Product Development Engineer – Encapsulated Products
About The Position
Porex is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. Porex is a global leader in developing custom-engineered porous polymer solutions that turn into high-value functional components in our customers’ end products. Porex is trusted for unique components across a wide variety of device applications in the life sciences, consumer, and electronics markets to give products a competitive edge. Porex is a business of Filtration Group, a $2B+ global market-leading provider of filtration consumables that drives innovation and delivers solutions across a broad spectrum of applications and end-markets. For more information, visit www.porex.com . We are seeking an experienced and driven specialist in assembly Product Development and able to support the advancement of our strategic growth plans and accelerate their execution. As a Product Development Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping the future of our products, strengthen partnerships with suppliers and customers, and build technical capabilities within the organization. You are a central player on the global technical team, building innovation insights that drive technical excellence. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a fast-paced and global organization at the forefront of providing high-quality solutions to that make the world safer, healthier, and more productive.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering (e.g., mechanical, chemical, material science, or a closely allied field) is required.
- Min. 5 years of experience in product development, design engineering and project management
- Strong experience in injection molding, component assembly, behavior of polymeric materials and test methods, preferably in technologies encompassing filtration and separation science
- Experience in medical device product development and working in an ISO13485 environment
- Proficiency in CAD packages (Solidworks), statistical software/analysis, and Microsoft Office Suite is needed
- A bias towards tackling engineering tasks hands-on manner with and ability to work independently and as part of a team and the ability to document.
- Experience in commercialization of products (or product sub-components) through stage-gate processes in regulated industries (e.g. life sciences, automotive, aerospace).
- Strong communication, problem-solving and interpersonal skills
Nice To Haves
- Product development and launch experience in an ISO13485 or IATF 19649 environment would be a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead cross functional groups to manage product development process from concept to launch
- Operate within an ISO13485 Quality System environment which includes in-depth knowledge of design controls and regulatory compliance
- Determine product specifications and design input requirements and develop methods of inspection, testing, and evaluation of new products and competitive products
- Use project management tools to plan and accomplish goals to perform a variety of tasks and maintain a customer-focused perspective in all activities initiated to ensure that company needs are successfully met
- Work with the sales team and customers to evaluate new product development projects and user related technical issues. Serves as a technical representative to customers.
- Work with suppliers to develop and build automated manufacturing equipment, manage acceptance testing and qualification activities in compliance with an ISO13485 quality system
- Develop new manufacturing processes including injection molding, ultrasonic welding, die cutting, manual assembly, quality inspection. Collaborate with operations team to develop work instructions, train operators
- Work with injection molding tool builders to design, build, and qualify new injection molding tooling to meet customer requirements
- Create cost estimates for the manufacturing of new assemblies and components
- Support all aspects of production as needed, not limited to suppliers, purchasing, quality, injection molding, automation, assembly, and shipping
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
