Associate R&D Engineer - TendonSeam

Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living.

Are you an early career engineer who wants to see your ideas make a real difference in the operating room? Join our Sports Medicine R&D team in Mansfield, where you will help design and develop innovative technologies that improve patient outcomes and support surgeons around the world. This is an opportunity to grow your technical expertise, work hands on with new products and be part of a collaborative, purpose driven team.

What will you be doing?

Contributing as a technical team member on new product development projects from early concept through design transfer and production scale up

Designing and developing sports medicine devices, including prototyping, mechanical design and collaboration with manufacturing and external suppliers to ensure designs are manufacturable

Planning and executing verification and validation testing, including authoring protocols and reports in line with design control requirements

Creating and maintaining design control documentation such as user needs, design inputs, risk assessments and usability assessments

Developing and validating biomechanical and mechanical test methods for devices in development and on the market

Partnering with surgeons, marketing and sales teams to observe procedures and translate user needs into design solutions

Supporting intellectual property activities, including invention disclosures and patent prosecution support

Assisting with competitive product analysis and performance testing

What will you need to be successful?

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Biomechanics

0 to 3 years of relevant engineering experience, with exposure to product development preferred

Strong mechanical design skills with experience using SolidWorks

Knowledge of general manufacturing techniques, stress analysis and statistics

Interest or experience in biomechanics or biomechanical testing, with lab experience preferred

Familiarity with design controls, risk management and regulated product development environments

Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team setting

A hands on, proactive approach to problem solving

Theanticipatedbase compensation range for this position is $68,250.00 - $102,500.00 USD annually and the compensation... For full info follow application link.

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