Engineer - Product Development/Design at Synectic Product Development - Ezetop LLC : Job Details

Job Title: Product Development / Design Engineer

ID#: J-xxxx

Department: Engineering and Operations

Job Description:

The Product Development / Design Engineer is responsible for engineering and designing medical and nonmedical products. This person will work closely with the Engineering Manager. This position includes interfacing with clients including; project status meetings, product development project planning, tracking and reporting. Working with other internal technical teams is a key responsibility, including clinicians, industrial designers, consultants, vendors, quality engineers and other support personnel, as needed. The Product Development / Design Engineer should have experience in the development of products for the medical device / healthcare industry/ consumer products. This person should have knowledge of creative concept development, clinical issues, prototype experience, and analytical ability.

Responsibilities include:

• Create, experiment with, and evaluate new product concepts
• Participate in project brainstorming meetings
• Capable of designing initial prototypes of specific concepts
• Capable of developing and executing clinical and engineering testing protocols
• Capable of troubleshooting and debugging prototypes
• Perform engineering activities, including, ensuring customer requirements are met, maintaining compliance with quality system requirements, and participating in project status meetings
• Interface with clients regarding project status
• Assure project proceeds in accordance with the Synectic Design Control system.
• Perform according to detailed project timeline (start up to project completion).
• Participate in material, component and device assessment and selection for devices and implants
• Develop and communicate to customers results using Microsoft powerpoint or word, as applicable

The Product Development / Design Engineer reports directly to the Engineering Manager of the company. The Senior Product Development / Senior Design Engineer works closely with internal and external technical teams such as other engineers, industrial designers, clinicians and vendors.

Job Requirements:

• A minimum of a four year college degree in engineering or science, or equivalent experience, is required. Strong listening, verbal and written communication skills required both with technical and non-technical people
• Minimum of five or more years of demonstrated success in product design and development engineering roles, specifically including the following experience and qualifications:
• Success in advancement of multiple new product development projects, from project startup through commercialization

• Demonstrated aptitude for creative, out of the box thinking, and translating customer needs into product ideas
• Strong mechanical and problem solving abilities
• Demonstrated ability to function independently and effectively within a multi-disciplinary team

• Knowledge of product development and manufacturing
• Skilled at thinking strategically, innovating and applying technical knowledge to complex problems
• Proficient with recent versions of 3D CAD applications (SolidWorks preferred)
• Working knowledge of in-house machine shop capabilities and safety procedures.
• Knowledge of rapid prototyping techniques, molding and extrusion methods, metal processes and components and common medical device assembly processes
• Familiarity with operation of typical mechanical laboratory equipment, as necessary for material, component and device performance evaluation
• Solid data analysis, data management, basic statistics and experimental design skills
• Experience with design, fabrication and validation of simulated use and standardized product performance tests
• Knowledge of polymer and elastomer properties, and common fabrication methods and limitations
• Very proficient with PC-based office tools, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint and Project
• Basic knowledge of classic stress analysis, Finite Element Analysis and mold flow analysis
• Capable of conducting patent and competitive product research on the internet.
• Experience and working knowledge of quality systems