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Senior Research & Development Engineer-Women's Health Division

Location:

AMS Headquarters - Minnetonka, MN

Job Code:

164

# of openings:

Description

American Medical Systems (NASDAQ: AMMD) is a global leader in providing world-class medical devices and therapies that help restore Pelvic Health. Headquarter in Minnetonka, MN; AMS has over 1,200 Employees worldwide, selling medical technologies in more than 100 countries.

At AMS, our vision is to: Improve lives through innovative medical solutions. It is only through the Power of Our People that we are able to achieve this vision and provide quality-of-life solutions to so many people worldwide. Ask AMS employees how to best describe the company and you'll hear "fast," "innovative" and "inspiring."
Due to the company's size and organizational style, we’ll enable you to have visibility and easy access to all levels of management and your efforts will be recognized As a globally diverse company, we value the spectrum of skills, experiences and perspectives that characterize our employees and our physician partners. We enjoy a workplace in which employees respect one another and act together.

The Senior Development Engineer is responsible for technical leadership and timely development of new technologies and devices to support the needs of the customer. This requires representation for the department in inter-company relations and providing technical expertise to internal clients and the customer.

Product Concept

Works closely with marketing and physicians to understand user and patient needs

Proposes concepts to address customer needs

Selects and documents concepts to proceed to development and commercialization

Generates intellectual property

Design & Development

Translates customer requirements into engineering specifications.

Plans and manages creation of models to simulate and analyze user/patient function.

Plans and manages development of test fixtures and methods.

Analyzes and optimizes design concepts through experimentation and other simulation.

Conducts risk assessment (e.g. DFMEA) of product concepts.

Conducts feasibility studies and documents results and recommendations in technical reports.

Verification & Validation

Completes engineering documentation (e.g. Product & component specifications, BOMs, etc.) in readiness for design verification and validation.

Writes design verification and validation protocols and reports

Coordinates verification and validation builds.

Collaborates with other functions to execute project deliverables

Work Conditions

Conducts development and validation work in hospital operating room settings or work with human tissue

Use manual and light power tools to make and test prototypes

Travels to hospitals or other product investigation sites in various geographic locations

EDUCATION

·          Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, biomedical, chemical engineering or similar filed of study.

EXPERIENCE

·          Minimum 6 years engineering experience in medical device industry

·          Good working knowledge of the activities required in the product development cycle

SKILLS

·          Proven analytical and problem solving skills

·          Self-initiator in relation to project and/or project teams

·          Extensive verbal and technical writing skills

·          Ability to coach/mentor people in junior positions is a plus

Why AMS?

We take a comprehensive view to compensation and benefits. In fact, we are highly competitive in creating a Total Rewards program that encompasses three key areas: Opportunity, Partnership & Well-Being. If you prefer the described work environment, and our Total Rewards philosophy is aligned with what’s important to you, please apply today. We'd love to talk with you.

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