Senior R&D Engineer

Job Description

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2023 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit our website . Our search for better is changing the lives of our customers. It’s changing the careers of our people too – creating new challenges and opportunities all the time. We’re a business that never stands still. Join us on our journey to #ForeverCaring as a Senior R&D Engineer, and you won’t either. The role of Senior R&D Engineer within Convatec Continence Care New Product Development Team is both a varied and demanding role. This Engineer will be part of an experienced international team developing products from idea conception, design development and product testing through to process development, design validation and product launch. Key Responsibilities: Lead the Design and Development of medical devices from Concept to launch. Through collaboration with multifunctional teams, lead discussions to resolve technical/scientific challenges to support new product development of Continence Care medical devices from concept to launch phase; define the scope of work to direct discussions to identify practical and theoretical solutions. Identifying & generating new Intellectual Property (IP), translating novel ideas into valuable & protectable IP and evaluating the IP landscape. Direct creation of new concepts via 3D models & assemblies in CAD/CAM software (Solidworks). Close collaboration with the cross functional process development team utilizing Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly methodologies to develop robust designs suitable for manufacturing processes including plastic injection moulding, thermoforming etc. Develop ideas and designs with a focus on usability and user centric design. Resolve concept ideas to practice through prototyping and/or other rapid simulation techniques. Scope plan and execute/coordinate testing of prototypes. Using existing templates, record and report experimental data. This includes reporting of the test procedure, presentation/analysis (including statistical analysis, e.g. Design of Experiments, etc.) of data and formulating conclusions and recommendations as a basis for further discussion and research. Communicate technical data including conclusions and recommendations to the wider team, make proposals and recommendations to progress the projects forward based on the analysis of this data. Provide technical input to support the design control process, including contributing to/authoring design history file (DHF) documentation and material specifications. Lead design for manufacturing and design for assembly discussions. Maintain overall expertise by keeping updated on engineering advancements through publications, patents, university/industrial contacts and vendor discussions. Work effectively and proactively engage with key stakeholders to manage expectations and deliver on commitments; Understand needs and requirements across multiple functions, manage relationships to ensure effective execution. Work collaboratively across the organization and support colleagues to achieve shared goals and objectives. Role models behaviours appropriate to our values. Maintain compliance with HSE regulations. Maintain compliance with QMS. Skills & Experience: Experience in a variety of different projects; demonstrable ability to work on a number of teams and projects in tandem. Demonstrable experience in an industrial engineering discipline with knowledge of mechanical/design engineering is essential. Ability to use CAD software packages (SolidWorks) is essential. Experience in designing and developing plastic moulded components is desirable. Experience in a R&D medical devices environment and design control is desirable. Comfortable with human body discussions and designing solutions for intimate parts of the human body. Experience of Process Validation activities (FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, PQ activities) is desirable. Ability to communicate effectively in English (verbal and written) is essential. Working understanding of the ISO 13485 and 14971 standards, and FDA regulations for design controls. Qualifications/Education: Qualified to degree level (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant engineering related subject preferably Mechanical or Design Engineering. Our progress will give you countless opportunities to move forward too. Seek out new challenges, and you’ll find them. Stretch your thinking, and you’ll find new ways to make an impact. And if you embrace the opportunity to drive your own growth, you could go further, and achieve more, than ever before. This is a big step forward. This is work that’ll move you. #J-18808-Ljbffr