Senior Engineer - Product Engineering (Nitinol)

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Date: May 18, 2023

Location: Fridley – Minnesota, US, 55421

Company: Heraeus

Senior Engineer - Product Engineering (Nitinol)

Location Fridley – Minnesota

Permanent

Full Time

About Heraeus

Solutions from the Heraeus Group provide faster internet, rid water of germs, and keep hearts beating in time. As a broadly diversified and globally leading family-owned technology company, we combine materials expertise and cutting-edge technologies to create products used all over the world with one thing in common: World-class quality.

About Heraeus Medevio

Together we improve lives. At Heraeus Medevio, we bring lifesaving and life-changing medical devices to market through partnerships with medical device manufacturing companies. Backed by Heraeus Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 listed company, we are committed to the growth of our teams and organization by providing an open space for open minds.

To reach our vision of improving 100 million lives every year, we foster a culture of curiosity that thrives on challenge, continuous learning, growth, and the opportunity to try new things. With sites in the United States, European Union, and Asia, and over 2,200 employees worldwide, together, we will meet tomorrow's challenges today.

The primary responsibility of this position is to lead design and development activities on nitinol and nitinol-related medical device products.

The following challenges await you:

Lead and execute design & development activities across the product development lifecycle
Create detailed technical execution plans with the client and internal project team
Lead customer interactions on technical deliverables comfortably and confidently
Lead activities for concept generation and selection with strong technical problem-solving skills
Mentor engineers on the team to conduct engineering analysis on designs, concepts, and the associated research
Lead and monitor documentation practices for requirements, design output, design verification, and testing using Heraeus and/or customer’s QMS
Communicate complex information concisely and clearly to all levels of collaborators, including customers, team members, and others across various functional areas
Mentor less experienced engineers throughout project execution
Facilitate and make technical decisions on projects (e.g. vendor selection, critical to quality on the design, concept selection, etc.)
Other duties may be assigned

Your profile:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field required, master’s degree in Engineering or related technical field helpful
Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience required, including specific experience with nitinol (material properties, laser cutting, post processing, shape setting, testing, etc.)
Well established knowledge of multiple engineering functional areas (e.g. product development, test, modeling, process, etc.)
Experience and knowledge in Use of nitinol components in medical devices plus
Independently applies knowledge of the methodology for process/design selection
Able to communicate complex technical concepts to broad audiences and customers
Consistently demonstrates creativity in applying engineering principles to solve complex problems
Able to make data driven decisions utilizing statistical tools such as DOE, tolerance stack-up analysis, or Minitab
Strong independent problem-solving skills and actively works to coach others in this area
Proficient with new technology development
Capable of creating a plan to solve complex technical problems and lead others to resolution
Actively, informally or formally coaches and mentors less experienced engineers
Has established cross-functional relationships and is able to influence to drive results
Clearly communicates need for continuous improvement and champions change within the organization
Must be willing and able to travel between the Fridley and White Bear Lake, Minnesota facilities as business needs require

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Nearest Major Market: Minneapolis