Associate Product Engineer

BioHorizons - Hoover, AL

Full-time - Entry Level

Hoover, AL

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Associate Product Engineer is responsible for assisting with all aspects of design and development for medical devices at BioHorizons in conformance with corporate procedures and FDA Quality System Regulations. These duties include maintaining medical device designs and prototypes, detailed specifications, design for manufacturability, and design verification and validation. The Associate Product Engineer shall apply engineering principles to his/her essential duties and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the maintenance of existing medical devices including driving continuous improvement.
• Assist with the development of device designs based on inputs for both new and existing products and product lines.
• Assist with product specifications, prototype development, creation and execution of testing methodologies, and maintenance of detailed documentation to evaluate design feasibility.
• Investigate and report on industry and non-industry technologies.
• Evaluate/investigate design changes, product complaints, and non-conformances; effectively report findings and recommendations as per corporate procedures.
• Assist with the execution of design verification and validation activity.
• Collaborate with the team in assisting with the design and implementation of new methodologies, materials, and/or processes to bring concepts to market.
• Organize, track and process R&D document change requests.
• Initiate the item setup process.
• Participate in in-vitro and in-vivo studies, including animal and human evaluations, as part of the development process.
• Interface and collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Research and Development, Sales, Marketing, Accounting, Customer Care, and outside vendors to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1 year of medical device product design and development experience preferred.
• Experience with MS Windows and MSOffice applications (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) preferred.
• Experience with CAD design software (e.g. SolidWorks) preferred.
• Ability to interact with colleagues and customers in a professional manner.
• Must possess good written and verbal communication skills.
• Overnight travel may be necessary.

Benefits

• 2 comprehensive medical plan options to choose from available the first of each month following your date of hire
• Flexible Spending Account or HSA Account available
• Vision Benefits
• Company paid Dental Insurance for employee and dependents
• Wellness Plan
• 401k with 5% matching
• Generous PTO plan including 11 paid holidays, 2 Floating Holidays and Community Service Hours
• Company paid Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Company provided Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Casual Dress Code
• Social events for employees and family