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Senior Research & Development Engineer
- ID
- 14732
- Location
- Galway
- Role Type
- Permanent
- Contact
- Johanne Kennedy
Recruitment Consultant
Senior Research & Development Engineer
As a Senior R&D Engineer you will develop new technology, products, materials, processes, or equipment with minimal supervision. Independently, or as a member of a team, develops, directs, and executes plans for a major segment of complex projects. Compiles and analyzes operational, test, and research data to establish technical specifications for designing or modifying products, processes, and materials.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead or support workstream activities on Next Generation calcium products ensuring product safety, compliance and performance improvements.
- Support marketing in gathering customer feedback on next generation products.
- Product demonstrations at conferences
- Early conceptual work as part of exploratory in the calcium space
- Development of pilot processes and equipment, Process Design and Development, preparation of specifications, process capability studies, six sigma process testing, report preparation, process/test documentation, transfer of processes from pilot to manufacturing.
- Work independently to plan and schedule own activities necessary to meet timelines.
- Lead or participate in a cross functional team to perform troubleshooting on new products/process problems as related to design, material or process.
- Summarize, analyse, and draw conclusions from test results.
- Prepare standard reports/documentation to communicate results to technical community.
- Be responsible for engineering documentation.
- Train and/or provide work direction/supervision to technicians.
- Work co-operatively with process development, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical and marketing to ensure project success.
- Communicate changes in project milestones and write project reports as required.
- As a member of the development team you will have significant impact working within the development process to bring product/process through from concept to commercialisation applying Exploratory, Technical Development Process (TDP) and Product Development Process (PDP) methodologies.
- Ability to provide technical guidance within a large team and be an effective communicator within a multidisciplinary and international organization.
- Evaluate in conjunction with EHS new equipment/processes/chemicals for environmental impact/effect to eliminate or lessen such impacts/effects.
- Ensure regulatory compliance to GMP’s of all medical device regulatory agencies (e.g., FDA, ISO and MDD).
- Flexibility to travel to US and Europe What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s level 8 degree (240 credits), in a scientific or engineering discipline (STEM) preferably Mechanical or Biomedical.
- Minimum 6 years experience preferably in R&D.
- Availability for international travel when required.
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