Engineer I.

Terumo Cardiovascular Group; Elkton (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Terumo Cardiovascular is seeking an engineer to investigate, plan, and implement improvements in products and manufacturing processes that directly affect safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and productivity.

The role requires coordinating cross‑department projects, providing engineering input for design, fabrication, validation, and qualification, and driving cost‑reduction initiatives while maintaining calibration and documentation control.

Qualifications

• Requires a four-year college degree in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline.
• Basic computer software skills, i.e. Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, plan, and implement improvements in products and manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrate commitment to patient safety and product quality per Quality Policy.
• Plan and lead projects across departments, coordinating resources and documentation.
• Provide engineering input for design, fabrication, installation, validation, and qualification.
• Assist in developing and qualifying new processes for manufacturing new products.
• Research and implement cost reduction projects.
• Maintain plant calibration and document control systems.
• Gather and analyze production data (yields, output, efficiencies).
• Plan work schedules, attend meetings, and prepare monthly reports.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Four-year college degree in engineering/scientific/technical discipline

Job description

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At Terumo Cardiovascular, we develop, manufacture and distribute medical devices for cardiac and vascular surgery with an emphasis on cardiopulmonary bypass, intra-operative monitoring and vascular grafting. This includes a full-line of perfusion products, endoscopic vessel harvesting products and surgical stabilization products. Our mission is to work as a team to save one more life, today and every day. We do this by providing lifesaving technology to cardiac surgery teams around the world.

At Terumo we’re working to build a healthier, happier society for our associates and the world. Our story begins over 100 years ago in Japan. Since then, we’ve been united by our mission to contribute to society through healthcare. As an associate at Terumo, your work helps to shape our evolution for the future. Working as one team, learning, innovating and challenging ourselves to write the future of healthcare. And no matter the location, no matter the team, we look out for one another, respect and support each other, strengthening trust with patients and healthcare providers everywhere.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for investigating, planning, and implementing improvements in and/or additions to current products and manufacturing processes that directly affect safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and/or productivity.

1. In all actions, demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures.
2. Plan and implement specified projects to be completed including organizing and leading projects of various departments, planning and scheduling, coordinating resources (personnel, materials, time, money, suppliers), preparing proper documentation, etc.
3. Participate in cause-identification and problem-resolution for various types of production or service‑related issues.
4. Provide engineering input in the design, fabrication, development, installation, validation, and qualification of equipment/processes that may include feasibility studies and/or proper documentation for justification of project and training to ensure proper operation of the equipment.
5. Provide assistance for planning and implementation of projects to develop, install, and qualify new processes for manufacturing new products or improving existing products / processes.
6. Research and implement cost reduction projects.
7. May assist in maintaining plant‑wide calibration system and drawing control/document control system.
8. Gather, track, and analyze production data for meetings, business plan, etc. (yields/output/efficiencies).
9. Plan work schedules, expenditures, attend meetings, and prepare monthly reports as required.
10. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/ Background Experiences

Requires a four-year college degree in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline. Basic computer software skills, i.e. Microsoft Office.

The annualized base salary range for this role is $59,850.00 to $75,167.00. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, internal equity, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand.

Terumo Cardiovascular is an equal opportunity employer. We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and we work to make our employees feel valued and appreciated, whatever their race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, and genetic information.