What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr R&D Engineer position at Cordis?
Cordis Corporation designs, manufactures, and commercializes medical devices used to treat coronary artery disease and peripheral artery disease. Examples of such devices include systems for gaining access to vasculature, angioplasty balloon catheters, stents and stent delivery systems, and access closure devices. As an R&D engineer you will work in the design, development, and testing of Cardiovascular and Vascular Medical Devices. Engineers at Cordis work to solve complex problems to ensure devices meet user needs, and that they are safe and effective for their indicated uses.
The current position encompasses design responsibilities for a vascular closure device system.
Please note, at this time Cordis is not sponsoring applicants for any type of work visas. It is a condition of employment that an applicant is authorized to work in the U.S.
Responsibilities
- Applies comprehensive medical device engineering knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects.
- May contribute to the development of policies and procedures.
- Works on complex projects of medium scope.
- Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives.
- Completes work independently, receives general guidance on new projects.
- Accountable for design reviews as applicable ensuring design solutions are documented, evaluated against design input, and tested properly.
- Works on the design of devices and components assigned as an individual technical contributor, but capable of acting as a project leader as needed.
- Works closely with manufacturing engineers on process development for mass production of medical devices.
- Develops and monitors work schedule to ensure on-time completion of design activities assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related field required.
- A minimum of 4 years related work experience.
- Experience working in the design and development of medical devices.
- Prior experience working in the design and testing of vascular device systems would be an additional asset.
- Prior experience working with polymer and polymer processing would be an additional asset.
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