Development Engineer for Sterile Medical Products Packaging & Configuration of Packaging System[...]

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Summary

This job will be responsible to implement and coordinate the processes and the design for our packaging of our sterile medical tube sets and create reliable standards for future projects. Design, specification and the documentation in accordance to the MDR and all internal quality processes is accompanied from the start of development to serial production.

Primary Responsibilities

• Development and modifications of packaging concepts and palletizing schemes for sterile medical devices.
• Development and maintenance of a library of existing packaging materials and categorization of their performance levels
• Specification, technical presentation and documentation of packaging variants for the packaging stages from product to pallet
• Correspondence with project management, system architecture and the various production sites
• Central contact person at the company site for packaging issues
• Conducting feasibility analyses for the use of new packaging materials / packaging concepts
• Execution of "Design to Cost" and "Design to Manufacturing" analyses
• Establish test plans for packaging tests in early phases of product development
• Coordination and evaluation of packaging tests
• Accompanying the design transfer from development to series production

General Tasks

• Strict compliance with the quality, occupational safety and environmental regulations.
• Implementation of the instructions of the quality / environmental management representative and the occupational safety specialist.

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

• Technical degree or completed technical training in the field of "Packaging engineering"
• Professional experience in the field of packaging / packaging materials in medical technology
• Good knowledge of the requirements of ISO 13485, ISO 9001 and MDR
• High technical understanding and good communication skills
• Good skills in spoken and written English
• IT user skills and confident handling of common office programs
• Good SAP knowledge
• Good Creo knowledge (or a similar CAD 3D program)
• Self-motivated, independent and structured way of working

Travel Requirements

• Willingness to travel to suppliers or the production sites

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