Sr. Product Development Engineer

Position Summary

This is an exciting opportunity within the Interventional business unit of Teleflex. In this role, you will have the chance to innovate and work on complex life saving technologies to support patients and/or preventing escalation of therapy. This is an exciting technical leadership opportunity for a Senior R&D engineer who will lead the ideation and development of new and innovative interventional products used in the cath lab environment.  This person will have oversight of a wide range of products with muti-disciplinary technology domains in mechanical, electrical and software areas.  This person will have the opportunity to collaborate with teams from multiple sites and cross functional departments.  This is a great fit for those that are seeking to a) learn and grow their technical careers by leading and supporting new product development programs, b) gain higher level of cross functional leadership and cross site collaborative experience of working with a global team of internal and external stake holders, c) work for purposeful programs that utilize technology to improve health outcomes in sick patients and d) mentor other engineers and be an inspirational leader in the organization   

Principal Responsibilities

•    Demonstrate capability to become a Subject matter expert in the interventional cardiology space, understands or works to understand the clinical procedures associated with the relevant therapies, owns the product portfolio within the franchise and supports the development of strategic roadmaps
•    Provides product stewardship on projects from concept through commercialization
•    Applies product knowledge, design control expertise to comply with quality and regulatory guidelines
•    Keeping up industry trends, attending conferences and obtain stakeholder feedback on clinical unmet needs, translating needs to specific requirements, clinical hazards and design risks and support the formulation of business cases on new programs
•    Leads and supports the ideation process, supports the development of product roadmaps and clinical procedural maps for the portfolio in order to support strategic plans
•    Highly inventive and has the ability to generate new product designs/concepts in an organized and consistent manner.
•    Interface with physicians and other medical personnel in a professional manner (maintaining confidentiality and intellectual property vigilance.)
•    Participates and supports as SME on critical sustaining initiatives that impact the portfolio
•    Demonstrates a culture of 3 Cs – Creativity, collaboration and completion
 

Education / Experience Requirements

•    BA/BS in Engineering or physical sciences preferred.
•    With a degree, seven years of related experience required.
 

Specialized Skills / Other Requirements

•    Must possess knowledge, understanding and skills in: generating new product designs/concepts, catheter materials, processes and design plus test methods and metrology; project management, documentation, and a working knowledge of quality systems and medical device regulations.
•    Excellent collaborator and communicator of technical concepts to a large audience
•    Ability to work cross-functionally and across multiple levels within the organization to support initiatives, obtaining stakeholder feedback and drive critical decisions of projects
•    Knowledge of clinical applications and associated product requirements with the ability to translate these requirements into detailed specifications.
•    Familiarity with various materials and processes, such as extrusion processing, injection molding, machine shop operations, fixtures and tooling, adhesive and thermal bonding and various other processes for catheter fabrication and design required.  
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