Product Development Engineer

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Life Unlimited

Smith+Nephew is a portfolio medical technology business that exists to restore people’s bodies and their self-belief by using technology to take the limits off living. We call this purpose ‘Life Unlimited’ . Our 18’000 employees deliver this mission every day, making a difference to patients’ lives through the excellence of our product portfolio, and the invention and application of new technologies across our three global franchises of Orthopaedics, Advanced Wound Management and Sports Medicine & ENT.

For our site in Aarau, we are looking for a

Product Development Engineer (w/m/x)

Role Purpose

This position is responsible for the design, development, verification, and validation of new products from concept phase through design transfer, production, and launch phases which may include but not limited to design changes, design transfers, production changes, and product obsolescence using the Design Control and Engineering Change Control.

Main Tasks

• Responsible for user needs collection activities using various methods including but not limited to medical literature reviews, stakeholder surveys and interviews, key opinion leader (KOLs) panel discussions, and surgical observations.
• Responsible for definition of design inputs, prototyping, feasibility testing protocols and the concept selection process.
• Responsible to create and maintain device/product specifications.
• Responsible for completion of design verification and validation activities by developing or collaborating with testing partners to develop biomechanical and mechanical test methodologies when consensus-testing standards are not applicable. Also, includes engineering study development, evaluation, and execution, if applicable.
• Responsible for project intellectual property (IP) including creating invention disclosures, supporting patent application/prosecution, and providing technical feedback to legal regarding other IP matters.
• Provides technical support to cross-functional team members including but not limited to technically reviewing marketing collaterals, providing product information for regulatory submissions, and making technical product presentations to surgeon customers and sales teams.
• Provides R&D engineering support for Quality and compliance activities including correcting quality problems in released product, compliance with new regulations and standards, support for Regulatory submissions for expansion into new geographies, and remediation of quality records.
• Provides technical support as required for existing products (e.g. sales training, product demonstrations, customer meetings, VSPs, tradeshows.)
• Supports activities related to product obsolescence and end of life management for all assigned products.
  

Job Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering with some years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of Design Controls - including CFR 820, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971
• Project-Lead / Project-Management experience
• Experience within the medical devices industry preferred
• Experience with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS-Project) software, required
• Good written/verbal communication skills in both German and English mandatory
  

We offer

• An interesting and varied function in an international and interdisciplinary environment
• Modern infrastructure and opportunities to further advance your career
• The opportunity to play a relevant part in a medical network and to further develop a company with an excellent reputation
• Attractive compensation package and social benefits
• If you are inspired by this opportunity, please submit your complete application to our career portal.
  

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Patrick Menge, Talent Acquisition Specialist