Senior Design Engineer – Medical Device Development

Your Responsibilities:

• Work on Platform development and participate to project activities in cross-functional teams for easy-to-use, safe and robust products
• Participate to the complete development process of medical devices (ideation, brainstorming, prototyping, piloting and transfer to manufacturing)
• Create, manage and maintain CAD, 3D and drawings
• Create, manage and maintain Tolerance Analysis
• Work with third party suppliers, including prototyper, tool makers, CMOs
• Manage testing and characterization for acceptance, compliance, performance etc., and suggest improvements
• Perform root cause analysis and develop robust solutions to prevent re-occurrence
• Ensure components are delivered and controlled to the required quality for clinical trials and commercial production
• Write key design history file documents: design input requirements, component specifications and design verification documents. Ensure device design development is delivered to a high quality

Role Requirements

• Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• Preferably 10 years of experience in medical device development
• Proficient spoken communication and excellent technical writing skills in English
• Experience in designing plastic and metal components; tolerance analysis; metrology; lab testing
• Experience in material qualification
• Good knowledge in design for manufacturing and assembly
• Good knowledge in key regulations and standards (e.g. ISO23098, ISO 11608, ISO 10993, MDR, Design Controls)
• Design History File documentation
• Ability to interact with cross functional team in matrix organization
• Minimum 80% on site work – 4 days/week

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to E-Mail schreiben and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
 

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