Staff Sales Engineer – Medical Textiles
Title: Staff Sales Engineer
General Summary
- Manage new opportunities through development pipeline and participate in existing product improvement and account management.
- Contribute and identify new designs or techniques to solve technical challenges or improve existing products or processes throughout the feasibility, development and production cycles.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide technical and account management support to Sales.
- Lead and function as a contributing member of multidisciplinary project teams in the design, development, and manufacturing of medical device components and related products and processes with a concentration on: knitting, braiding, weaving and non-woven processes.
- Support project teams on selecting materials, appropriate manufacturing techniques, and developing textile components for medical device design.
- Interact with customers, medical device engineers to understand the unmet needs and offer solutions.
- Interact with outside vendors, suppliers, and consultants.
Education and/or Experience:
- Required
- MS in Textile Science & Engineering, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, Bio Medical Engineering or allied field.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in an industrial environment as a technical leader and/or project leader.
- Adept, hands-on engineer with extensive experience in the development of textile based products and processes. Good understanding of polymer physics, material characterization, structure-property relations and utilization towards application development.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented environment that embraces change, risk, and flexibility.
- Must be capable of handling multiple projects/tasks at the same time.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team with sense of urgency against timelines. Demonstrated ability to listen to customers’ needs, develop solutions to meet their requirements, trust and respect.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum of 2-5 years experience in medical devices product/process development with technical acumen.
- Experience in working with permanent and bioabsorbable polymer based materials.
- Knowledge of medical device regulations and /or qualifications within ISO13485.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Potential to lead project team.
- Ability to incorporate manufacturability into the new product development.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skill.
- Have passion and enthusiasm for innovation.
- Proven problem solving skills.
- Good interpersonal relationship and people skills.
- Knowledge of Design/Process Excellence (Six Sigma) is preferred but not required.
Disclaimer: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.