Design Engineer - Medical Devices


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Recruiter

Real Staffing

Listed on

21st September 2018

Location

Long Eaton

Salary/Rate

£30000 - £40000

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

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The design engineer will be responsible for the design, development and design management of the companies hardware associated to its laparoscopic visualisation platform currently under development (medical devices)

The platform is at a stage where it requires design refinement to progress through pre-production and onto manufacture. The key responsibilities will include:

* The design engineer Work closely with management on the design development, planning and execution of the visualisation development programme.

* Work independently on programme objectives.

* Individual programme planning

* Report writing for technical file compilation

* Management of the design history file

* Able to work, manage and coordinate programme objectives with external vendors

* Contribute to role-specific R&D planning

* The Design Engineer will work with management on managing and developing intellectual property

* With corporate partners, as determined by the executive management

Qualification/KnowledgeEssential

* The design engineer will ideally hold a honours degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, design engineering or industrial design etc.

* demonstrable experience in industry in the field of medical device design and development (D&D) or research and development (R&D)

* Experience working within ISO13485 and preparing documentation (i.e. Design History File, Risk Management ISO14971, Design and development procedures, Change control)

* Creative in approaching technical challenges

Desirable

* A master's degree

* A basic level of knowledge of clinical engineering would be desirable

Skills & Abilities

* Excellent/advanced CAD/CAM skills (SolidWorks preferred)

* Experience at design for manufacture (DFM -injection moulding, CNC, etc.) is desired

* A basic understanding of electronics would be preferable, i.e. for CAD integration

* Stress analysis skills are desirable (i.e. virtual testing -COSMOS works)

* Excellent MS Office skills, notably MS Project and MS PowerPoint.

* Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to exercise initiative and identify problems and suggest improved working methods

* Excellent report writing skills.

* Proven analysis and design skills.

* Proven communication skills, in particular communicating technical information to nontechnical audiences.

* Ability to prioritise tasks, work independently and work effectively to meet deadlines.

* Ability to present technical information succinctly and persuasively in meetings.

* Provide positive input into R&D strategy and planning meetings.

* Ability to learn new skills quickly

* Ability to work with minimum supervision

* Must be a self-motivated and ambitious individual that also has the skill set to work effectively on a team

* A passion and enthusiasm for design engineering and development of surgical technology.

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Real Staffing, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy| Registered office | 1st Floor, 75 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BE, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales

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