Internship Biomedical Product Development Engineer Jobs in Indiana

Summary

Product Development Engineer is responsible for R&D projects, New Product Development initiatives, and Product Change execution. This includes conceptualizing, prototyping and designing new products.  Evaluation and selection of materials, physical concept modeling and prototyping, evaluation of designs and products, verification, and supporting validation activities. PDE is responsible for converting design inputs into design outputs and ensuring design outputs meet input requirements.

PDE is responsible for documenting and communicating Designs, Requirements, Implementing Risk Mitigation Strategies and other Specifications in Design History Files (DHF) to support the transition from Development into Production. This includes CAD designs, material specifications, product requirement communication, preliminary sourcing support, and Design Review Meetings.

Essential Duties & ResponsibilitiesTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to create prototype drawing utilizing CAD tools
• Conceptualize new product ideas, and build models
• Originate concepts and provide visuals for design ideas
• Identify project tasks and report on project status
• Identify materials and components for prototypes and products
• Design and fabricate models and prototypes
• Develop test methods and support testing of materials, prototypes, and products
• Perform verification testing and support validation activities
• Write Technical reports including documenting product designs, specifications, and test reports
• Perform Risk Analysis, including DFMEA
• Support documentation of Design Review Meetings and DHF definition
• Support operations through preliminary sourcing, process identification, product requirement definition and interpretation, and quality control criteria
• Analyze existing products and competitive products to identify areas for improvement and innovation
• Define and manage testing and prototyping equipment as needed
• Support project, material, and product cost estimation
• Innovate and identify new product and product lifecycle opportunities
• Support visioning and ideation processes and product development roadmaps
• All other duties, as assigned

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor of Science or higher in Design, Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field
• Product development experience preferred

Other Skills

• Language skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints. Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public group, and/or boards of directors.
• Mathematical skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts.
• Reasoning: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of information.
• Computer skills: Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

Competencies

• Communication: Effectively communicate to internal and external business partners by sharing expertise to encourage accomplishment of shared business goals.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Actively support and collaborate with peers and team members to contribute to overall company success.
• Knowledge: Display knowledge of department, applicable products, services and business objectives. Demonstrate a continuous learning mindset through continued professional and personal development.
• Accountability: Follow through with tasks and responsibilities in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Work Quality: Produces results, meets goals, and provides services that meets or exceeds EHOB’s standards.
• Adaptability: Readily and effectively adapts way of working, thinking and acting in response to changing workplace conditions, targets or goals.
• Strategic Thinking: Demonstrate ability to understand a situation or obstacle from all perspectives.
• EHOB Ambassador: Reflect EHOB’s mission, vision and values.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EHOB does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status or military service.