R&D Engineer

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatec’s revenues in 2023 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com

At Convatec, we’re transforming our business for the better. Better products. Better ways of working. And better ways of delivering for our customers and each other. We’re aiming for nothing short of excellence. Join us on our journey to #ForeverCaring as an R&D Engineer, and you’ll do the same.

Position Overview:

The role of R&D Engineer within Convatec Continence Care New Product Development Team is both a varied and demanding role. This Engineer will be part of an experienced international team developing products from idea conception, design development and product testing through to process development, design validation and product launch.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the Design and Development of medical devices from Concept to launch.
• Through collaboration with multifunctional teams, support discussions to resolve technical / scientific challenges to support new product development of Continence Care medical devices.
• Identifying & generating new Intellectual Property (IP), translating novel ideas into valuable & protectable IP and evaluating the IP landscape
• Direct creation of new concepts via 3D models & assemblies in CAD/CAM software (Solidworks).
• Close collaboration with the cross functional process development team utilising Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly methodologies to develop robust designs suitable for manufacturing processes including plastic injection moulding, thermoforming etc
• Develop ideas and designs with a focus on usability and user centric design.
• Resolve concept ideas to practice through prototyping and / or other rapid simulation techniques.
• Scope plan and execute / coordinate testing of prototypes.
• Using existing templates, record and report experimental data. This includes reporting of the test procedure, presentation / analysis (including statistical analysis, e.g. Design of Experiments, etc.) of data and formulating conclusions and recommendations as a basis for further discussion and research.
• Communicate technical data including conclusions and recommendations to the wider team, make proposals and recommendations to progress the projects forward based on the analysis of this data.
• Provide technical input to support the design control process, including contributing to / authoring design history file (DHF) documentation and material specifications.
• Maintain overall expertise by keeping updated on engineering advancements through publications, patents, university / industrial contacts and vendor discussions.
• Work effectively and proactively engage with key stakeholders to manage expectations and deliver on commitments; Understand needs and requirements across multiple functions, manage relationships to ensure effective execution.
• Work collaboratively across the organisation and support colleagues to achieve shared goals and objectives.
• Role models behaviours appropriate to our values.
• Maintain compliance with HSE regulations.
• Maintain compliance with QMS.
  
  
  

Authority:

Author, review and approve technical documentation within the quality management system

Skills & Experience:

• Experience in a variety of projects; ability to work on a number of teams and projects in tandem.
• Comfortable with human body discussions and designing solutions of intimate parts of human body
• Ability to use CAD software packages (SolidWorks) is essential.
• Demonstrable experience with knowledge of mechanical / design engineering is essential.
• Experience in designing and developing plastic moulded components is desirable.
• Experience in a R&D medical devices environment and design control is desirable.
• Experience of Process Validation activities (FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, PQ activities) is desirable.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English (verbal and written) is essential.
  
  
  

Qualifications/Education:

• Qualified to degree level in a relevant engineering related subject preferably Mechanical or Design Engineering.
  
  
  

Principal Contacts & Purpose of Contact

Internal – Senior R&D Engineers, R&D Tech Leads, NPDL, Project Manager, Other Core Team members

External – Test Houses, Suppliers

Travel Requirements

Position may involve travel up to 25% of the time, mostly within Europe but overseas travel is expected. Most trips will include overnight travel

Languages

• Speaking: Yes English*
• Writing/Reading: Yes English*
  
  
  

Working Conditions

Role is based at our Convatec Technology Centre in Deeside. Hybrid working is acceptable with regular on site attendance expected. However depending on requirements, the Engineer is required to be flexible for additional office and laboratory environment-based work as per the project demands.

Special Factors

Convatec is a multi-national company, therefore a degree of flexibility in the working day may be required when working with non-UK based colleagues.

Our progress will give you countless opportunities to move forward too. Seek out new challenges, and you’ll find them. Stretch your thinking, and you’ll find new ways to make an impact. And if you embrace the opportunity to drive your own growth, you could go further, and achieve more, than ever before.

This is a big step forward.

This is work that’ll move you.

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