Product Development Specialist - Eagan,MN/San Antonio, TX

Solventum (3M Healthcare); Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Solventum is recruiting a Product Development Specialist for roles in Eagan, MN and San Antonio, TX. The role leads technical design and development, guiding concepts from ideation to launch within a regulated medical-device framework.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to address wound-care related needs, advance technologies, and contribute to IP strategy while upholding confidentiality and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher AND 7 years of experience in product development in a regulated environment.
• High School Diploma/GED AND 11 years of experience in product development in a regulated design environment.
• Medical device design and development experience.
• Experience in prototyping using medical related materials.
• Experience in maintaining complete confidentiality and discretion in business relationships and exercise sound business judgment.
• Prior technical presentation experience.

Responsibilities

• Leading technical design effort by working with cross functional teams to progress projects through a new product development and commercialization process to take concepts through to launch.
• Helping to determine wound healing related user needs and leveraging expertise to develop and advance technologies that can solve for our customers.
• Contributing to the project schedule for design and technical aspects of the project and providing input as a member of the technical team.
• Protect Solventum intellectual property through the filing of new patent applications, publish in top-tier journals, and present at appropriate conferences.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or higher and 7 years of experience in product development in a regulated environment

High School Diploma/GED and 11 years of experience in product development in a regulated design environment

Master's degree or higher in materials or scientific discipline

Job description

Thank you for your interest in joining Solventum. Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers' toughest challenges. While we continue updating the Solventum Careers Page and applicant materials, some documents may still reflect legacy branding. Please note that all listed roles are Solventum positions, and our Privacy Policy: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/legal/website-privacy-statement/applicant-privacy/ applies to any personal information you submit. As it was with 3M, at Solventum all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Description

Product Development Specialist - Eagan,MN/San Antonio, TX (Solventum)

3M Health Care is now SolventumAt Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers' toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You'll Make in this Role

• Leading technical design effort by working with cross functional teams to progress projects through a new product development and commercialization process to take concepts through to launch.
• Helping to determine wound healing related user needs and leveraging expertise to develop and advance technologies that can solve for our customers.
• Contributing to the project schedule for design and technical aspects of the project and providing input as a member of the technical team.
• Protect Solventum intellectual property through the filing of new patent applications, publish in top-tier journals, and present at appropriate conferences.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher AND 7 years of experience in product development in a regulated environment in a private, public, government or military setting.
• OR
• High School Diploma/GED AND 11 years of experience in product development in a regulated design environment in a private, public, government or military environment.
• AND
• In addition to the above requirements, the following are also required:
• Medical device design and development experience.
• Experience of prototyping using medical related materials.
• Experience in maintaining complete confidentiality and discretion in business relationships and exercise sound business judgment.
• Success in dealing effectively with all employees and external business contacts, to build networks and convey a positive, service-oriented attitude.
• Prior technical presentation experience

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master's degree or higher degree in a in a materials or scientific discipline from an accredited institution.
• An understanding of wound care, the wound care industry and associated international standards.
• Background in regulated industry for medical devices or pharmaceutical products, including FDA, ICH and ISO requirements.
• Project management training and/or experience.
• Experience in manufacturing processes for raw materials or commercial products.

Additional Requirements

In this role, you may be required to enter healthcare or other third-party facilities. Those facilities may, in turn, require you to possess certain licenses, vaccinations, and/or other credentials or qualifications (collectively "prerequisites to entry") for regulatory, safety, or other business reasons. All information will be kept in accordance with applicable law and Solventum policies. In order to respond to the prerequisites to entry, Solventum may share your information with the providers of medical screens, vaccinations, or verifications as well as the healthcare or other third-party facilities requiring the prerequisites to entry.

Work location: Onsite Eagen, MN or San Antonio, TX.