Engineer III, Product Design

ICU Med Careers•Southington, CT

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Product Design Engineer III position in the Vascular Access Product Design Engineering team will have the opportunity to create impactful solutions for the medical field while collaborating with Product Development Engineers, Systems Engineers, R&D Testing Labs, Marketing, Design Assurance, as well as internal and external Manufacturing teams. The primary focus of this role will be supporting the development and design verification of medical device components and products of varying complexity. The engineer will require the ability to organize and run engineering studies, interest in running product design and technology focused research, the ability to run competitive product and characterization studies, and the ability to run design verification and product qualification on medium to large scope projects. The engineer is responsible for developing and implementing new products through adherence to established design control processes and good engineering and documentation practices. The position plays a key role in assisting in the development and compliance challenges involved with new medical devices. Familiarity with Minitab and SolidWorks, or comparable statistics and CAD software, is a plus.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age
Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in Mechanical Engineering or a related field. Master's Degree preferred.
4-7 years of experience in Medical Device Product Development
Detail oriented and ability to organize large amounts of work and data
Strong interpersonal skills required in the areas of verbal and written communications, customer focus, time management, professionalism, and team building
Excellent project leadership and ability to expedite project completion
Understanding of engineering mechanics and physics
Familiarity with machine shop practices
Familiarity of drafting standards

Nice To Haves

SolidWorks competency preferred
Minitab or similar statistics competency preferred

Responsibilities

Organizes and executes engineering studies of medium to large complexity
Conducts product design and technology focused research
Runs competitive product and characterization studies
Organizes, plans, and executes formal design verification activities for medium to large scale new product introduction projects. Supports similar activities for other projects of varying scale.
Writes test protocols, performs test method validations and executes test plans, and authors test reports with data analysis and technical conclusions.
Supports risk management activities through hazard analysis and design failure and effects analysis (DFMEA) and the identification and implementation of risk mitigation.
Supports the analysis and evaluation of solutions to complex problems. Conducts investigations of varying complexity pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials or processes, and investigates possible applications of the results.
Assists in the development of products from concept to production
Adheres to established design control processes and good engineering practices
Designs and models components, devices, test fixtures, prototype/pilot tooling for various product lines using SolidWorks
Supports the technical foundation for the development of risk documentation
Develops test procedures to ensure specifications and regulations are met
Executes engineering and validation studies on products
Work on special projects as assigned