Mechanical R&D Engineer - Healthcare

Description:

Mechanical R&D Engineer - Healthcare
 
We are looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join a dynamic Engineering company developing an array of products for the medical / healthcare industry. The company is growing strongly giving many opportunities for personal career development in addition to a wide variety of new projects to work on.
 
The successful candidate for this Mechanical Engineer role will have a good grounding in mechanical engineering principals and focus on product improvement, value improvement and engineering change. The job will suit a friendly, diligent and motivated Engineer with a background in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering or Quality Assurance.

Mechanical Engineer /R&D Engineer Job responsibilities will include:

Working on product improvement, resolving and documenting product faults, manufacturing problems and inefficiencies.
Developing, maintaining and updating medical device build specifications and documentation such as CAD drawings, user manuals, labelling.
Perform hands-on testing specifying and implementing solutions.
Work on prototyping, creating jigs, machining, laser cutting, fabrication within the R&D environment.
Management of Engineering Change, value improvement and re-engineering of existing products to include newer, safer and more economic materials and manufacturing processes.
Help improvement in quality of products and their customer experience.
Assist the sales and purchasing department to resolve technical issues.  
 
Requirements

BTEC, HNC or HND or Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or maybe Industrial Design, Quality Assurance.
Experience within medical device regulatory and compliance requirements (BS EN ISO 13485, 21 CFR 820, BS EN ISO 14971 etc.)
Ability to create, modify, updating parts and assemblies using 3D CAD is essential (Solidworks, SolidEdge, Autodesk Inventor, Catia etc.)
Strong hands-on tools and bench experience including metal working or welding.
Sound understanding of technical manufacturing with an ability to read and understand technical drawings, specifications, instructions and other product definition documents.
Basic understanding of medical regulatory standards.
Good communication skills both spoken and written for report writing.
Strong problem-solving skills, time management and ability to multi-task.  
Vacancy Location: Cambridgeshire (Commutable from Cambridge, St Neots, Letchworth, Hitchin, Bedford, Huntingdon, etc)
 
Salary: £40000 - £50000 + benefits