R&D Associate Manager, Product Engineering

Leads a team as part of the wider post market research and development team to provide product design, packaging design and process support to projects and products.

Analyzes engineering drawings and specifications to determine the required type of materials, utility and function based on the product's physical characteristics, safety and special-handling requirements.

• Lead a team to support the successful implementation of new global regulations. 
• Communicate with suppliers, advanced manufacturing engineering and advanced operations to resolve issues and optimize design for manufacturability and efficiency. Will ensure designs are cost efficient, manufacturable and reliable.
• Lead and contribute significantly in efforts to identify, determine product requirements, generate production drawings for parts and assemblies and develop and manage full product design documentation
• Lead design portions of projects for design to manufacturing and sterilization.
• Evaluate and optimize concepts for mechanical function and manufacturability. Develop designs and create prototypes from customer concepts and/or specs to test and validate ideas.
• Work with advanced quality engineers to develop component specific testing and inspection protocols.
• Define targets, KPIs, performance objectives, etc. for individuals within functional role, and manage direct reports to meet or exceed these target
• Recruit, select, and on-board top talent.
• Develop talent within team to increase performance.
• Actively address performance issues on team.
• Mentor and provide technical support to reports and colleagues within the broader R&D team.
• Maintain a high level of team engagement.
• This position is accountable for achieving packaging design performance and quality objectives, project planning and effective execution, as well as communicating project status and escalating issues when appropriate.

• Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Materials Science) with a Minimum of 6 years experience;
• Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering field is desirable. Excellent interpersonal skills - able to express ideas and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.  Open minded- able to recognize good ideas. Innovative thinker - able to envision new and better ways to do things
• Execute complex problem-solving techniques related to design/technical issues.
• Independently determines and develops approach to resolving end customers product related issues, through problem solving and troubleshooting product design, and product training.
• Good instincts and sound judgment for mechanical design. Good understanding of statistical tools and validation/verification techniques. Excellent analytical skills, ability to plan, organize, and implement multiple concurrent tasks.
• Must be able to analyze and correct complex product and/or process issues and make decisions using independent judgement Must be able to read and interpret complex engineering drawings and have a good understanding of geometrical dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Experience with recruiting, people development is desirable.
• Must be able to generate, follow and explain detailed proposals and operating procedures with an in depth understanding of ISO 13485 and FDA quality system requirements Knowledge of packaging standards highly desirable PC Literate (word processing, spreadsheets, data base) and strong knowledge of project Management tools is essential.