Senior R&D Engineer Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Senior R&D Engineer to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- May require some travel (domestic as well as international);
- Prepare and maintain product documentation, instruction manuals, project notebooks, and design and test documentation;
- Prepare project level and product documentation based on the requirements;
- Arrange design reviews, analyze concepts and cost effectiveness of the hardware designs;
- Actively participate in and lead aspects of design and development activities for insulin delivery products;
- Prepare and maintain product cost estimates and project plans;
- Execute technical and/or cross-functional project work;
- Coordinate engineering activities with purchasing and manufacturing. Assist Purchasing on supplier selection and component evaluation;
- Demonstrate technical rigor and creativity, continuous learning and improvement, and alignment to customer needs and value creation;
- Ensure that development documentation protocols and procedures are followed in accordance with established QA process and ISO 9001;
- Assists with technical research, functional research, customer support research, and testing of code releases as required by the Agile scrum team;
- Document product robustness using simulations, analysis and testing methods;
- Write papers, participate in technical meetings, seminars, and conferences;
- Evaluate test plans and test results;
- Protect inventions following ABB intellectual property guidelines.
Requirements:
- Experience developing and validating test methods;
- Design of Experiments, statistical analysis experience;
- Solid problem-solving skills;
- Experience using advanced engineering tools such as Design for Six Sigma or Six Sigma methodologies, Black Belt is a plus;
- R&D functional planning, requirement generation and technical (DFSS/Design/Cross functional) reviews for all product development phases;
- Demonstrated understanding of product development considerations for tightly controlled, high-volume manufacturing processes;
- Sound knowledge of engineering first principles;
- Good verbal and written communication skills;
- Knowledge of Six Sigma (DMAIC) practices, and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies;
- SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day);
- DIVISION AVD Vascular;
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Biomedical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering (or equivalent);
- Proficient in Microsoft Project;
- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams;
- Design and execution of user studies in support of product requirement specification development.