R&D Engineer

Location: Franklin Lakes, NJ • Duration: 4 months • Hours: 40/week • Pay rate: $20–30/hr • Employment type: W2 contract (US citizens or Green Card holders only)

About the role

Provide solid technical skill and engineering support for a short-term project in a medical-device company.

Responsibilities

• Identify Critical-to-Quality properties from existing drawings and specifications.
• Create drawing and specification documentation.
• Draft test protocols for product functional verification.
• Participate in executing technical and/or cross-functional project work.
• Contribute to a culture of innovation by proactively generating novel concepts for new products and enhancements to current product performance.
• Understand customer needs through literature review, customer interviews, direct observation, competitive analysis, prototype evaluation, and clinical/simulated-use studies.
• Translate customer needs into engineering requirements and then into specific product, packaging, and process specifications.
• Engineer robust and manufacturable products through strong understanding and application of engineering fundamentals.
• Develop and execute test methods that specify measurement equipment, test set-up, measurement systems analysis, and data analysis.
• Write detailed technical reports based on design-verification analysis/testing for design changes and product-design activities.
• Ensure compliance with client quality policies, procedures, and practices as well as all local, state, federal, and client safety regulations, policies, and procedures.

Requirements

• BS degree in engineering (Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering preferred).
• 2–4 years of engineering experience, preferably in medical devices.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize statistical tools and computer analysis.