Staff Engineer

Working Location: MINNESOTA, BROOKLYN PARK 

Workplace Flexibility: Onsite

Are you looking for a company that cares about people’s lives and health, including yours? Let’s inspire healthier lives, together.

 

Olympus, a leading medical technology company, has focused on making people’s lives better for over 100 years.

Our Purpose is to make people’s lives healthier, safer, and more fulfilling.

 

Our Core Values are reflected in all we do: Integrity – Empathy – Agility – Unity – Long-Term View

 

We deliver on our purpose and our core values by staying True to Life.

Job Description

The Staff R&D Engineer is responsible for all aspects of product development acting as an individual contributor, or where applicable, as a Core Team Member. In this dynamic role, the Staff R&D Engineer will have the ability to work on a variety of products, supporting multiple Business Units, with successful product launches over time and as projects required. The Staff R&D Engineer will lead or contribute to efforts to define user and product requirements, collaborate with project managers and other Core Team Members on project execution strategy, timelines and costs, lead product design and prototyping efforts, execute product feasibility testing, technical risk reduction planning, design verification and validation testing strategy and testing efforts, lead or contribute to design analysis testing, and ultimately the generation of all design controls documentation in collaboration with external and/or internal development and manufacturing/quality partners.

The Staff R&D Engineer is expected to drive design/concept trade-off decisions while taking costs, technical risk, reliability and User Needs into consideration. She / He must fully understand medical device design control requirements, have experience leading technical development efforts, and be effective at communicating advancements and issues to all levels of the organization. 

Job Duties

Job Qualification

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of elated experience or minimum of 7 years' experience with MS or Minimum of 5 with PhD.

 

Preferred:

• Competency in leading medical device technical development efforts, through all phases of product development, is required.
• Experience developing products through a Phase Gate process as a Core Team member is highly preferred.
• Experience developing disposable medical devices required.
• Experience and or working knowledge of developing capital equipment is desired.
• Extensive working knowledge of, and experience in applying / developing products in compliance with FDA and international requirements, including 820-CFR, ISO-13485, IEC60601, QSR, etc. is required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Windows Office applications including MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio, etc.
• Self-motivated, engaged, and productive.
• Proficient in the creation and critical review of engineering drawings, including the ability to critique dimensioning and tolerancing strategies, is required.  Working knowledge of Solidworks is a plus. 
• Knowledge of common manufacturing methods, such as injection molding and molded part design, extrusion, adhesives, ultrasonic welding, etc., as well as experience designing/developing products employing common medical device polymers is required.
• Must be able to solve complex and/or ambiguous problems using good judgement as well as logical and systematic thinking. 

Why join Olympus?

Here, people matter—our health, our happiness, and our lives.

• Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k)* with company match
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Visions coverage effective on start date
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• Free virtual live and on-demand wellness classes
• Work-life balance supportive culture with hybrid and remote roles
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Educational Assistance
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• Volunteering and charitable donation match programs
• Diversity & Inclusion Programs including Colleague Affinity Networks
• On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center**

*US Only

**Limited locations

 

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