Materials Engineer II

Job Title: Materials Engineer II
Job Id: 20953
Duration: 12 months
Location: 8200 Coral Sea Street NE Mounds View Minnesota 55112
Pay Rate: $40 - 45/hr

Job Description:
Can you please confirm your top 3 skills sets required? Polymer processing and characterization, report authorship, risk assessment.

Can you please confirm the 3 main responsibilities/day to day activities required for this role? Characterizing polymeric/mixed materials, authoring reports, working with cross functional teams

What products (if any) will this role support? TBD

What is your target years of experience? Approximately five (early/mid career). Some flexibility based on experience.

When do you plan to start interviewing? ASAP.

Will you be looking to hire and start ASAP or will the start date be delayed? ASAP.

Will the contingent worker be working remotely or onsite, or both (if both, please confirm possible schedule)? Onsite, this is an onsite/in person position.

This position will work in a team environment at Clients Mounds View site supporting product and materials development with a focus on released product. The candidate will be part of a team ensuring product safety and reliability through the direction and execution of characterization testing and assessment as well as assessment of changes impacting materials. This will include providing problem solving, materials laboratory testing and data analysis in support of new and existing implantable biomedical devices and systems. Biocompatibility, Materials of Concern, and biostability testing, as well as documenting product equivalence through appropriate characterization testing will also be included.

Additional responsibilities include providing materials engineering support to document product compliance with international biocompatibility and supporting regulatory submission. Primary areas of focus include testing for materials reliability, stability, and compliance to other regional standards for medical devices.

This person will work under general supervision, solving technical problems in cardiac therapy with an emphasis on materials and materials analysis.

A Day in A Life

Conduct laboratory testing and write technical reports to document device/component compliance with necessary regulations and materials characterization requirements.

Work in a regulated environment.

Support regulatory submissions with technical rationales/documentation on an as needed basis.

Communicate results and strategies via detailed technical documents and presentations.

Support the quality and reliability of released product through comparative testing or root cause characterization testing.

Participate in the analysis of technical issues and the development of recommendations for project decisions and actions

Possesses experience in the following business-critical skill sets:

o Materials Characterization of Metallic, Ceramic, or Polymeric Components

o Mechanics of Materials

o Assessment of Materials of Concern

o Fatigue testing

Maintains a focus on quality, possesses the necessary drive and determination to promote the highest level of customer satisfaction, quality, reliability, performance, cost, and development predictability.

Contributes to the design of new products or processes based on business strategy.

Qualifications

1+ years of relevant experience with a bachelors degree in material science, metallurgy, ceramics or related field

Advanced Degree with little/no experience welcomed

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in materials with the ability to identify testing methods to correlate material properties with product performance.

Experience in manufacturing and/or development.

Working knowledge of multiple classes of engineering materials: metals, polycrystalline, and single crystal ceramics, glasses, and polymeric materials.

Experience performing failure analysis

Demonstrated ability to deliver quality technical work within project schedules and timelines.

Knowledge of regulations related to Biocompatibility, Materials of Concern, and Hazardous Substances (e.g. RoHS, EU MDR, California Prop. 65, ISO 10993)

Knowledge of statistical methods and Design of Experiments (DoE) using Minitab.

Knowledge of Client applications (Excel, Word, Outlook).

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Analyzes, researches, designs and develops materials and their related fabrication and application processes to develop and optimize materials for use in engineering design of and/or application in structures, systems and subsystems. Applies principles of chemistry, physics, and material behavior to develop metallic, nonmetallic and composite material and processing specifications, fabrication and assembly processes. Develops, analyzes and applies material properties and design allowables, processing processes and quality engineering specifications. Material analyses may include failure analysis of components, systems and subsystems, life predictions, and definition and requirement specifications. May review and approve subcontractor material processing procedures. SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects from design to implementation while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education (typically University).