Job Description Summary

The R&D team is seeking a highly talented and passionate individual to help us identify and implement innovative solutions to address current and future health care needs in the Peripheral Vascular Access (PIVC) markets. Within BD Medication Delivery Solutions (MDS) Research & Development, the associate in this position will be part of the PIVC Lifecycle Management R&D team. This Senior Staff R&D Engineer is responsible for developing and implementing innovative product improvements, and critical component changes for high volume, disposable medical devices. This engineer will also be accountable for developing workstream’s to educate and train our diverse engineering team.

The preferred candidate will have strong technical design skills, excellent written and oral skills, leadership abilities and a track record of successful product design and development, along with lifecycle management of aging product lines. This candidate should possess a strong capability to interpret and ensure compliance with all local, state, federal and BD safety regulations, quality policies, best practices and procedures through appropriate communication, training, and education. Other duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:


Technical Product Design:
• Drive the design and development of product systems, subsystem and components by understanding design space with design options and tradeoffs, handling critical parameters, using design for manufacture principles as well as geometric dimensioning and tolerancing tools.
• Integrate product systems and sub-systems to meet business objectives by addressing targeted customer needs and product requirements under defined cost targets.
• Identify the best tools and approaches to effectively solve engineering problems to develop and optimize designs by using an appropriate mix of first principles / analytical, computational and experimental methods.
• Ensure implementation and difficulty of product development processes and design control procedures.
• Support the evaluation and assessment of new technologies, intellectual property, products, processes and industry trends that can or have the potential to impact our business strategies.
• Support current products in terms of quality, manufacturing, supply continuity and cost improvement.
• Support the execution of technical and/or multi-functional project work.
• Contribute to a culture of innovation by proactively generating novel concepts for new products and improvements to current product performance.
• Understand customer needs through literature review, customer interviews, direct observation, competitive analysis, prototype evaluation, and clinical/simulated use studies.
• Translate customer needs into engineering requirements into specific product, packaging and process specifications.
• Analyze design solutions using engineering first principles and sophisticated engineering methods such as FEA.
• Write detailed technical reports based on design verification analysis/testing for design changes and product design activities.
• Develop and implement test methods which specify measurement equipment, test set-up, measurement systems analysis, and data analysis.
• Develop realistic and actionable design plans.
Project and Cross-Functional Leadership:
• RD Point of Contact for any technical support needs for our manufacturing sites.
• Technical leader for any marketing competitive assessments and strategy around claim’s and intended use creation.
• Technical leader on addressing customer inquiries around product performance and intended uses.
• Demonstrate cross functional and collaborative leadership with strong accountability for successful completion of team goals and business objectives.
• Develop deliverables, schedules and demonstrate accountability for successful completion of individual and team work.
• Ensure efficient and effective transition from product development to high volume manufacturing in locations throughout the world.
• Effectively collaborate with laboratory technicians and support staff.
• Ensure compliance with BD quality policies, procedures and practices as well as with all local, state, federal and BD safety regulations, policies and procedures.
Organizational Development:
• Managing the PLM team’s innovation process and gate keeper on phase review’s.
• Proactively develop, maintain and share technical knowledge in specialized area(s), remaining up-to-date on current trends and standard methodologies.
• Actively mentor and empower team members and junior associates, while also ensuring effective multi-functional communication and engagement.
• Develop and apply innovative ways to ensure the effective capture, retention, communication and sharing of technical and project knowledge generate