Company:
Astrix
Location: New Haven
Closing Date: 10/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Job Title: Staff Mechanical Engineer
Overview: This specialist role focuses on designing, prototyping, and validating electro-mechanical systems for advanced product development. The Staff Mechanical Engineer works independently with minimal supervision and oversees entire project workstreams. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners, this position plays a key role in shaping technical directions and ensuring high-quality results.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design & Development: Lead mechanical/electro-mechanical system architecture, conduct simulations, and analyze designs to optimize performance. Test and verify mechanical sub-systems to ensure feasibility and reliability.
- Compliance & Safety: Ensure all designs comply with safety, quality, and regulatory standards, particularly for medical device development. Define and oversee design inputs and verification strategies.
- Verification: Develop and execute formal verification protocols, run tests, and document results.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams to meet project goals and timelines.
- Mentorship: Provide guidance to team members, interns, and junior engineers on design control processes and best practices.
- Communication: Present key technical insights to internal and external stakeholders, and manage relationships with external partners to ensure project success.
- Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement of product development procedures and global implementation of best practices.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 7 years of closely related experience in development of complex electrical systems in medical device industry.
- Minimum of Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or combination of related fields. Advanced degree strongly preferred.
- Working expertise in CAD modeling (e.g. SolidWorks), mechanical design and creation of engineering drawings including GD&T.
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