Senior Design & Manufacturing Engineer

Cryoport Systems is the life science industry’s most trusted provider of supply chain solutions for temperature-sensitive materials, serving biopharmaceutical, IVF and surrogacy and animal health organizations around the world. Cryoport Systems' proprietary Cryoport Express® shippers, Cryoportal® Logistics Management Platform, leading-edge Smartpak™ Condition Monitoring System and geo-sensing technology paired with unparalleled logistics expertise and 24/7/365 customer support, make Cryoport Systems the end-to-end temperature controlled supply chain partner that you can trust.

Job title: Senior Design & Manufacturing Engineer

Type: On-site

Location: Irvine, California USA

Travel requirement: 15%

POSITION SUMMARY
The Senior Design & Manufacturing Engineer plays an integral role on the New Product Development Team, which assists life science and regenerative medicine clients across all phases of clinical and commercial development with a spectrum of offerings aimed at understanding, quantifying and reducing
cold-chain supply chain, logistics and/or packaging risks. The Senior Design & Manufacturing Engineer will be responsible for supporting innovative packaging and accessory designs to comply with industry and Cryoport standards. This position will work closely with our quality department to ensure the designs
are well documented and maintain a design history file throughout its life cycle.

The Senior Design & Manufacturing Engineers also works collaboratively with the Product Management and Product Marketing teams to ensure the company’s products are developed to meet and exceed end user needs and are built to address real market challenges

 
PRIMARY ROLE
As a Senior Design & Manufacturing Engineer at Cryoport Systems, you will be responsible for a wide variety of tasks / roles including, but not limited to, the following:

• Following a user-centered design process

• Primary and Secondary Temperature-Controlled Product (including Cryogenic), Accessory and Packaging designs

• Prototyping and manufacturing designs used in temperature-controlled supply chain solutions for life sciences

• Rapidly developing client and Cryoport solutions using industry standard software tools like ArtiosCAD, Inventor, Solidworks, etc.

• A solid understanding of Thermodynamics (Thermal transfer and heat transfer) with a focus on ultra-cold temperatures

• New Product Development

• Sustaining Engineering/Product Lifecycle management

• Manufacturing Engineering

• Engineering Documentation

• Estimating and gathering quotes

• Drive to ensure all developments are executed to scope, budget and time

• Verification, Validation and Test Plan Development

• Managing and adhering to the Engineering Change Order and Change Control process

• Provide engineering leadership to broader engineering team and junior colleagues

• Assess market requirements per project, based on sales and marketing requirements, which will include customer input for specific projects

• Conduct a User Centered Design Process, including a variety of teams and stake holders

• Pursue these projects once they have been approved

• Develop budgets, timescales and specifications with NPD Project Management, clients and managers to meet sales and marketing goals

• Liaise with suppliers for optimum relationships and results

• Problem solving

• Undertake relevant research for advancing the company

• Research new materials and methods of development

• Producing and implementing designs & test procedures

• Measuring performance of mechanical components, devices, and processes

• Testing, evaluating, modifying, and re-testing products

• Creating good documentation of designs, writing engineering reports and concise operating / assembly procedures

• Providing technical advice within industry standards and regulations

• Analyzing and interpreting data

• Field engineering

• Client education, by working in conjunction with Product Marketing, Marketing and Product Management

• Designing new products to ensure components and assemblies adhere to applicable industry and business standards and manufacturability

• Sustaining existing products with