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About the Role

The R&D Sustaining Engineer will drive improvements to current products that reduce cost, improve efficiency, and address quality issues. This position identifies, evaluates, develops, leads, validates, and implements improvement projects for current products and processes according to applicable regulations, corporate policies, guidelines, and plant procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate proposed product design/manufacturing changes and complete required deliverables for implementation.
• Lead/support all activities to sustain commercial products from a design perspective (reactive and proactive approach).
• Use standard statistical analysis and problem-solving techniques to determine product acceptance and support root cause investigations on customer complaints and design-related challenges.
• Navigate Design Control from Design Requirements through Design Verification/Validation and Manufacturing Implementation.
• Write technical reports and test plans for design verification and validation deliverables.
• Contribute to design documentation including input for the DHF and technical design reviews.
• Communicate as a team member with other function groups, internal customers, and outside vendors on a daily basis.

Requirements

• Proven background experience in manufacturing engineering.
• Bachelor's of Science and a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience (Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering preferred).
• Ability to speak, read, and write in English.
• Demonstrate organizational and interpersonal skills working in a cross-functional, regulated environment.
• Basic knowledge and experience with Regulatory requirements associated with design controls.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workflow to meet established time frames and schedules.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project schedule development.
• Experience with SolidWorks and Minitab.