Senior Product Development Engineer at Medline Industries, Inc. in Lithia Springs, Georgia

Job Description:

Medline Industries has an immediate opening for a Senior Product Development Engineer! This position will be based out of our Lithia Springs, GA location and will offer a traditional model of work. The Senior Product Development Engineer will be responsible for design, develop, and launch unique and innovative products and related processes that provide positive outcomes for end users. This person will search and interpret intellectual property and develop designs that can be protected through patents, trademarks or other intellectual property techniques.

• Direct activities related to product innovations and the manufacturing implications related to new product designs.


• Identifies, characterizes, and quantifies market opportunities for new products with the assistance of marketing


• Specify and design new material variants and product features, and incorporate into new product formula.


• Direct qualification and testing activities required for regulatory clearance and to ensure product functionality over the life of the product.


• Work with vendors and internal QA to determine performance impact of new materials and designs, providing empirical data needed for marketing and manufacturing decision making. Provide guidance to QA team for corrective action on product failures. Implement corrective actions to QA challenges with vendors.


• Provide complete product design solutions to support the immediate, mid-term, and long-term innovation and product design strategies.


• Investigate and develop new manufacturing processes as necessary and oversee product/machine trials along with operations personnel to ensure manufacturability during product development and launch.


• Provides team and technical leadership in the execution of assigned projects, and meets commitments regarding product performance, cost, capacity and timing.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering or related discipline.

Relevant Work Experience

• At least 4 years of experience applying (Statistical Process Control) SPC, Design of Experiments (DOE) and/or Lean principles.
• At least 3 years of experience in the development and launch of new medical/pharma products.
• Experience measuring, conducting testing functions, interpreting and performing test procedures, operating testing equipment and creating/documenting test procedures.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and facilitating teams to identify and implement solutions to complex problems.
• Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
• This position may require travel up to 30% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
• Experience utilizing Minitab to perform analysis of test data.
• Experience with CAD systems, FEA, Six Sigma, ANDA, ISO/CE Mark, GLP, GMP, GDP, USP testing, and high volume manufacturing processes.

Additional

• Experience utilizing Minitab to perform analysis of test data.
• Experience with CAD systems, FEA, Six Sigma, ANDA, ISO/CE Mark, GLP, GMP, GDP, USP testing, and high volume manufacturing processes.

Benefits
Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits, please click here .

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/ handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Every day, we're focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what's right to delivering business results, together, we're better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page .

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