Senior R&D Design Engineer

Expected Travel : Up to 25%

Requisition ID : 12630

About Teleflex Incorporated

As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of peoples lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare.

Teleflex is the home of Arrow, Barrigel, Deknatel, QuikClot, LMA, Pilling, Rusch, UroLift and Weck trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose.

At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit teleflex.com .

Surgical - Whatever the latest surgical breakthrough looks like, Teleflex is working to make it happen. From our MiniLap Percutaneous Surgical System to our Weck Hem-o-lok Polymer Locking Ligation System , and Weck EFx Shield Fascial Closure System , our portfolio of products adds up to a powerful offering of solutions that help to improve patient outcomes. These innovative, minimally invasive surgery products are offered alongside time-tested and trusted Pilling Surgical Instrument and Lightsource solutions, as well as the Titan SGS Stapler portfolio that equips surgeons with advanced bariatric technologies that are designed to deliver a consistent sleeve shape to help enhance perioperative outcomes in sleeve gastrectomy. This wide array of devices and instruments helps meet the challenges of an evolving healthcare environment.

The Senior R&D Engineer plays a key role in the definition and execution of changes to surgical products by leading project teams through Design History File revision and commercialization activities.
The Sr. R&D engineer will work with project management and cross-functional peers to appropriately plan, de-risk, and execute multiple projects simultaneously.
The ideal candidate will be internally motivated and personally accountable to project success. They will be able to compile and organize information from multiple sources, determine scope, impact, and risk associated with projects and lead project teams through execution activities.
It is expected that the candidate will be capable of completing product documentation compliant with QMS procedures and understand and update product drawings for predominantly mechanical assemblies.
The ability to work in a cross functional environment and gather needed information from other functions are critical skills to be successful in this position.
The ideal candidate may be able to grow this role into one including people leadership responsibilities.

Project research, planning, requirements development, test planning, and execution to generate auditable Design History Files.
Cross-functional leadership to facilitate development activities and honor timelines and budgets as projects advance through the product development process.
Generating detailed designs for surgical product concepts in an organized and consistent manner
Developing 3D models and drawings in SolidWorks for product designs, assembly fixtures, and auxiliary equipment, leveraging design experience and department design standards and best practices.
Developing product assembly documentation as required.
Mentor peers and junior engineers and contribute to the culture of growth and development.
Support project managers and facilitate project success through project scoping, planning, risk mitigation, team building and execution of activities.
Apply design for manufacturing principles to component and device design.
Initiate and own document changes for drawings and other controlled documentation.

Bachelors degree in Engineering or related discipline required, Mechanical/Biomedical (mechanical) Engineering preferred.
Minimum of eight (8) years relevant engineering experience in a regulated industry required with medical device development experience required.

Self-starter with strong proactive work ethic, strong organizational skills, and detail-oriented.
Ability to seek, collect, and organize project information from multiple business functions and locations.
Working knowledge of quality systems and medical device regulations (ISO13485).
Experience with Solidworks 3D modeling.
Working knowledge and application of ASME Y14.5-2009 Dimensioning and Tolerancing for Engineering Drawings to generate and interpret component and assembly drawings.
Strong technical writing and oral communication
Analytical thinking and problem solving
Basic understanding of statistical analysis (normality, T-test, probability distribution, etc).
Knowledge of and expectation of Good Documentation Practices.

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TRAVEL REQUIRED: 20%

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
Office/Professional Plant/Manufacturing Remote/Field Laboratory

At Teleflex, we follow a comprehensive hiring process. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from agency recruiters or 3rd party firms. We do not make unsolicited job offers. We do not ask for money or require equipment purchase up-front.

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