Medical Device Development Engineer

Akkodis is seeking an onsite Medical Device Development Engineer I for a 12-month contract job with a client in Warsaw, IN. You have a key support role with responsibility for new product design, development, and commercialization; and/or to maintain in the market innovative medical device products in order to further the Company’s mission and grow Company’s market leadership position.

Rate Range: $42.86/hour to $53.57/hour;
The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

• Stays current with and understands relevant arthroplasty product intended use, clinical procedures, and related regulations and standards
• Identifies user needs through engagement with product users (often Orthopedic Surgeons) and observation of similar device usage
• Translates targeted user needs into design requirements/inputs which satisfy unmet market needs to achieve business goals while also complying with global regulatory requirements and recognized external industry standards
• Creates product designs which fully address targeted user needs/requirements, and authors design rationale to document basis of all design features
• Prepares and reviews information for invention disclosures and patents
• Initiates, provides instruction for and coordinates with support from Company cross-functional team members in the production and inspection of product prototypes for preliminary evaluation; and final design verification, design validation and process validation
• Creates product production specifications which appropriately account for design for manufacturability (process capability) and inspection
• Identifies and documents critical to quality product features based on product intended use, design requirements, associated user risks and the design itself to ensure appropriate quality control inspection plans are generated
• Evaluates, verifies and validates product designs relative to design requirements and to reduce user risk in compliance with Company procedures and global regulatory requirements (includes completing tolerance stack-ups, benchtop testing and executing simulated operating room cadaveric product evaluations)
• Authors, presents and obtains cross-functional team member approval of design control and risk management documentation as part of the product development process in compliance with Company procedures and global regulatory requirements
• Supports Company Quality, Sourcing and Manufacturing teams with new product design transfer tasks for production of market release quantities

• Minimum B.S. degree from an ABET accredited school (or global equivalent) in one of the following engineering disciplines:
  Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering Technology, Bioengineering Technology, Aerospace Engineering or Aeronautical Engineering.
• 1+ years of experience required.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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