As part of the Surgical Released Product Engineering (RPE) Team, we drive best in class clinical outcomes, customer satisfaction and business value for all commercialized Surgical products by ensuring consistent quality, supply continuity and market competitiveness while elevating the technical careers of employees. The Senior Chemical R&D Engineer will report into the Wound Management RPE Team within R&D. They will focus on supporting changes to existing products to meet customer needs and maintain our wound closure product line. The Senior R&D Engineer will support R&D RPE activities related to polymerization and fiber extrusion for absorbable and non-absorbable polymers.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

·Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots, and provides technical support during product development and manufacturing.

·Designs studies to investigate root cause or identify process parameters.

·Involved in activities to support product development, improvements to existing products and pre-clinical studies.

·Defines and performs verification and validation activities ensuring products meet user needs and intended use.

·Investigation and evaluation of existing technologies.

·Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, or processes related to existing product manufacturing.

·Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery.

·Write engineering reports and create presentations as required to document and communicate results.

·Collaborate with peers to manage the development of appropriate testing to verify product meets internal and external customer requirements.

·Work will be performed in R&D laboratories and in manufacturing facilities

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

·Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering

·Advanced degree preferred

·Specialization in polymer chemistry & extrusion highly preferred

·Experience in the medical device industry

·Practical experience and theoretical knowledge in the following areas:

oPolymer development and manufacturing

oFiber extrusion

oTextile manufacturing

oMaterial characterization

oDevelopment and manufacturing of combination products

·Ability to apply statistical methods and science-based decisions to design experiments and implement improvements

·Knowledge of Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint)

·Demonstrated ability to deliver quality technical work within project schedules and timelines. Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.

·Must be team oriented, with the ability to work well on common deliverables with diverse cross-functional teams and to interact at the highest professional manner with all organizational levels

·Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and interpersonal skills to successfully partner on varying levels ranging from cross functional to global multi-site and multi-business unit

·Participation in pre-clinical in vivo labs, observing cases in hospitals and through customer interactions.

·Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks/projects with a strong problem-solving ability.

·Experience with DRM / DFSS, Lean Sigma, or Green/Black Belt Lean Sigma certification