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Mechanical Design Eng II

Crystal, MN 55428

Posted: 02/05/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Engineering Job Number: 595394 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description


Additional position detail from the manager:  

The most significant thing experienced wise is to have experience conducting design verification activities. That includes reviewing design requirements, developing test methods, and writing DV protocols and reports. 
  1. Can you please confirm your top 3 skills sets required?  Statistical analysis with Minitab; test method development; mechanical engineering proficiency
  2. What is your target years of experience?  It depends on the type of experience. I’d prefer 2+ years in the medical device industry, including design verification experience.
  3. When do you plan to start interviewing?  It could start as early as next week, but more realistically is after New Year’s.
  4. Will you be looking to hire and start ASAP or will the start date be delayed?  ASAP start  
  5. Will the contingent worker be working remotely or onsite, or both (if both, please confirm possible schedule)?  this is an onsite role, but remote work is available on Fridays.


General:  Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Researches, plans, designs, verifies, validates and develops mechanical and/or electromechanical products and systems, such as metals, instruments, controls, plastics, robots, engines, machines and mechanical, resonance, hydraulic or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy. Recommends various technology options or approaches for system, processes, facility or program improvements in terms of safety, performance, efficiency or costs. May be responsible for the transfer from R&D to manufacturing.

Specific:  This contract position will support the R&D function within our EU Medical Device Regulation remediation project. Typical activities may include developing/writing product requirements, risk documents, rationales (i.e. arguments based upon engineering science), test methods, test method validations, design verification test protocols, and design verification test reports. In addition to engineering knowledge, familiarity/experience with the aforementioned types of documents is ideal along with a working knowledge of statistics of distrbutions.

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Planet Pharma and The Planet Group of Companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.