Job Description:
Job Description
Nobel Biocare is seeking a highly motivated and skilled engineer who is passionate about driving new product developments to improve patients’ lives. As a Senior Product Development Engineer, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of dental implant solutions. Your primary focus will be on developing the next generation of Nobel Biocare’s innovative products.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop products autonomously according to the company’s Design Control and Idea to Market processes. Plan, perform and document design verification and validation activities.
- Ensure all required specifications and related documentation are in place in due time and quality to assure early milestone achievement.
- Be the overall responsible for the timely completion in a cross-functional team of the documentation for the development of a new product as per Design Control and Risk Management processes.
- Manage external partners, suppliers, and KOLs in relation to assigned development activities.
- Identify patentable designs and file patents in cooperation with the company’s IP department.
- Identify process and product improvements and support improvement requests for other departments.
- Be a central point of knowledge for technical expertise in the company’s products.
- Continuously report to line and project manager achievements and escalates challenges in a timely manner.
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Job Requirements:
Knowledge and Qualifications
- Strong technical background (BSc, MSc or equivalent) in relevant field (e.g. biomedical or mechanical engineering).
- Further education in Medical Technology or Business Administration is a plus.
- Fluent in English (spoken and written), German is an asset.
Competencies
- Strong analytical skills and result orientation with interest in innovation and new technology.
- Analyzes issues and breaks them down. Makes documented, systematic and rational judgments based on relevant information.
- Demonstrates a broad-based view of issues and a perception of their longer-term impact or wider implications. Views issues in terms of costs, profits, markets and added value.
- Strong interpersonal skills with a high level of integrity, commitment, ethics and proactivity to cultivate a network of productive relationships in an international working environment.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks independently to meet the objectives.
- Expert knowledge of Design Control processes according to ISO 13485 or 21 CFR Part 820.
- Good understanding of user needs, clinical and laboratory workflows to be able to translate customer needs into technical requirements and to perform customer visits with valuable feedback.
- Good knowledge of relevant tools (3D CAD, CAM, SAP, MS Office).
- Good knowledge of various manufacturing methods especially CNC including limitations and cost.
- Ability to write complex technical documents (e.g. reports, rationales, procedures, work instructions, or deviations).
- Ability to lead and coordinate a cross-functional technical project team and getting consensus for timely deliverables completion.
Experience
- Five plus (5+) years of successful working experience in product development and/or technical project lead in medical device or pharmaceutical industry, preferably in the dental industry.
- Experience in leading technical projects and teams in matrix organizations.
Operating Company:
Nobel Biocare
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What We Do
Envista is a global family of more than 30 trusted dental brands, united by a shared purpose: to partner with professionals to improve lives. Envista helps its partners deliver the best possible patient care through industry-leading products, solutions, and technology. Our comprehensive portfolio covers a wide range of dentists' clinical needs for diagnosing, treating, and preventing dental conditions, as well as improving the aesthetics of the human smile.
Our differentiated combination of continuous improvement, a bias toward action and innovation, and a deep respect for the more than one million professionals we serve embolden us to champion dental professionals like no one else can.
The operating companies that form Envista, including Nobel Biocare, Implant Direct, Ormco, DEXIS, Kerr, Metrex, and more represent more than 125 years of dental industry excellence. These brands meet the end-to-end needs of dental professionals worldwide.
We are committed to helping dental professionals improve their patients’ lives by digitizing, personalizing, and democratizing oral care. Every day, our products and solutions are accelerating the future of dentistry. Operating with high sustainability standards guides our decision-making so that we can deliver enhanced outcomes for our people, the environment, and communities.
View our Environmental, Social, and Governance report at https://bit.ly/Envista2022ESG to learn more about our commitment to sustainability.
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