About the role

  • Sr. Engineer in R&D at West supporting design and development of life-saving medicines. Collaborating with teams to deliver project goals and meet milestones in a hybrid role

Responsibilities

  • Support design and development activities within West's Product Development Process
  • Demonstrate accountability for the successful and timely achievement of goals
  • Work independently only with strategic guidance in the most complex situations
  • Interpret internal and external business issues and unmet needs
  • Define/plan/lead/develop solutions
  • Collaborate with local and global functional groups, stakeholders, and management to deliver project goals and meet project milestones
  • Plan and execute projects through all phases with a focus on design and qualification through verification and validation
  • Write engineering test protocols, reports, and work instructions
  • Analyze design of experiments (DOE)
  • Drive innovation and process efficiency of integrated systems
  • Use sound principles to develop solutions for complex technical problems
  • Generate, record and analyze data, and present results to peers and business leadership
  • Point of contact for technical product related discussions with the team
  • May provide technical expertise and communication for internal and external partners
  • Integrate planning activities between West and development/manufacturing partners

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Chemical or Biomedical Engineering required; or equivalent experience required
  • Master's Degree in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering preferred; or equivalent experience preferred
  • Minimum 5 years Experience in regulated industry required or 5 years medical device or combination product industry highly preferred
  • Experience in high-volume, automated manufacturing processes, and glass forming preferred
  • Experience in Human Factors for Medical Devices preferred
  • Expertise with test method development, validation strategy, and execution preferred
  • Expertise with risk management, design verification and validation strategy development and execution
  • Expertise in medical device design control and change management
  • Experience with combination products requirements and regulation
  • Proficiency in solid modeling/drafting
  • Proficiency in solid mechanics/mechanics of materials
  • Proficiency in statistical methods/tools
  • Strong interpersonal and decision-making skills and the ability to effectively manage change and uncertainty
  • Knowledge of applicable ISO, and USP standards for drug delivery
  • Knowledge of applicable health authority regulations including FDA, MDR

Benefits

  • Supported by benefit programs
  • Empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families
  • Opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development

Job title

Senior Engineer, R&D

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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