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The Senior Development Engineer is responsible for leading medical device development from concept through sustaining, solving complex engineering problems, and improving products and processes. The role collaborates with suppliers and cross-functional partners, leads small projects, and provides technical guidance to less experienced colleagues.
This position reports to the Director, Engineering and is part of the Engineering team located in Cincinnati, Ohio and will be an on-site role.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Lead product and process development activities in partnership with suppliers, manufacturing engineers, design engineers, and cross-functional teams.
- Drive design for manufacturing and assembly efforts, incorporating findings to optimize product designs and production readiness.
- Qualify components, manufacturing processes, and assembly systems through validation activities while supporting risk mitigation and design reviews.
- Investigate product and process issues through root cause analysis, develop prototypes and test methods, and maintain engineering documentation and design controls.
- Support innovation, product lifecycle planning, project execution, and engineering excellence through technical leadership, mentoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a technical discipline.
- Demonstrated progression of engineering experience in product development, manufacturing, or related technical disciplines. Preferred candidates will possess 8 or more years of relevant engineering experience, including 4 or more years supporting product development and manufacturing activities.
- Experience developing products within regulated or highly technical industries and applying quality and regulatory requirements throughout the product lifecycle. Prior experience in medical device development, including design for manufacturability and regulatory compliance, is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience solving moderately complex engineering problems and leading small projects.
- Experience with process validation, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and root cause analysis.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
- Ability to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally; typical assignments may require overnight, out-of-town stays of 2 to 5 days.
- Typical office environment; reasonable accommodation will be evaluated where needed.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Master's degree in engineering or a related field.
- Advanced certification such as Six Sigma or Project Management Professional.
Mammotome, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
The annual salary range for this role is $110,000 - $130,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Progressive engineering experience in product development, manufacturing, or related technical disciplines
- Eight or more years of relevant engineering experience
- Four or more years supporting product development and manufacturing activities
- Experience developing products in regulated or highly technical industries
- Experience applying quality and regulatory requirements throughout the product lifecycle
- Medical device development experience, including design for manufacturability and regulatory compliance
- Experience solving moderately complex engineering problems
- Experience leading small projects
- Experience with process validation, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and root cause analysis
- Master's degree in engineering or a related field
- Six Sigma or Project Management Professional certification
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave and family-building support are described as available, including maternity and paternity leave and fertility assistance. Childcare and eldercare support are also highlighted as part of the overall package.
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Danaher is a global science and technology innovator committed to helping our customers solve complex challenges and improve quality of life around the world. A global network of more than 25 operating companies, we drive meaningful innovation in some of today’s most dynamic industries through our operating companies in four strategic platforms: Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Water Quality and Product Identification. The engine at the heart of our success is the Danaher Business System (DBS), a set of tools that enables continuous improvement around lean, growth and leadership. Through the ingenuity of our people, the power of DBS and the impact of our meaningful technologies, we help realize life’s potential in ourselves and for those we serve.






