may provide technical support
• Performs additional activities when needed or as defined by the management

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are performed while sitting at a desk, walking, bending, squatting, lifting, carrying, pulling and pushing within the office area and warehouse will be required as needed on a daily basis.

Required duties include operating a computer frequently (about 85% of the time), reading, writing and communicating email correspondence (about 60%), and using a telephone (about 10% of the time).

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Job duties are performed in an office and warehouse environment utilizing standard office equipment such as a computer, and telephone. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.