R&D Engineer 2

Hologic, Inc.; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 78,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Job summary

Hologic, Inc. in Louisville, KY is seeking a Product Development Engineer 2 with strong technical judgment and customer-centric design to support new product development from concept to production.

Responsibilities include design tasks, cross-functional collaboration, research, risk management, and manufacturing transfer activities throughout the product lifecycle. Bachelor's in Biomedical or Mechanical Eng required; 2 years of relevant experience; skills in CAD (SolidWorks) and DOE/DFSS are

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field with R&D experience in medical devices.

Responsibilities

• Independently performs simple to moderately complex design and project tasks.
• Interacts with project teams, suppliers, customers, contractors, and others.
• Performs research and investigations.
• Prepares project documents, including engineering reports and verification/validation documentation.
• Aids in builds and manufacturing transfer activities.
• Applies risk management tools to identify, assess, and mitigate risks throughout the product lifecycle.

Skills

Aptitude for technical learning

Fast communication

Problem solving

Technical writing

CAD (SolidWorks)

DFSS/DOE statistical methods

Tolerance stackups/DFM/GD&T

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Job Summary

Product Development Engineer 2 possessing strong technical judgment and a sound understanding of customer centric design to support new product development from concept to production.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The incumbent may be asked to perform other function-related activities in addition to the below mentioned as responsibilities as reasonably required by business needs.

• Independently performs simple to moderately complex design and project tasks.
• Interacts with project teams, suppliers, customers, contractors, and others.
• Performs research and investigations.
• Formulates and solves problems that require a moderate level of technical knowledge and/or skillset
• Applies broad knowledge of principles and practices in a specific practice area to solve moderately complex problems
• Prepares project documents, including engineering reports and verification and validation documentation.
• Aids in builds and manufacturing transfer activities.
• Applies risk management tools to identify, assess, and mitigate risks throughout the entire product lifecycle.

Supervisory Responsibilities

N/A

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field with research and development experience in the medical device industry.

Experience

• 2 years of work experience in the health and/or business communities with Bachelor’s Degree
• 0-2 years of work experience in the health and/or business communities with Master’s Degree

Skills

• Action and detail oriented with an aptitude for technical learning
• Fast and accurate communication to team members and management
• Strong functional and technical skills, problem solving skills and a drive for results
• Progress from possessing limited knowledge to developing broad knowledge and skills in multiple practice areas.
• Evaluate, select, and apply standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform a task or sequence of tasks for projects with moderately complex features.
• Strong technical writing ability, able to author protocols and reports with moderate guidance.
• Experience with manufacturing processes (e.g., machining, injection molding, common joining methods, rapid prototyping, etc.)
• Some experimental, computational, and analytical skills such as DFSS tools, statistical methods including design of experiments (DOE) and MiniTab
• Understands tolerance stack ups, DFM, and GD&T
• Competent using CAD – SolidWorks preferred

Physical Demands

• The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms, use hands to finger, handle, feel, and be able to talk and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to lift or move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to work flexible hours.

Travel

• Ability to travel as necessary up to 10%.

So why join Hologic?

We are committed to making Hologic the company where top talent comes to grow. For you to succeed, we want to enable you with the tools and knowledge required and so we provide comprehensive training when you join as well as continued development and training throughout your career. We offer a competitive salary and annual bonus scheme, one of our talent partners can discuss this in more detail with you.

The annualized base salary range for this role is$78,00 - $122,100and is bonus eligible. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand.

Hologic, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer inclusive of disability and veterans.