Engineer 3 - New Technology

Position Summary

As a member of the OEM New Technology Engineering group, this role will provide:
 
•    Responsible for developing concepts for new technologies, prototyping to test and validate the concepts and develop full scale solutions for customer offering. This role will require collaboration with research partners and external vendors/companies.
•    Responsible for identifying, developing, and implementing innovative technical solution to drive organizational growth and efficiency.
•    Develop and improve platforms for the services of new technologies introductions. 
•     Collaborate with internal customers such as production value streams and project teams to understand their technology requirements. 
•     Provide input and guidance into potential fixturing and semi automation of processes as requested in a collaborative manner that takes account of Value Stream quality and reliability risk concerns. 
•     Communication and collaboration with internal customers to ensure new technology requirements meet their needs throughout the project lifecycle 
•     Gain consensus from internal customers on new technology solutions prior to implementation. 
•     Standardise, Reuse, combine or redefine existing technologies to create low risk and fast turn technical solutions 
•     Collaborate in the development of new technology platforms which will have site wide and OEM wide impact. 

Principal Responsibilities

Key responsibilities will include (but are not limited) to the following:

•    Technology Scouting & Evaluation: Research emerging trends and conduct market scans to identify new hardware or software that aligns with the company’s technology roadmap.
•    Prototyping & Development: Create concepts, develop small-scale test setups, and perform feasibility trials to validate new processes before full-scale deployment.
•    Risk & Compliance Management: Ensure all new technologies meet regulatory standards (e.g., ISO13485, GDPR, FDA, GMP for medical devices) and relevant EHS safety protocols within the OEM group.
•    Vendor Management: Evaluate technical offers from vendors and manage third-party providers involved in innovation and development to align New Technology Strategy goals.
•    Coach, develop and motivate staff in the development of next generation of new technologies. 
•    Actively participate in cross functional teams and value stream initiatives to meet new technology company goals.
•    Represents the new technology group in customer interactions including customer visits in a professional, constructive and commercially aware manner. 
•    Collaborate in the new technology assessment tool in collaboration with the Value Streams to assist in identifying and scoring processes and process steps that are good candidates for future processes in the OEM environment. 
•    In conjunction with the value stream Engineering Managers, establish and maintain high technical standards.
•    Lead by example in ensuring that all elements of projects and process improvements are delivered to a high standard within the Engineering team – this includes documentation, reviews, testing, change-review, training, etc. 
•    Provide expert input into quotation of new technology opportunities and proposals from a technology perspective. 
•    Collaborate with colleagues to identify efficient low technical risk approaches that are designed with process validation in mind. 
•    Delegate and coordinate work within areas of ownership. Measure and manage team performance as required. 
•    Lead, motivate and/or participate in cross functional teams. 
•    Takes ownership for area of responsibility.  This can be interpreted as taking a proactive approach to improvement and anticipating, recognizing, and dealing with problems before they become major issues.

Education / Experience Requirements

•    Third level relevant Degree.
•    5+ years’ technical experience in a similar environment.
•    Machine Design experience would be an advantage.
•    Basic Project management skills.
•    Background in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering would be desirable. 
•    Understanding of Medical Device Quality system.
•    Statistical analysis.
•    Structured Problem-Solving techniques.
•    Understanding of Lean Principles.
•    Ability to drive projects to completion.
•    Technical report writing.
•    Process validations/FMEA's and protocols.
•    Understanding of Health & Safety - Machine safety, basic Ergonomics, electrical safety, Chemical safety.
•    Ability to generate and understanding technical drawing (AutoCAD/Solidworks).
•    Understanding of new product introduction process.
•    Ability to influence employees that do not report directly.

Specialized Skills / Other Requirements

People

•    Ability to manage the performance of others. 
•    Facilitate and encourage employee development. 
•    Ability to lead meetings. 
•    Ability to effectively listen and collaborate with others inside and outside one’s own value stream. 
•    Ability to listen to other people’s ideas/concerns and build on/address them in a manner that leads to thoroughly rounded and collaborative solution concepts during the solution development phase of a project. 
•    Ability to work in a cross functional team. 
•    Clear verbal and written communication.
•    Ability to coach and mentor others.
•    Ability to influence employees that do not report directly.
•    Ability to use interpersonal skills to deal successfully with day-to-day people related issues. 
•    Demonstrates behaviours in line with Teleflex Core Values. 
•    Qualities and Principles of Genuine Leadership

Strategy

•    Understand the key drivers impacting the business. 
•    Ability to research and build a strong business and technical case in support of a Project or potential capability/Technology development.
•    Ability to use various risk tools to de-risk a project in the early stage. 
•    Ability to contribute and generate strategic business plans based on key business drivers. 
•    Ability to cascade business plans to actionable departmental projects and tasks. 
•    Ability to manage performance proactively to ensure the business plans are achieved. 
•    Understanding of how other functions interact to achieve the company’s organisational goals

Customers and Vendors

•    Ability to communicate technical information and concepts to customers in a clear format. 
•    Strong fact-based communication style. 
•    Ability to prepare detailed project proposals for prospective opportunities. 
•    Ability to deal with difficult customer and vendor communications. 
•    Ability to influence and encourage customers where necessary. 
•    Ability to understand customer relationships. 
•    Ability to generate appropriate relationships with customers. 
•    Understanding of the need to balance customer requirements with OEM business needs. 

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