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Sr Mechanical Design Engineer

Lafayette, CO 80026

Posted: 07/16/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Engineering Job Number: 607693 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description


In this role, you will work as part of a team, providing technical support on New Product Development and Sustaining Project Initiatives, ensuring medical devices are designed with the utmost regards to safety, reliability and quality.  You will be responsible for reviewing supplier documentation including First Article Inspection Reports and OQ/PQ documentation and assisting with new component supplier qualifications with help from the Released Product Engineering team.

 

Top 3 technical  skills that are required for the role:
  1. 3D CAD/Design Experience
  2. Advanced Understanding of GD&T
  3. Production Part Approval Process Training

Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Similar Engineering Degree

Years’ Experience Required: Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience

Will the contractor be working 40 hours a week? If not, weekly estimate? 40 hours per week

Does this position require the candidate to be onsite or remote, if hybrid what does the onsite vs remote schedule look like? Hybrid, 3 days on site minimum

What is your timeline for scheduling interviews? Interviews in June

What product line will this person support? LigaSure™ and Sonicision™ products under Advanced Surgical Technologies

 

Careers that Change Lives

Help streamline and speed our time to market and build quality in at every step.  You will be a member of the Released Product Engineering team that supports the design, development, and maintenance of innovative, new medical device products, as well as commercially released products within the Advanced Surgical Technologies business. You can apply advanced technical concepts to complex problems throughout the product life cycle.

 

In this role, you will work as part of a team, providing technical support on New Product Development and Sustaining Project Initiatives, ensuring medical devices are designed with the utmost regards to safety, reliability and quality.  You will be responsible for reviewing supplier documentation including First Article Inspection Reports and OQ/PQ documentation ensuring parts meet specification and applying statistical techniques as neccessary. Assisting with CAD and print updates for new component supplier qualifications with help from the Released Product Engineering team.

 

A Day in the Life

 
  • Ensures that suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services.
  • Qualifies suppliers according to company standards
  • Monitors parts from acquisition through the manufacturing cycle and communicates and resolves supplier-related problems as they occur.
  • Generates 3D models and prints with a strong undertanding of GD&T fundementals
  • Evaluates FAI, OQ, and PQ data associated with a product par approval process and applies statistical techniques as necessary.
  • Collaborates with Component Engineers to develop and deliver the Product Acceptance Sampling Strategy and Control Plans for new components.

Must Haves:
  • Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
  • Product Part Approval Process Experience
  • Understanding of IQ, OQ, PQ
  • Molding Experience
  • Understanding of GD&T
  • 3D CAD and modeling experience
  • Experience using statistical techniques like process capability

Nice to Have
  • Degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline
  • Detail-oriented with strong commitment to quality and to the workplace.
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills. Strong ability to work with multidisciplinary and global teams.
  • High tolerance for change, and ability to multi-task continuously.
  • Strong negotiation, conflict management, and influence management skills.
  • Experience in the medical device industry.

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.

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.