Principal Engineer, Material Scientist

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Your Role

Are you ready to take your engineering career to the next level? Look no further! Vantive is seeking a highly skilled Principal Engineer, Materials Scientist to join our exceptional Disposables R&D team in Plymouth. As a world-class leader in healthcare, Vantive is dedicated to improving the lives of millions of patients worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to be part of our ambitious mission and make a real impact.

The Principal Engineer, Materials Scientist will apply specialized knowledge of materials and material processing to achieve a technical vision for research and design of containers and disposable products used in multiple Kidney care modalities.  You will provide leadership to design and manufacturing teams directing extrusion, molding, material processing and design transfer. 

What you will be doing:

• Develop products/processes (materials, design, quality improvement, research techniques) incorporating multiple tasks in the disciplines of materials science and engineering for Renal products. 

• Serve as the technical materials expert for design change programs (new products, suppliers, materials, labeling, CAPA/NCR, cost reduction, remediation). 

• Produce pilot production runs of materials and sheeting for the use in the development process and to establish process capability. 

• Study design and hands on support with polymeric materials characterization, blending and processing 

• Identify, investigate, and solve complex engineering problems utilizing risk-based and customer focused approaches and engineering tools. (e.g. dFMEA, Human Factors Engineering, statistical software, CAD). 

• Coordinate and communicate the efforts of R&D in collaboration with global cross-functional stakeholders. 

• Schedule, budget, and lead engineering projects with minimal guidance. 

• Adhere to design control procedures, general safety rules, company policies and procedures, FDA and international regulations and guidance. 

• May supervise engineers and/or technicians. 

• May contribute to Vantive intellectual property through invention disclosures and patent applications. 

What you will bring:

• BS in Material Science or Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related science or engineering field.  MS or PhD preferred. 

• 10+ years of related experience in disposables medical product development.

• Advanced knowledge of chemistry, material science and general engineering principles related to the development of new plastic materials 

• Advanced knowledge of p