Our mid-sized medical device client is adding a Sr. R&D Sustaining Engineer to the team. This is a newly created position reporting to the Director of Quality. The Sr. R&D Sustaining Engineer will primarily maintain existing commercialized products post-transfer by ensuring the products remain safe, compliant, and optimized for manufacturing process performance. The role is critical in driving continuous improvements to existing products to ensure they meet or exceed internal and external requirements. Experience in R&D/Development is required. 

Your role with the company:

• Drive engineering activities for design and/or process changes to existing products by developing evidence-based project plans and executing on deliverables. Ensure strong cross-functional collaboration, timely multi-disciplinary input and compliance with regulatory standards and internal quality system requirements.
• Leads design verification, design validation, usability and test method validations activities for new product development and for design changes to meet or exceed internal and external requirements.
• Standardize and drive the forum to gather, prioritize, and estimate effort for sustaining activities across product lines with cross-functional teams.
• Develop, drive execution, and implement design inputs and design outputs for changes to existing products. Develop new test methods and/or revise existing test methods to support the changes. Execute test method validations.
• Cross-functional leader for completion of Risk Management deliverables. Perform risk management assessment for changes.
• Manage Quality System processes necessary to properly document and assess sustaining activities.
• Perform root cause investigations, propose corrective actions, and oversee their implementation by using problem-solving tools.
• Support complaint investigation effort as needed, including returned product evaluation, testing, and health risk assessment.
• Support regulatory approvals and responses to regulatory agencies’ questions.
• Accountable for the implementation of opportunities to optimize/improve manufacturing processes and systems.
• Execute engineering change control efforts per established processes and manage the deliverables per QMS requirements.
• Coordinate design/process change implementation into production.

Desired Profile:

• BS or advanced degree in engineering or related discipline
• 5+ years medical device experience working in an R&D/Development function
• Experience working with CAD systems, ideally Solidworks and ability to edit CAD files
• Expert knowledge of Design Control and Risk Management
• Knowledge of problem-solving methodologies and approaches
• Experience with Quality Systems as outlined in CFR820/ ISO13485
• Experience leading CAPA investigations and developing effective corrective actions that utilize a risk-based approach
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated use of Quality tools and methodologies
• Practical knowledge of applied statistics, including statistical analysis tools (Minitab, JMP, etc.) High attention to detail, organization, and accuracy
• Ability to plan and implement technical tasks that may not be well-defined, have multiple variables, and require advanced implementation techniques