R&D Engineer

Job R&D Engineer - Contract located near Minneapolis, Minnesota
**Medical Engineering Consultants (MEC) support medical device and pharmaceutical companies to be more efficient and productive by providing resources, knowledge, and expertise to augment and supplement to their work. Our vision is to closely align our clients' needs with the best resources available in the marketplace. We take proactive, preventative, and corrective action and create a roadmap for ongoing future improvement by identifying, integrating, and executing sustainable solutions that validate processes, ensure fully compliant quality systems, and close gaps between current and FDA expected stages.

MEC offers companies short or long-term support — from high-end leaders, managers and consultants to skill-set Engineering staff and SME's (Subject Matter Experts).

MEC's mission is to inspire positive cultural change from within, and always exceed our clients' expectations.**
Onsite

Candidate will work with a team, a small group of 10 with a larger group of 20 people. Project group will be around 10 people.

Job Purpose
Develops products, materials, processes or equipment for projects of moderate complexity. Under limited supervision/guidance compiles analyzes and reports operational, test and research data to establish performance standards for newly designed or modified products processes and materials.

Key Responsibilities

• Fully participates in and successfully contributes to project teams typically including the following activities: process design and development, test of materials, preparation of specifications, process capability studies, report preparation and process/test documentation.
• Works independently to plan and schedule own activities necessary to meet timelines.
• Designs and coordinates standard engineering tests and experiments.
• Designs, procures and fabricates tooling and fixtures.
• Performs troubleshooting on new products/process problems as related to design, material or process.
• Summarizes, analyzes and draws conclusions from test results.
• Prepares standard reports/documentation to communicate results to technical community.
• Responsible for engineering documentation.
• Invents/ creates concepts and designs for new products/processes and submits idea disclosures.
• May train and/or provide work direction to technicians.
• Works cooperatively with research and development, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical and marketing to ensure project success.
• Demonstrates PDP/TPD system knowledge through delivery of high quality deliverables.

Quality Systems Duties And Responsibilities
Build Quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements.

Qualifications

• 2 - 4 Years with BS
• 0 - 2 Years with MS
• Degree Area in Mechanical, Material, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial or Biomedical
• * Candidates can demonstrate competency in current systems they have exposure to.

Preferred Qualification

• Experience in Windchill
• Skills * Problem solving * Communications * Initiative Willingness to try

**MEC does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Medical Engineering Consultants (MEC) and will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

• Sponsorship is not available for this position

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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.**