Job Title: Senior Design Engineer (Medical Devices)
Salary: £65,000 (gross)
Term of Appointment: Subject to contract
Location: Long Eaton (to include working from home; 1/2 days WFH)
Reporting: Reports to the Head of R&D
Key Working Relationships (Internal): Working alongside existing management at Smart Surgical Appliances
Key Working Relationships (External): Working with external R&D vendors assigned to the development programme
Overall Responsibility Design, development and design management of the company's hardware associated with the companies visualisation technology platform for key-hole surgery
Job Purpose The industrial designer will be responsible for developing new products and iterating existing products that form part of the company's laparoscopic visualisation platform.
The key responsibilities of this role will include:
• Ideation of wide-ranging high-level design concepts that offer innovative solutions to difficult design challenges.
• Rapid prototyping of designs (in-house where possible).
• Hands-on testing of prototypes to identify strengths and weaknesses.
• Developing designs from early-stage concepts to fully developed products.
• Report writing for technical file compilation.
• Individual programme planning and contributing to role-specific R&D planning.
• Working with management on managing and developing intellectual property.
• Working with corporate partners, as determined by the executive management.
Candidate Specification Applicants must be EU nationals or have permanent leave to remain in the UK and should demonstrate that they possess the following attributes:
Qualification/Knowledge Essential • Hold a first or upper second class degree in a relevant subject such as mechanical or biomedical engineering or industrial design.
• Demonstrable experience with highly creative problem-solving.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in medical device design, working within an ISO13485 environment and preparing associated design control and verification & validation documentation.
Desirable Skills & Abilities • Excellent/advanced CAD/CAM skills (SolidWorks preferred).
• Demonstratable experience with physical prototyping and development testing.
• Excellent understanding of manufacturing processes and constraints.
• Experience designing moulded components, ideally including basic mould flow analysis experience.
• Demonstrable experience with project planning and time management.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, particularly when communicating technical information to a non-technical audience.
• Ability to self-motivate when working independently, prioritise tasks, and work effectively to manage and meet deadlines.
• Ability to learn new skills quickly and work with minimum supervision.
• Excellent report writing skills and experience of MS Office.
• A basic knowledge of clinical and/or biomedical engineering.
• Fluent in English.
Personal Profile Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook and a clear focus on high quality.
A natural forward planner who critically assesses their own performance.
Mature, credible, and comfortable in dealing with company executives.
Reliable, tolerant, and determined.
Empathic communicator, able to see things from the other person's point of view.
Well-presented and business-like.
Sufficiently mobile and flexible to travel up to a few days a week.
Keen for new experience, responsibility and accountability.
Able to get on with others and be a team player in and thrive in a start-up environment.