Sr R&D Technician

About This Role

This role involves using technical skills to develop innovative medical products to treat cardiovascular diseases. The Senior R&D Technician supports multiple cross-functional development teams from concept to commercialization, focusing on disposable device prototyping, fabrication, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Effectively works on multiple project tasks with minimal supervision for timely completion
• Partners with engineers and other technicians to assemble functional prototypes and provide feedback on assembly process and design
• Assist engineers with product and process design, development, and optimization
• Perform equipment installation and qualification
• Assist in product and process characterization and design verification testing
• Perform root cause investigation and analysis
• Prepare test samples (products/materials/solutions) for routine and qualification testing
• Assist in the transfer of product from R&D to manufacturing
• Validate test methods
• Fabrication of fixtures and tooling for product builds and testing
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of lab instruments/equipment
• Create and maintain accurate documentation of concepts, designs, drawings, test methods and processes
• Train other technicians, assemblers and engineers on procedures and product assembly
• Draft Manufacturing Process Instructions

Requirements

• High School Diploma required with a minimum of 5 years’ experience as an R&D technician (or relevant experience) in the medical device industry or Associate’s degree with 3 years’ experience in the medical device industry
• Familiar with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and laboratory practices
• Ability to analyze and solve problems
• Experience using sketches, CAD, etc. to supports the design and build of simple fixtures
• Proficient with MS Office
• Comfortable working in a clean room environment
• Ability to communicate effectively with all cross-functional team members
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities
• Operate as a team and/or independently while demonstrating flexibility to changing requirements

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Associate's degree
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as an R&D technician (or relevant experience) in the medical device industry with a High School Diploma, or 3 years with an Associate’s degree.

Nice to Have

• Balloon catheter, drug coating, valve or other cardiovascular medical devices development experience

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits