CAD Senior Designer

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs new products from conception to launch and modifies existing products while complying with procedures, standards, and Quality System Requirements.
• Proven ability to meet critical project timelines.
• Designs innovative, clinically driven solutions by anticipating surgical needs and transforming concepts into commercialized implant and instrument systems.
• Ability to design mating components / assemblies and apply advanced tolerance analysis.
• Generates CAD models and engineering drawings primarily within Solidworks.
• Designs complex mechanisms/instrumentation and implements advanced design principles.
• Designs components for manufacturability, inspectability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Ability to manage multiple projects throughout all states of the development process. Works simultaneously with development, manufacturing, tool and process engineers to create complex 3-D surfaced or solid models of orthopedic implants, provisionals and instrumentation.

Expected Areas of Competence

• Innovative in developing new designs.
• Ability to develop patentable features and designs.
• Professional, concise, tactful, and effective in communications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparation and delivery of presentations tailored to technical and executive audiences.
• Advanced working knowledge of drafting standards and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Ability to perform advanced tolerance analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to ensure product and process compliance with applicable Quality Assurance and Regulatory requirements in the medical device industry.
• Expertise in CAD design and engineering drawings, preferably using SolidWorks, with an emphasis on design for manufacturability and system integration.
• Adapts quickly to new technologies.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and MS Project, with experience in reporting and tracking project metrics.

Education/Experience Requirements

• Two year technical degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of experience product design, ideally in Orthopedic devices.

Travel Requirements

Up to 5%