Senior R&D Engineer

4 days ago

Boulder, Colorado, United States Medtronic Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior R&D Engineer to join our team at Medtronic. As a key member of our Advanced Manufacturing Engineering group, you will play a critical role in the design and development of innovative medical devices.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the development and maintenance of technical knowledge related to advanced manufacturing engineering and product development.
  • Design and develop new product concepts, leveraging expertise in mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet and exceed product specifications, regulatory requirements, and international standards.
  • Provide technical feasibility assessments and translate voice of customer feedback into engineering design requirements.
  • Develop specifications, test methodologies, and test equipment to evaluate design concepts.
  • Perform calculations, analyses, and engineering testing to verify designs, documenting results in reports and laboratory notebooks.
  • Create and release engineering drawings and process engineering change orders.
  • Collaborate with suppliers to ensure components meet design requirements and diagnose design problems.
  • Develop and optimize manufacturing processes to ensure the scalable production of high-quality medical devices.
  • Implement Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles to enhance product reliability and reduce manufacturing costs.
  • Conduct process validation, including IQ, OQ, and PQ, to ensure manufacturing processes meet regulatory and quality standards.
  • Travel to vendor locations and customers, both globally and domestically, to help ensure program deadlines are met and troubleshoot issues.
  • Present technical findings and project status to cross-functional teams and management through design reviews, presentations, and other communication means.
  • Recommend various technology options or approaches for system, processes, facility, or program improvements in terms of safety, performance, efficiency, or costs.
  • Support the transfer between phases of the project life cycle.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Design and Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field with 4+ years of engineering experience.
  • OR an advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Design and Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field with 2+ years of engineering experience.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with 3D modeling software, preferably SolidWorks.
  • Proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T) practices.
  • Strong understanding of mechanical engineering principles and methodologies.
  • High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
  • Expertise in Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles.
  • Knowledge of process validation, including IQ, OQ, and PQ.
  • Experience with advanced manufacturing technologies and processes, such as additive manufacturing, automation, and robotics.
  • Familiarity with regulatory standards and quality systems in the medical device industry.
  • Experience with rapid prototyping methods.
  • Experience in the design and manufacture of medical devices.
  • Familiarity with quality systems and regulatory standards.
  • Experience in product design and development in an R&D environment, including surface modeling and mechanism design.
  • Expertise in polymer material selection and optics.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects effectively.
  • Hands-on experience with measuring equipment and rapid learning capabilities for new equipment.
  • Solid understanding of contemporary manufacturing techniques.
  • Understanding of color, material, and finishing principles (CMF).
  • Strong interpersonal skills and effective problem-solving abilities.
  • Experience solving ambiguous problems in a high-stakes environment.
  • Experience designing and developing portable miniature electromechanical assemblies.
  • Hands-on, handy with measuring equipment and/or able to learn how to use new equipment fast.
Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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