Senior Product Development Engineer

  • ICU Medical, Inc.
  • Southington, Connecticut
  • Full Time
Senior Product Development Engineer at ICU Medical, Inc.

Senior Product Development Engineer at ICU Medical, Inc. in Southington, Connecticut

Posted in Other 14 days ago.

Job Description:

Job Description

Position Summary

The Sr. Engineer will support the Research and Development engineering team within ICU Medical's Consumables business unit which includes Vascular Access. As part of this team you will have a pivotal role in the research, development, and implementation of new products using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. There will be an emphasis on Systems Engineering and Risk Management.

The Sr. Engineer can plan, lead andplete projects/matters of intermediate to highplexity working independently or with a team. Receives technical mentorship onplex problems, but independently resolves using new, improved or novel approaches and solutions. The Senior R D Engineer will be expected to serve as the subject matter expert on a variety of topics. They will drive actionable project level tasks while adhering to established design control processes and good engineering and documentation practices.

The Sr. Engineer will be enthusiastic to develop their Product Development corepetencies as well as their ability to direct, coach, mentor and align a cross functional team as needed.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Contributes to project planning: milestones, schedules, budgets, key decisions

Defines Systems Architecture, Document Hierarchy and DHF structure

Plans and executes Voice of the Customer activities, defines and translates User Needs to Design Input Technical Specifications

Defines applicable standards and regulations

Leads risk management activities such as Hazard Analysis

Contributes to design and process failure and effects analyses (DFMEA and PFMEA)

Maintains requirement, risk management, and verification / validation traceability

Identifies and familiarizes with relevant clinical research,petitive landscape and prior art

Invents practical solutions that advance the state of the art

Collaborates with Design and Manufacturing Engineers to develop functional prototypes

Plans feasibility, verification and validation activities in collaboration with cross functional team

Performs characterization as required: establishes test plans, writes test protocols and methods, and authors test reports with data analysis and technical conclusions.

Provides technical support to regulatory, sales, marketing and other functional areas as needed.

Work on special assignments as they arise

Engages others, promotes, and participates in Environmental, Health, and Safety initiatives, focusing on continuous improvement.

Experience with root cause analysis, CAPA and NCR processes.

Experience with global medical device regulations including FDA 510k and EU MDR (Medical Device Regulation)

Knowledge & Skills

Ability to quickly learn new concepts and technologies

Proven hands-on experience developing medical devices in a gated development process

Knowledge of manufacturing processes: machining, metal forming, extrusion, injection molding,mon joining methods, etc.

Experimental,putational and analytical skills such as DFSS tools, statistical methods including design of experiments (DOE) and MiniTab

Familiarity with ISO standards, including 13485, 14971, 62366, and 10555.

Highly desirable: expertise in Risk Management

Comfortable in clinical environments and understands product application: use cases, anatomy, physiology, biological interactions

Good interpersonal, verbal and writtenmunications skills.

Minimum Qualifications, Education & Experience

Must be at least 18 years of age

Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering or a related field with 7 years experience. Advanced degree in related field preferred.

Work Environment

This is largely a sedentary role.

This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment.

May require travel up to 20% of the time

About Us

ICU Medical has consistently provided you with clinical innovations that help solve real-world challenges.

With the acquisition of Hospira Infusion Systems in 2017 and Smiths Medical in 2022, we are now a global market leader with aplete line of clinically-essential IV therapy and high-value critical care products for hospital, alternate site, and home care settings.

We're ready to bring you consistent quality, innovation, and value in more areas than ever. Our focus allows us to bring you:

Dedicated and non-dedicated IV sets and needlefree connectors clinically proven to provide an effective barrier against bacterial transfer and colonization.

The industry's broadest IV smart pump offering covering large volume, pain management, and ambulatory needs.

IV medication safety software providing full IV-EHR interoperability with the highest customer satisfaction andpatibility with more EHR systems than any otherpany.

Significant US IV solutions manufacturing and supply capabilities.

ICU Medical EEO Statement:

ICU Medical ismitted to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration for employment regardless of race, color, nationality or national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, or protected veteran status.

If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable amodation to participate in the employment selection process, please contact us at humanresources@icumed. We aremitted to providing equal access and opportunities for all candidates.

ICU Medical EEO Policy Statement

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Job ID: 479179132
Originally Posted on: 5/31/2025

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