CAD Sr Designer

Position Overview

CAD Senior Designer – Highridge Medical, a leader in innovative spinal solutions.

• Design new products from conception to launch and modify existing products while complying with procedures, standards, and Quality System Requirements.
• Meet critical project timelines.
• Design clinically driven solutions that anticipate surgical needs and transform concepts into commercialized implant and instrument systems.
• Design mating components and assemblies, applying advanced tolerance analysis.
• Generate CAD models and engineering drawings primarily within Solid Works.
• Design complex mechanisms and instrumentation, implementing advanced design principles.
• Ensure components are manufacturable, inspectable, and cost‑effective.
• Manage multiple projects throughout all stages of development.
• Collaborate with development, manufacturing, tool, and process engineers to create complex 3‑D surfaced or solid models of orthopedic implants, provisionals, and instrumentation.
• Mentor junior designers and travel occasionally as required.

• Innovative development of new designs.
• Ability to create patentable features and designs.
• Professional, concise, tactful, and effective communication.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentations for technical and executive audiences.
• Advanced knowledge of drafting standards and GD&T.
• Advanced tolerance analysis capability.
• Ensuring product and process compliance with applicable Quality Assurance and Regulatory requirements in the medical device industry.
• Priority management for multiple complex projects and deliverables.
• Expertise in CAD design and engineering drawings, preferably in Solid Works, emphasizing design for manufacturability and system integration.
• Rapid adaptation to new technologies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and MS Project for reporting and tracking project metrics.

• Two‑year technical degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of experience in product design, ideally in orthopedic devices.

Up to 5% travel.

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