Product Innovation Engineer | Sharps, Blades & Advanced Surgical Devices
About The Position
Weiss-Aug is seeking a Product Innovation Engineer to design, develop, and commercialize surgical blades, needles, cannulas, trocars, and other precision sharps technologies. The role connects OEM customers and contract manufacturing partners with product development, manufacturing, and operations, and involves working directly with customer engineering, R&D, procurement, and manufacturing teams to develop innovative products and scalable manufacturing solutions. The engineer supports customer and business development activities as a technical resource, translating customer needs into engineering specifications and manufacturable designs. The role also leads product and process development, including material selection, manufacturing optimization, prototyping, validation, scale-up, and commercialization. The position is based in Denville, New Jersey.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of engineering experience.
- Experience with surgical blades, needles, cannulas, trocars, ophthalmic blades, or specialty cutting instruments.
- Experience supporting OEM medical device customers and contract manufacturing organizations.
- Proven success taking products from concept through commercialization.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical resource for OEM customers, strategic accounts, and contract manufacturing partners.
- Work with customer engineering, R&D, manufacturing, and sourcing teams to understand product requirements and identify opportunities.
- Collaborate with customers on product design, material selection, manufacturability improvements, and cost optimization.
- Support technical sales through customer visits, design reviews, supplier audits, and strategic business discussions.
- Translate customer requirements into engineering specifications and manufacturable designs.
- Support quoting, feasibility assessments, prototyping, and commercialization activities.
- Lead development of surgical blades, needles, cannulas, trocars, and precision sharps.
- Apply expertise in stainless steels, specialty alloys, metallurgy, heat treatment, grinding, sharpening, and edge formation technologies.
- Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, including grinding, laser cutting, stamping, forming, electropolishing, surface finishing, and coatings.
- Provide hands-on support for prototyping, validation, scale-up, and continuous improvement.
- Lead development involving injection molding, insert molding, overmolding, medical-grade polymers, and metal-to-plastic assemblies.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Holiday, vacation, and sick time
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health Savings Accounts
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Cigna Wellness Incentive Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Short-term disability
- Group life and accidental insurance
- Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
- Smoking cessation program
- Pet insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
