R&D Engineer

Location: Andover, MA • Contract Term: 12+ months • Schedule: 40 hours/week, Monday–Friday

About the role

Provide solid technical skill and engineering support for design and development activities for new and existing products. Support current products in terms of quality, manufacturing, supply continuity, and cost improvement. 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 which 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 BD quality policies, procedures, and practices as well as with all local, state, federal, and BD 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.

Pay

$20–30/hour