Mechanical Design Engineer – Medical Devices

Salary: £60,000 per year

My clients in the West Midlands have an immediate requirement for a Mechanical Design Engineer – Medical Devices.

This role is commutable from Wolverhampton, Tamworth, Coventry, Birmingham, Solihull, Bromsgrove, Redditch.

My clients are a technology company developing innovative solutions for the medical and ophthalmic industries world-wide. The current team comprises a highly motivated mix of R&D, engineering, sales, finance and management and has a track record of developing rapid solutions for commercial and research partners.

The successful candidate will:
• Develop and document mechanical designs using CAD tools.
• Be able to produce professional engineering drawings, bills of materials and specifications for suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Design for manufacture and assembly.
• As part of a collaborative R&D team, develop concepts and prototypes of electro-mechanical, electro optical assemblies of medical devices with a specialism towards eye-tracking and ophthalmic lens mapping technology.
• Develop control and testing systems/software/algorithms for prototypes.
• Contribute to mechanical, electrical and/or optical designs.
• Use rapid prototyping/rapid manufacturing for interactive design development.
• Ensure the devices meet required safety and regulatory requirements as appropriate and all documentation requirements.
• Work with clinicians and scientists for clinical trials of products.
• Write/contribute to documents for the device Technical File where appropriate.
• Support patent applications where appropriate.
• Support, from a technical perspective, products during the life cycle of the device.
• Develop calibration tests for manufacture.
• Implement a best practice culture of development in line with ISO 13485 continuous improvement principles.

Person Requirements:
• Graduate (or with equivalent experience) Mechanical Engineer, Physicist or similar. PhD would be a strong advantage.
• High degree of mechanical aptitude and hands-on ability, attention to detail.
• Experience modelling components, assemblies & systems using Solidworks or other CAD package.
• Ability to understand technical drawings, technical documentation and data sheets
• Substantial experience within a multidisciplinary Research and Development environment, ideally working on medical devices.
• Ability to be a technical authority on a system or sub-system and provide guidance to the rest of team.
• A hands on approach to developing and delivering R&D projects in line with the companies technical and commercial goals.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to use scientific principles and methods to understand, test, and resolve technical problems that may lie beyond the normal scope of day to day engineering and a high degree of mathematical acumen
• Professional use of Microsoft packages – including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Ability to work in isolation and as part of a wider team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Preferable but not essential:
o Knowledge of compliance testing requirements
o Experience of Medical Device design and manufacture

Salary to c£60,000plus benefits.

To apply for this Mechanical Design Engineer – Medical Devices role in the West Midlands please contact us ASAP.