Intern Conversion - R&D Engineer

Stryker•Irvine, CA

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The R&D Engineer supports the development of medical device products, including writing or verifying specifications, maintaining product process, designing fixtures, test processes and equipment and raw materials to ensure concepts and/or prototypes meet requirements. This role involves technical responsibilities such as designing, developing, modifying, and verifying mechanical components for medical devices under supervision. It also includes assisting with prototyping, bench testing, and testing prototypes to verify they meet design requirements. The engineer will support problem-solving, root cause analysis, and the evaluation of potential solutions while maintaining traceability. Research and studies to support product design and process development, as well as the development of new test methods, fixtures, and inspection processes, will be part of the role. Additionally, the engineer will aid with specification development and testing of new materials and designs, ideate new design concepts, generate intellectual property, perform statistical analysis, and contribute to Design Reviews. Business responsibilities include understanding customer needs, design inputs, and the product's intended use. The role involves individual Design History File task ownership, including testing and drawings. In terms of Med Device Compliance, the engineer will understand industry standards, design requirements, and test strategies aligned with regulatory requirements. With supervision, they will create or refine engineering documentation, learn R&D procedures like design controls and risk management per the Quality Management System. General responsibilities include working with various departments (R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing, Project Management) to ensure project success, learning procedures and systems, working on limited scope problems, demonstrating ownership and integrity, building stable relationships, and contributing to the project as a team member.

Requirements

Basic understanding of customer needs and design inputs.
Understand the product’s intended use and clinical procedures.
Individual Design History File task ownership including testing and drawings.
Understand fundamental industry standards, design requirements and test strategies which align with regulatory requirements.
With supervision, create or refine engineering documentation, such as the Design History file per company design control procedures.
Learn R&D procedures like design controls and risk management, per the Quality Management System.
With supervision, work with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success.
Learn procedures, policies, processes, systems, and technology required.
Work on problems in limited scope; purposefully learn while gaining experience.
Demonstrate ownership and integrity of work.
Build stable relationships.
Contribute to the project as a team member.

Nice To Haves

Intern Conversion

Responsibilities

Design, develop, modify, and verify mechanical components for medical devices under supervision.
Assist with prototyping and bench testing.
Test prototypes to verify they meet design requirements.
Support problem solving, root cause analysis, identify potential solutions, and evaluate them against requirements while maintaining traceability of components.
Conduct research and studies to support product design and process development under supervision.
Develop new test methods, fixtures, and inspection processes for evaluating prototypes under supervision.
Aid with specification development and testing of new materials and designs.
Ideate new design concepts and generate intellectual property.
Perform statistical analysis and present findings.
Contribute to Design Reviews.
Understand fundamental industry standards, design requirements and test strategies which align with regulatory requirements.
With supervision, create or refine engineering documentation, such as the Design History file per company design control procedures.
Learn R&D procedures like design controls and risk management, per the Quality Management System.
With supervision, work with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success.
Learn procedures, policies, processes, systems, and technology required.
Work on problems in limited scope; purposefully learn while gaining experience.
Demonstrate ownership and integrity of work.
Build stable relationships.
Contribute to the project as a team member.