Engineer II - Product Development - Upper Extremity

Requisition ID:                       63710                          Title: Engineer II - Product Development - Upper Extremity Division: Arthrex, Inc. (US01) Location: Naples, FL

 

 

 

 

Arthrex, Inc, is a global medical device company and leader in orthopedics medical education. Arthrex is actively searching for an Engineer II - Product Development who will be responsible for full life cycle development of medical devices, which includes initiation, design, development, execution, and product maintenance for the Upper Extremity team. The ideal candidate will have 2 years’ post graduate work experience in design and development along with excellent interpersonal skills, strong mechanical engineering experience, experience in CAD software and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.  This position will be located at our corporate campus in Naples, FL. Join our talented team at a global medical device company focused on Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better™.  

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designs components or functional systems and modifies existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations.
• Recommends alterations to development and design to improve quality of products and/or procedures.
• Determines budgets and timelines for assigned projects.
• Leads multifunctional new product project teams, as assigned by Engineering Manager, through project technical feasibility analysis, initiation, planning, execution, and termination, adhering closely to project timeline and budget. 
• Maintains design history file for assigned projects, adhering to Arthrex design control procedures.
• Provides Regulatory department technical support for assigned projects as needed.
• Supports Marketing and Product Management with technical information to be used for training and marketing of assigned products.
• Supports Manufacturing to provide processing improvements.
• Supports surgeon and distributor customers by training and/or educating on technical aspects of assigned products as needed.
• Determines necessity of testing and initiates testing of assigned products
• Reports progress and status of assigned projects on a timely basis. 
• May be required travel to attend trade shows and visit established accounts as well as prospective accounts. International travel may be required.

 

Education/ Experience:            

• Bachelors degree in Engineering required.
• 2 years of relevant work experience required.

 

Knowledge:      

• Frequent use and general knowledge of industry practices, techniques, and standards. 
• General application of concepts and principles.

 

Discretion/ Latitude:                  

• Works under very general supervision.  Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment and overall adequacy and accuracy. 

 

Skills:   

• Knowledgeable of FDA and ISO guidelines for the development of medical devices required.
• Manufacturing process knowledge preferred.
• Project management and communication skills training preferred.
• Working knowledge of anatomy from an orthopedic standpoint preferred.

 

Incidental Duties:

• The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this job.  They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, and indeed additional responsibilities may be assigned, as required, by management.

 

Language and Communication Skills:

• Ability to comprehend and apply language skills to the degree required to perform the job based upon the job requirements listed above. 
• Ability to verbally communicate ideas and issues effectively to other team members and management. 
• Ability to write and record data and information as required by procedures.

 

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative