R&D Engineer II

PROMED MOLDED PRODUCTS INC • Plymouth, MN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The primary responsibilities of this role take a leading role in the development of new manufacturing processes and technologies to support R&D/Prototype product development. This role will develop said processes/technologies for new products to meet customer requirements and ensure there is a successful path forward to commercial manufacturing. Responsible for initiating and conducting defined technical tasks associated within a manufacturing environment. This position operates under minimal guidance from supervisor or senior technical individual but work direction may come from other sources including cross-functional teams. May also have junior technical individuals (such as technicians) reporting to them. The R&D Engineer II ensures ProMed’s brand, philosophy, systems, policies, and procedures are properly implemented and observed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related field with a minimum of 3 years of applicable engineering experience or individuals with a masters (MS) degree in an engineering or related field.
• Familiar with a variety of medical manufacturing concepts, practices, and procedures
• Design for manufacturability knowledge and applicable skills
• Strong technical writing ability with experience writing product requirements, specifications, test protocols, and test reports.
• Experience with CAD software, preferably SolidWorks
• Experience in print reading with GD&T
• Demonstrated interest in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience with MS Office
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate ideas and information clearly, effectively, and frequently (oral and written) to management, customers, and colleagues. Receives information effectively.
• Organized person that is a self-starter with a proven ability to successfully work with minimal supervision.
• Professional, courteous, and friendly personality
• Working knowledge of English (verbal and written)

Nice To Haves

• Strong knowledge and first-hand experience with injection molding technology, preferably with silicone

Responsibilities

• Assess process capabilities, innovates, and implements new processes or improvements on multiple and moderately complex parts and processes.
• Develop manufacturing processes and new technologies in support of new product development and manufacturing of molded components and assemblies
• Optimize manufacturing processes to support the scale-up of new technologies and/or processes.
• Lead and support technical R&D/prototype projects for customers. Meet objectives/targets as in on time delivery, customer satisfaction, etc. Report on progress at regular intervals.
• Determine equipment requirements and assist in the development of capital expansion projects for new process development and future growth opportunities.
• Implements established industry practices related to equipment and manufacturing that are new to ProMed.
• Creates technical reports by capturing experimental results.
• Applies technical knowledge to innovate, design, and develop processes, procedures, tooling and/or automation.
• Apply internal and external customer requirements in process development.
• Provide Design for Manufacturability input to the tool design.
• Ensure proper documentation has been written to meet quality systems requirements.
• Use design for manufacturing practices and an understanding of current manufacturing capabilities to translate customer requirements into reasonable product specifications.
• Interacts and collaborates with customers to effectively support and recommend appropriate studies for their products or technology.
• Oversee development builds associated with the project.
• Based on knowledge and understanding of the manufacturing process, predict technical interactions and provide contingency plans to mitigate project and manufacturing risks.
• Trains and/or provides work direction to technicians and may train manufacturing operators when required.
• Establishes and cultivates a network of support (laboratory, quality, manufacturing, engineering, sales, and marketing) to facilitate completion of assignments.
• The employee is expected to develop acceptable work habits, skills, knowledge, and contributions consistent with the R&D Engineer II position level.
• This job also requires performing other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level