Product Development Engineer/Mechanical Engineer

DISCOVER SYNTHES

At Synthes, over 7,000 employees globally are focused on improving patient care and the medical industry as a whole. This focus has allowed us to continue achieving success as the producer of high quality orthopaedic instruments, implants and osteoobiologic products. If you share our focus, consider joining our dynamic and creative product development team at our corporate headquarters, located in West Chester, PA. If you share our focus, consider joining us. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including relocation, and we are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

OVERVIEW
Product Development Engineers work closely with Product Managers and manufacturing, and are key members involved in the hands-on design and development of new implants and instrumentation from concept through product launch. This includes communication with surgeons and sales consultants, understanding clinical issues, defining design parameters, geometric dimensioning, applying tolerances, prototype and cadaver evaluations, generating product models, and ensuring a quality product to the customer.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
•Designs and develops new implants and instrumentation and develops improvements and modifications to current products.
•Interacts with surgeons, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, sales consultants, product managers, and other functional departments to define and develop product requirements and concepts.
•Works directly with surgeons for design concept development, prototype and cadaver evaluation, and clinical follow-up.
•Generates product models, concept layouts, and prints using a CAD software. Apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing accordingly.
•Performs the required activities and generates the appropriate documents to ensure compliance with FDA Design Control regulations, and to support 510(k) submissions or IDE clinical studies.
•Develops mechanical test protocols according to ASTM standards and coordinates the activities required to fabricate test parts and complete mechanical testing
REQUIREMENTS
REQUIREMENTS

•Three to five years experience in the design and development of mechanical products.
•Knowledge of CAD software (Pro-E, Medusa, AutoCad, Ideas, etc.).
•BS in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent) required.
•Prior project management experience preferred.
* Ability to travel 20-25%, will be asked to attend a cadaver lab procedure and surgery per month and also travel to annual conferences

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