Responsible for leading all phases of the product development process in support of immediate, mid-term, and long-term innovation and product design strategies. Provide expertise to guide product divisions to navigate the development of new products and technologies.
Job Description
Manage the design control process including investigation of user need and product requirement/specifications, coordinate verification and validation activities, coordinate design transfer activities and multi-source projects, determine performance impacts and process change of new materials and designs, conduct risk assessment activities, and resolve residual risk.
Investigate root causes and provide corrective actions on product failures. Work with manufacturers to implement corrective actions.
Review existing products and recommend improvements based on existing complaints, risk analyses, manufacturer feedback, cost saving opportunities, etc
Establish new product development sub-processes as needed to increase speed to market, reduce production and quality issues, etc.
Coordinate with end users and marketing to identify product opportunities and establish a vetted business case.
Manage product development projects and timelines and balance corporate priorities to ensure that deadlines and goals are met.
Work with internal or external design teams to generate product designs and technical specifications.
Evaluate prototypes for usability, manufacturability, performance, and quality.
Work with legal to identify opportunities to protect product designs through patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property techniques.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science.
Work Experience
At least 4 years of product development experience.
PREFERRED JOB REQUIREMENTS
Experience in the development and launch of new medical/pharma products.
Experience with medical device requirements (Class I-II), design controls, risk assessments, and the 510k process.
Experience with project management and Microsoft project.
Experience with leading teams.
Experience utilizing Minitab to perform analysis of test data.
Experience with CAD systems, FEA, Six Sigma, ANDA, ISO/CE Mark, GLP, GMP, GDP, USP testing, and high volume manufacturing processes. - Position requires travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (domestic and international).
Benefits - Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits, please click here.
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Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
