Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Description:

Candidate will be responsible for the successful design and development of disposable medical device products; including but not limited to the products themselves, test fixtures, and manufacturing/process equipment

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the design of complex injection molded plastic parts and assemblies using Solidworks.
• Design, fabricate, and assemble complex test and manufacturing mechanical fixtures.
• Fabricate conceptual and working prototypes with use of rapid prototyping and internal/external machine shops.
• Generate drawings with good GD&T practices; release into Abiomed PDM system.
• Work with internal and external manufacturing partners to ensure producible designs.
• Modify off the shelf tooling and mechanical equipment to meet specific needs of the project. 

Job Qualifications:

• High School graduate or equivalent is required.  Associate Engineering degree preferred. 
• 5+ years’ experience in R&D, Engineering, Product Development, or Machine Shop.
• Experience in operation of shop equipment including mill, lathe, drill press, band saw, and grinders.
• Senior level design and draft knowledge with Solidworks or Pro Engineer.
• Working knowledge of applicable drafting standards, experience with tolerance stack-up, and use of GD&T.
• Strong knowledge of polymer material selection, medical grade plastics, elastomers.
• 3+ years’ experience with disposable Medical Device Design is preferred.
• Design for machining methods including CNC mill, lathe, wire and plunge EDM, centerless grinding preferred.
• Design for plastic processing methods such as injection molding, extrusion, RF and ultrasonic welding, tipping, forming, and adhesive bonding preferred.
• Experience with designing and creation of injection molding tooling preferred