Expert Engineering – Medical Device Development

Basel - Switzerland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description Summary

Location: Basel Switzerland #onsite

Role Purpose:
At Novartis we are reimagining medicine to improve and extend peoples lives. We discover and develop breakthrough treatments and find new ways to bring cures to as many people as possible. Without safe easy-to-use high-quality drug delivery devices our patients could not get their medicines. This is where you come in; the Device Technology Solution Center is looking for a Senior Design Engineer for the development of drug device combination products.

The aim is to develop a new Auto-injector platform from early phase development to market launch.

Job Description

Your Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Work on Platform development and participate to project activities in cross-functional teams for easy-to-use safe and robust products
Participate to the complete development process of medical devices (ideation brainstorming prototyping piloting and transfer to manufacturing)
Create and review IP
Create manage and maintain CAD 3D and drawings
Create manage and maintain Tolerance Analysis
Size and specify plastic and metallic components
Work with third party suppliers including prototyper tool makers CMOs
Manage testing and characterization for acceptance compliance performance etc. and suggest improvements
Perform root cause analysis and develop robust solutions to prevent re-occurrence
Ensure components are delivered and controlled to the required quality for clinical trials and commercial production
Write key design history file documents: design input requirements component specifications and design verification documents. Ensure device design development is delivered to a high quality

Role Requirements

Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
Preferably 3 years of experience in medical device development
Proficient spoken communication and excellent technical writing skills in English
Experience in designing plastic and metal components; tolerance analysis; metrology; lab testing
Experience in material qualification
Good knowledge in design for manufacturing and assembly
Good knowledge in key regulations and standards (e.g. ISO23098 ISO 11608 ISO 10993 MDR Design Controls)
Design History File documentation
Ability to interact with cross functional team in matrix organization
Minimum 80% on site work 4 days/week

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Skills Desired

Required Experience:

Job Description SummaryLocation: Basel Switzerland #onsite Role Purpose:At Novartis we are reimagining medicine to improve and extend peoples lives. We discover and develop breakthrough treatments and find new ways to bring cures to as many people as possible. Without safe easy-to-use high-quality d...