Principal Scientist

Getinge•Fraser, MI

2d•$126,000 - $157,000•Onsite

About The Position

With a passion for life, join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers. Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

Requirements

Demonstrated research effectiveness; publication in peer review journals, presentations forums, etc.
Strong statistical analysis skills
Excellent communication, interpersonal, writing and computer skills
Chemical, medical device, and packaging industry experience strongly desired
Good laboratory and sciences skills expected, including documentation of activity
PhD in Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Sciences, or related.
Minimum of three years of related experience in the medical device or other regulated industry is required.
Build Quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements.
Ensure compliance to all FDA and Worldwide Quality & Compliance regulations (As applicable to the job function).
Must have the education and experience to understand and comply with U.S. and Worldwide medical device regulations (As applicable to your job function).
Attend all required Quality & Compliance training at the specified interval.
Adopt the “Beyond Compliance Quality Culture” in the work environment; always meet and exceed requirements.

Nice To Haves

A detailed understanding of the product development process is preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify, adapt, and advance new technology initiatives
Analyses of test data of new scientific theories and hypotheses
Prepare and defend scientific rationales and justifications
Serve as the subject matter expert on chemical activity, formulation, and analysis
Provide scientific guidance and recommendations on new formulations and optimizing existing formulations
Author high-quality technical reports and peer-reviewed publications
Planning, executing, documenting and reporting lab activity to provide scientific data supporting marketing proof points of features on existing and new devices
Develop internal procedures and standards for maintenance of laboratory investigation records, quality of invention releases, and feasibility experiment design
Provide technical leadership for project team activities, team members, peers, and cross functional counterparts
Assists in special projects as needed
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related duties as requested