R&D Associate, CO-OP

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. Convatec’s 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 http://www.convatecgroup.com

 

About the role:

As part of Convatec’s Applied Research organization within the User Insights, Design, & Engineering Solutions team, the R&D Associate supports the development of advanced products and solutions through innovation and engineering excellence with a focus on early-stage concept development and innovation. This role involves using rapid prototyping, iterative design processes, and collaborating closely with various departments to speed up the design and development of new offerings. This individual will join a diverse group of engineers and designers who excel in ideating new device concepts and creating functional prototypes for evaluation, feedback, and refinement.

This position requires the ability to work collaboratively and support design and engineering activities in bringing projects from inception to concept level while liaising with relevant teams and stakeholders.  This role requires technical and problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset to drive innovation and deliver impactful solutions.

The R&D associate will produce conceptual and functional prototypes to enable rapid and effective evaluation of new device concepts, contribute to developing new and advanced prototyping capabilities, and drive impactful innovations and insights during early-stage development.

The R&D associate will take part in executing multi-faceted research programs that address identified needs and advance innovation in a structured, milestone-driven process. In addition to hands-on work in the prototype lab, this role involves taking part in technology development programs that align with Convatec’s strategic goals.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and produce device concepts with a focus on CAD and 3D printing and on implementing new advanced prototyping capabilities (e.g. novel applications of ultrasonic welding, CNC machining, etc.) (50%)

• Assemble and evaluate conceptual and functional prototypes (20%)

• Active participation in ideation and brainstorming of new and innovative concepts and solutions (20%)

• Create and maintain CAD design files, drawings, reports, invention disclosures, etc. to document concepts and prototypes created (10%)

• Ensuring that research and design methodologies meet established scientific and engineering standards

• Measuring and analyzing the reliability of the design, materials, processes, etc.

• Researching and developing prototypes to meet technical and functional requirements

• Making recommendations concerning acquisition and use of new technology, equipment, and materials

• May participate in intellectual property evaluations and development of patent applications

Qualifications/Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field (completed or in progress) preferred

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid working: 3-5 days per week in the Lexington, MA office driven by business requirements.

Our ambitions will bring the very best out in you. You’ll be pushed to aim higher and really own your work. You’ll be encouraged and supported to make things happen, too. It can be challenging. But, as the progress you make will help improve the lives of millions, it’ll be worth it.

This is stepping up to a challenge.

This is work that’ll move you.

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