Mechanical Engineer

About the role

The Mechanical Engineer designs operating room equipment including structural piece part and subassembly designs, electro-mechanical drive trains, user touch points (patients, physicians, and support staff), and complete systems. This position works with other engineering, manufacturing, marketing, quality, and regulatory staff to develop product specifications, prototype units, verification and validation devices, and coordinates production release of new products.

Responsibilities

• Design metal, plastic, and composite patient support structures for use in operating rooms meeting all requirements for stiffness, strength, stability, reliability and cost.
• Design user actuated mechanisms and electro-mechanical drive trains to articulate these structures to position patients and apply traction as needed to optimize surgical outcomes.
• Work with a diverse group of highly motivated individuals within the mechanical engineering group as well as peers on the electrical, software, systems, manufacturing, clinical, marketing, and service teams.
• Day-to-day Work independently or within cross functional development teams to fully define user needs and product specifications.
• Design, develop, and test prototypes and V&V units that meet these specifications.
• Participate with New Product Introduction (NPI) to assure product designs are producible in the Mizuho OSI manufacturing environment at the most favorable costs for the sales volume expected.
• Evaluate field input from Service and Marketing regarding product performance.
• Maintain a continuing liaison relationship with Manufacturing and Marketing functions to assure readiness to meet commitments of new business and to assure that production rates and product designs provide effective utilization of available manufacturing resources.
• Continually reduce product cost through design, process, procedure, and method improvement.
• Collaborate with other engineers within the department and across the organization on mechanical designs and activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems within standard regulations.
• Analyze problems and formulate plans to overcome challenges to get work done quickly with a high degree of quality.
• Make sound and logical decisions, choose the appropriate courses of action based on the situation, and use continual improvement problem solving skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field and 2-5 years of experience.
• Master’s degree and 1 year of experience.
• Fluency with a 3D solid modeling package, preferably Solid Works.
• Ability to apply engineering principles using logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to find creative or innovative solutions for design of mechanical parts or assemblies.
• Excellent computer skills including operating Windows based personal computers.
• Ability to efficiently and effectively use Microsoft products such as Outlook, Word, Excel, MS Project, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to clearly express oneself verbally and in writing in the English language using good grammar, vocabulary, eye contact.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to include strong presentation, project and organizational skills.
• Excellent customer focus with a high sense of urgency.
• Able to respond sensitively to the needs and feelings of others regardless of position; to accept interpersonal differences, to maintain rapport, and to interact effectively with all levels of employees within the organization.
• Able to function calmly in a fast-paced environment managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Able to positively manage situations of a dynamic nature; to be able to modify plans, actions, and decisions in light of changing situations and circumstances while still meeting, or proposing modified, deadlines.
• Able to demonstrate an understanding, and the regular use of a time management process, which systematically structures one's own work to provide for effective task performance and to plan and prioritize items to meet future demands.
• Able to establish and accomplish goals independently and to function as a positive and productive team member.

Qualifications

• Sound levels may be moderate to high.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits

• Salary range: $102,000- $118,000 DOE + annual potential bonus + comprehensive benefits package.