Development Engineer

Cerapedics•Westminster, CO

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Cerapedics is seeking a Development Engineer to join its Research and Development team at its Westminster, Colorado office. The role supports the company's mission to advance bone repair by developing innovative biomaterial, coating, and product technologies for bone graft solutions. The engineer will design and evaluate products, develop materials and processes, create prototypes for field testing, optimize products for manufacturing, and help transfer technologies into production. Typical work includes laboratory research and testing, analysis of materials and product performance, prototype design, cross-functional collaboration on new product concepts, documenting results, and supporting scale-up and technology transfer. The position focuses on developing processing methods for ceramic materials and identifying useful properties in soft tissue materials; enhancing coating processes, including peptide coatings; and configuring hard and soft components into a range of bone graft product designs. The engineer will develop test methods, make prototypes, optimize manufacturing processes, participate in stage-gate decisions, establish quality release testing, and serve as a subject matter expert for technology transfer and scale-up. The role requires independent planning and execution, documentation compliant with standard good laboratory practices, and communication with team members and external contract research organizations. The listed annual base salary range is $95,000 to $136,000, with a target annual bonus of 12%. The posting states that it will remain open through 11/14/2026.

Requirements

Experience with ceramics-based biomaterials.
Experience with protein coating.
Experience with freeze-drying instrumentation and applications.
Experience with analytical instrumentation.
Solid problem-solving skills.
Solid analytical knowledge of biomaterials.
Strong decision-making skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to work independently, plan, and prioritize.
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering or Materials Science Engineering with 3–5 years of experience, or a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering or Materials Science Engineering with 1–3 years of experience.
Ability to document work in compliance with standard good laboratory practices.

Nice To Haves

Experience with bone graft materials.

Responsibilities

Develop methods to process ceramic materials and generate a diverse portfolio of materials and surface properties.
Acquire and analyze soft tissue materials to identify properties that may support potential new products.
Enhance and develop coating processes, including peptide coating.
Work with Commercial to configure hard and soft components into a portfolio of bone graft product configurations.
Develop test methods to demonstrate required product properties.
Produce prototype product configurations for field testing.
Optimize processing and design new products for manufacturing.
Represent R&D in stage-gate decisions for new product pathways.
Develop quality release testing for new products.
Serve as a subject matter expert for technology transfer and scale-up activities.
Design, execute, and evaluate process trials and performance testing; document results and standardize successful improvements.
Conduct laboratory research and testing, analyze materials and product performance, and document results.
Collaborate with Commercial and cross-functional teams on new product concepts.
Plan work independently, incorporating published information and practices into development programs.
Communicate with team members and outside contract research organizations.