New Product Development Engineer

Tecomet, Inc. is hiring a New Product Development Engineer to contribute to medical device product development from planning through launch. The role supports design concepts, prototypes, evaluations, validation plans, and design-for-manufacturability efforts with cross-functional teams and suppliers.

Responsibilities:

• Participate on cross functional project teams through all phases of the product development process including planning and product launch
• Work with project core team to assist in defining user needs, generate design concepts and prototypes, and perform design evaluations (such as tolerance analysis, FEA, DOE, simulated use testing etc)
• Assist in the creation of product process validation plans and testing
• Assist other design engineers, manufacturing engineering and suppliers to optimize designs for manufacturability, prototypes and process engineering change requests
• Assignments will usually include one or more of the following:
• Test of materials
• Preparation of specifications, which include engineering drawings
• Research investigations
• Report preparation, including protocols, engineering reports, and design control documentation
• Other activities of limited scope requiring knowledge of principles and techniques commonly employed in specific narrow areas of assignments
• May be assisted by a draftsperson or technician

Requirements:

• A minimum of a BA/BS in Engineering
• Demonstrated understanding of various types of mechanisms, materials, proper tolerancing, drafting standards, design for mold ability and GD&T are required
• Minimum of a BA/BS in Engineering plus 3 to 5 years of experience or an MS degree in Engineering plus 1-3 years of experience is required
• Medical device industry
• Project Management
• Three-Dimensional Parametric Solid Modeling
• FDA QSR and ISO 13485 quality standards
• Quality standards within the company
• Scheduling work to achieve goals
• Customer focused environment
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
• Problem solving , mechanical design, and statistical evaluation
• Process development and improvement
• Computer skills, including 3-D CAD , Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Familiarity with project management concepts
• Self-Motivated
• Managing a variety of assignments concurrently
• Be flexible and adapt to changes in work environment, requirements, and assignments
• Interface professionally and courteously with customers/public/internal staff
• Prioritize work
• Meet goals and objectives set for department and company
• Keep current in changing work methods and regulatory changes
• Experience utilizing computer aided design (CAD) to develop a product is strongly desired