Title: R&D Engineer (Product Development)

Location: Warwick RI

Contract Term: 12+ Months

Weekly 40.00 hours

Description:

·         Provide solid technical skill and engineering support for design and development activities for new and existing products.

·         Support current products in terms of quality, manufacturing, supply continuity and cost improvement. Participate in executing technical and/or cross-functional project work.

·         Contribute to a culture of innovation by proactively generating novel concepts for new products and enhancements to current product performance.

·         Understand customer needs through literature review, customer interviews, direct observation, competitive analysis, prototype evaluation, and clinical/simulated use studies.

·         Translate customer needs into engineering requirements into specific product, packaging and process specifications.

·         Engineer robust and manufactural products through strong understanding and application of engineering fundamentals.

·         Develop and execute test methods which specify measurement equipment, test set-up, measurement systems analysis, and data analysis.

·         Write detailed technical reports based on design verification analysis/testing for design changes and product design activities.

·         Ensure compliance with BD quality policies, procedures and practices as well as with all local, state, federal and BD safety regulations, policies and procedures.

·         BS degree in engineering is required (Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering preferred).

·         4-5 years of engineering experience is required, preferably in medical devices.

·         Demonstrated ability to utilize statistical tools and computer analysis.

Experience with packaging development for medical devices is required.