Job title:Senior R&D Engineer
Location:Ballybrit, Galway
Benefits:Excellent salary, bonus, pension, healthcare and opportunity to grow your career with hugely exciting Medical Device organisation.

Company:
My client are a Medical Device company who have recently been acquired by a multinational, a global leader in neurovascular care. And a broad portfolio of devices used in the endovascular treatment of haemorrhagic and ischemic stroke.


About the role:
As a Senior R&D Engineer you will work on a brand new product from concept to commercialisation. Also supporting and delivering complex acute ischemic stroke projects with significant technical challenges. Overall responsibility for various aspects of new development projects.


Some responsibilities include:
- Develop an understanding of the disease state, gather user needs, and translate into technical specifications.
- Support the management of the direct team to deliver on performance, time and cost targets.
- Generate creative product solutions to address unmet needs.
- Develop test models for prototype performance evaluations.
- Build and test prototypes; analyse test data and interpret to identify optimal solution(s).
- Create detailed component and finished device assembly drawings/specifications.
- Identify and select product materials, assembly methods and define process settings.
- Identify and manage of key risks throughout the product lifecycle.
- Evaluate and assess physician (user) techniques and develop product training materials.

Requirements:
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in all stages of medical device design and development (including design with SolidWorks, prototyping, and testing) is required.
- Mechanical or biomedical engineering degree or equivalent.
- Specific experience on Medical Devices, cardiovascular or neurovascular implants or instruments including catheters, stents, delivery systems.
- Strong design and technical ability based on a broad and deep knowledge of fundamental engineering principles.



What awaits you:
This is an opportunity to work with a ground-breaking biomedical operation, part of a company with an excellent record in employee continuous professional development and business improvement.

- An opportunity to be part of a global market leader.
- A dynamic and inspiring working environment.
- Opportunities to work on challenging projects and assignments.
- Possibilities for further personal and professional development/education.
- Excellent benefits




Does this sound like your next career move? To apply and For more info forward your application to the link provided or contact me on 087 0612325 OR thomas.gallagher@lifescience.ie