Staff R&D Product Development Engineer

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world. 

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Job Overview

We are looking for several experienced engineers to support a wide variety of medical device development programs.  These individuals will play a key role in creating a new world-class medical device design services team at our Plymouth Minnesota location. You will develop medical devices such as trans-catheter heart valve delivery systems, cardiac electrophysiology ablation catheters, complex steerable sheaths, endoscopic biopsy devices, and many more.
 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Support technical interface with customers on a wide variety of device development programs.
• Work with cross-functional teams on all elements of research & development programs, from voice of customer inputs, concept prototyping/testing, verification, and preclinical/clinical studies. 
• Design, define and leverage cutting edge technology and intellectual property to optimize design solutions.
• Apply broad engineering knowledge to the design of new products and product enhancements.  
• Create rapid prototypes using a variety of automated systems, vendors, support staff, and hands-on builds.
• Support opportunity assessments to select the most clinically valuable future development programs.
• Appropriately scale and optimize best in class engineering and program practices.
• Maintain product files and other relevant documentation to comply with quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Participate on sustaining engineering and returned product complaint projects. 

What your background should look like:

• A BS engineering or science degree and 10 years of engineering experience. 
• Demonstrated ability to support technical interface with customers in device development.
• Independent initiative to be a critical thinker with an appetite for problem solving.
• Collaborative interpersonal skills to project manage and work through design challenges as a team.
• 5+ year’s industry experience in a medical product development and/or manufacturing environment. 
• Laser cutting/welding design, development and manufacturing knowledge. 
• Experience working with project teams in planning and executing through key milestone phases.  
• Familiarity with engineering tools such as DOE and SPC, and ideally experience using Minitab. 
• Detail oriented preparation and support of Design Reviews covering: 
• ISO 13485 & FDA 21 CFR Part 820 Design Control requirements.
• Product requirements, FMEA’s, Product & Process Design.
• Design verification and validations protocols and reports.
   

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY
TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 8,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 140 countries. TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

 

COMPENSATION
•    Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $127,920 - $191,880 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
•    Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
•    Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits

BENEFITS
•    A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.

 

EOE, Including Disability/Vets