Brief Description
Do you want to not just think you're making an impact, but really be able to feel and see how what you're doing each day makes a difference in the company and those around you? If that feels like you, then HemoSonics may be just the place for the next step in your career. Come join us!
The R&D Engineer will assist in sustaining activities of the Quantra and the design and development of subsystems and/or products to support new indications.
This role is on-site in Durham, North Carolina - working remotely from other parts of the country is not an option for this role, so all candidates must be local or planning to move for this position.
Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities - Work as part of an inter-disciplinary team to develop requirements and design specifications, as well as other design control documentation.
- Develop solutions to meet requirements, and design specifications, which may utilize one or more of the following disciplines:
- Mechanical design for manufacturing
- GD&T
- Pneumatic/Fluidic control
- Temperature control
- Develop and execute unit tests.
- Participate in design reviews.
- Support system verification and validation testing activities.
- Under general supervision, plans, designs and performs development as assigned.
- Suggests improvements in and adaptations to methodologies, processes, products, and systems related to projects.
- Participates in engineering meetings and presents technical findings.
- Applies standard principles, theories and concepts in the field and has working knowledge of other related disciplines.
- Tests, analyzes, and interprets data and development situations/events requiring evaluation of identifiable factors.
- Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions to problems with broad scope and complexity.
- Keeps abreast of technical knowledge in the field.
- Designs and performs development working independently within defined parameters with minimal supervision required.
KEY COMPETENCIES - Effective analytical and quantitative skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to read, understand and conform to policies and procedures.
- Effective organizational skills and demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively on an interdisciplinary team.
- Ability to learn and understand diverse and complex systems.
- Knowledge of one or more of the following:
- Mechanical design for manufacturing
- GD&T
- Pneumatic/Fluidic control
- Temperature control
- Knowledge of the following is preferred:
- SolidWorks (Strongly preferred)
- Developing basic MATLAB scripts or other programming languages (strongly preferred)
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Electrical circuit design
- Injection molding
- FDA Design Regulations
- In-vitro diagnostic systems
- Diagnostic ultrasound
Education & Experience Requirements
- 2 years with Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.
PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
Enable Individuals With Disabilities To Perform The Essential Functions.
- This position is based out of the company Headquarters in Durham, NC.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Complete all company required training that is specified for the role, as defined by our compliance and training processes and protocols, which may be job specific or corporate/compliance related.
- Listen and communicate using both verbal and written feedback. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
- Maintain a high level of consistent cognitive function.
- Perform consistent keyboarding/computer use in a typical office environment for extended periods of time, up to 8 hours per day.
- Frequently move about the office.
- Stoop, kneel or crouch when maneuvering the office environment.
- Perform work in a research laboratory environment for extended periods of time, up to 8 hours per day.
- Lift up 80lbs at times.
- Be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or meet the requirements for a medical or religious exemption.
The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other duties, as assigned by their manager.