Engineering Co-Op Research and Development - Full-Time / Spring 2025 (Morrisville, NC)

Expected Travel: None

Requisition ID: 11386

 

About Teleflex Incorporated

As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare. 
 
Teleflex is the home of Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose.

At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare.  For more information, please visit teleflex.com.

 

Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine - At Teleflex, we promote the use of advanced anesthesia and emergency medicine techniques to help improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. We equip clinicians with some of the most advanced medical devices on the market today, from our world-class brands including: 

• LMA® and Rüsch® airway management devices designed to help reduce the risk of airway-related complications. 
• Arrow pain management products designed to improve patients' post-operative pain experience. 
• The Arrow® EZ-IO® System that helps address the time-critical challenge of emergency vascular access, and 
• QuikClot® and QuickClot Control+® hemostatic devices, used by hospitals, EMS, and the military for hemorrhage control in a broad range of bleeding situations. 

Join a dynamic, growing team that offers healthcare providers advanced medical technology solutions that make a difference in patients' lives. 

Position Summary

The Research & Development (Engineering) intern will assist the Engineering team as assigned in efforts that support either development, testing or administrative needs associated with current projects in the Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine business unit.  This Co-op will report to a manager in the R&D team but will work with members of sustaining, product development, lab tech, and design teams as assigned.  Project work will be under close supervision and may be done under a non-disclosure agreement. 

This full-time Monday - Friday Co-op position to be based on-site in Morrisville, NC site, from January to May 2025. 

Principal Responsibilities

•    Under the direction of the R&D Engineering team, perform R&D daily functions to support the Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine Business Unit.
•    Apply engineering techniques to update specifications, create drawings, and draft protocols.
•    Conduct lab feasibility testing and verification testing on anesthesia products.
•    Develop test methods and fixtures for a wide range of potential testing.
•    Conduct literature reviews and deep dive searches in technical areas of interest and maintain the organization of these searches and documents.
•    Represent R&D engineering as a team member on design control projects for product development.
•    Work with a diverse team of quality, regulatory, marketing, procurement, manufacturing and others both domestically and globally.
•    Write reports and create presentations on work completed.
•    Present data and reports at management meetings.
•    Assist in the research, development, and design of next-generation and new anesthesia products.
•    Understand and assist other team members in data analysis, accounts, clinical education opportunities, etc.
•    Demonstrate professional responsibilities by cooperating with other personnel to achieve department objectives and maintain good employee relations, interdepartmental objectives, and departmental goals and objectives.
•    Maintain compliance with principles of accepted employee conduct as identified in the Teleflex Code of Ethics and as specified in departmental policies and procedures.
 

Education / Experience Requirements

•    Currently enrolled and pursuing a two/four-year degree in mechanical, biomedical, or any related engineering field.  Biology or other health sciences are also accepted.
•    Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above.
•    One year of medical device or other related design experience is a major plus.
•    Valid Driver’s License.
 

Specialized Skills / Other Requirements

•    Some 3D CAD experience – SolidWorks preferred. 
•    Strong interpersonal skills, team player and ability to communicate effectively.
•    One year of medical device or other related design experience a plus. 
•    Injection mol