Job Title: Product Development Manager
About the Role:
The Product Development Manager will lead a team of engineers and technicians to bring projects from Phase 1 to commercialization.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Partner with Program Managers to execute the project plan to schedule, within budget constraints, meeting or exceeding customer requirements.
2. Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, NPI Engineering, or SMEs to develop innovative manufacturing processes following lean manufacturing and DFM principles that satisfy customer and regulatory requirements, as well as vitality metrics (yield, cost, on-time delivery).
3. Mentor and develop junior staff members on PDP overview, procedure, and best practices.
4. Mentor and develop junior staff members to lead their own projects or sub-portions of larger projects.
5. Co-ordinate and participate in brainstorming and troubleshooting activities.
6. Co-ordinate and participate in design or phase reviews to support the advancement of projects from Phase 1 to commercialisation following the Nordson PDP procedure.
7. Participate in design for manufacture/design for assembly activities.
8. Participate in customer meetings and visits.
9. Familiar with medical device regulations FDA, QSR and ISO 13485.
Requirements:
* Degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, polymer engineering or other equivalent discipline.
* 10+ years work experience in medical device or similar industry is preferred
* Demonstrated ability to develop medical devices from concept to commercialisation.
* Experience in design and manufacture of balloon catheters and delivery systems.
* Experience in phase-gated, PDP (Product Development Process) procedure.
Benefits:
* Top salary
* Pension
* Healthcare
* Yearly bonus
* Hybrid working
* Option of a 4-day week