Principal Design R&D Engineer

Treace’s mission is to be the leader in the surgical treatment of bunions by establishing the Lapiplasty® System as the standard of care. We are committed to operating our business with the highest standards of ethical conduct. We intend to exceed our customers’ expectations through an innovation-driven, high-velocity approach to solving treatment and surgical problems. With our products and services, our mission is to assist foot and ankle surgeons in improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs, while providing rewarding experiences and opportunities for our employees and stakeholders.

As the Principal Design (R&D) Engineer, you will be a contributor that is effective at all activities in the early stages of product development to meet the company’s short and long-term goals. 

What you will be responsible for:

• Responsible for interpreting raw feedback/ideas into valuable input and appropriately weighing such input against competing factors to ensure that development projects progress toward success 

• Responsible for contributing to efforts on any project that encounters design related challenges at any point 

• Responsible for accurately understanding mechanical design and manufacturing problems and exploring a variety of potential solutions 

• Responsible for supporting the protection of intellectual property (utility patents, design patents, trade secrets) 

• Developing mechanical devices for surgical use by appropriately applying knowledge about mechanical interactions (motion ratios, controlling degrees of freedom, binding, buckling, toggle, flex, galling, stiffness, wear, fatigue, user-interface, spring members, mechanical advantage/disadvantage) and static/dynamic loading at relevant scales (human factors, hand tools, powered tools, anatomic loading, surgical instruments). 

• Daily, proficient use of CAD 3D modeling software such that concepts can be synthesized from raw thoughts to representative models in a timely manner. 

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent engineering discipline
• 7+ years’ mechanical design and manufacturing experience of which 3+ years are product development experience bringing innovative product to market from conception to launch in a regulated industry. 
• Medical device experience preferred. 

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