R&D, Product Engineering Intern

Falmouth - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Scope:

As an R&D Intern you will be a part of the product development and engineering department you will report directly to the R&D Director Product Engineering. Scope of this role includes activities pertaining to sustaining activities new product development product upgrades and improvements line extensions as well as new concept incubation activities. Within the scope of this internship are electro-mechanical connected systems and devices associated with In-vitro fertilization (IVF) and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART).

This Intern will be working on the development of a new product along with other engineers in Both Falmouth and the US. The primary project within this Internship will be to design testing to Verify the function of the New product this will include developing the test methods writing the test protocols validating the test methods carrying out the test and writing up the test reports. There will be additional associated tasks that contribute to the successful development of the New product.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

Technical Contributions:
1. Design and develop components and assemblies using first principles Lead development of electrical circuit schematics for complex electromechanical systems and analyze / simulate design to understand key parameters and sensitivities. Establish design feasibility by testing circuit and demonstrating statistical capability for critical functions.
2. Design and de-bug electrical systems which complies to but not limited to 60601 EMC and Safety requirements.
3. Define design inputs (i.e. product requirements) develop design outputs (i.e. product specifications) define technical strategies for an adequate verification and validation approach. Drive successful verification and validation testing.
4. Ideate conceptualize and build concepts and prototypes to aid incubation of new opportunities or down-select wining solutions for new product developments upgrades or improvements.
5. Create simulation and mathematical models as appropriate to demonstrate functional feasibility of technical solution based on experimental numerical statistical and/or finite-elements tools and techniques.
6. Participate in troubleshooting root-cause analysis and devise solutions and approaches for solving technical problems (solution gameplan) and overcoming development challenges in an inclusive and collaborative fashion.
7. Develop test methods and fixtures for products components and systems simulation evaluation and verification testing including creating formal Verification test protocols run tests and write Verification test reports.
8. May communicate key technical content to parties within and outside of own function (R&D). May have responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization and manage external development partners to meet project deliverables on time.
Project Delivering:
1. Deliver agreed project outcomes on-time and on-budget per project plan.
2. Manage your assignedproject tasks workstreams and deliverables ensuring full alignment with the overall project plan and business objectives.
3. Report to Project lead on your assigned tasks ensuring early escalation and identification of project risks.
Participate in design review and DFMA activities.
ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROCESS EFFECTIVENESS
1. Aid in the effective cross-functional collaboration ensuring timely and efficient delivery of target business outcomes.
2. Contribute to the assessment of new opportunities acquisition targets competitive products and Intellectual Properties (IPs) to aid competitiveness and differentiation of our business offerings.
3. Support scoping project planning and product requirement definition for new product development upgrades or line extensions as appropriate.
4. Contribute to the selection evaluation and implementation of new tools techniques and best practices to ensure state-of-the-art product development capabilities and best practices.
5. Effectively and timely communicate (written and verbal) progress status updates associated with project issues.
SAFETY EFFICACY AND COMPLIANCE
1. Ensure adherence to medical devices design control compliance by ensuring all applicable safety quality and regulatory guidelines and policies are followed to develop safe and effective products.
2. Maintain technical documentation for project and products as applicable per company quality standards policies and procedures and well as engineering best practices and functional excellence requirements.

Qualifications

Travel:

This role is site based requiring occasional travel relating to cross-functional meetings vendor visits trainings and/or conference attendance.

Qualifications

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Highly Proficient in electronic design and creation of engineering drawings (Altium etc.) required.
Medical device development experience with thorough understanding of design control guidelines including verification and validation methods required.
Proficiency with engineering first principles and analytical methods including simulation modeling.
Understanding of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) required.
Understanding of statistical methods including design of experiments required.
Proficiency with developing firmware from initial stage - Required
Hands-on craft skills and experience with building fixing servicing and/or fabricating concepts fixtures prototypes or similar required.
Experience in SPI I2C CAN buses -Preferred.
Experience with translating customer to product requirements conducting harm-based risk analysis and defining acceptance criteria preferred.
Experience with electro-mechanical robotic or digital systems preferred.
Experience with FEA and/or simulation mathematical modeling preferred.
Experience with Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) preferred.
Experience in drafting testing protocols and reports. - required.
Experience with identifying latent user needs and front-end of innovation process preferred.

Work Environment:

Office based at the Falmouth site
Prolonged sitting in front of a computer
Hands-on work in engineering lab (testing etc)

Experience:

Electronic and Firmware or biomedical engineering experience or combination with other related fields in medical device or related industries is required.
Undertaking a Bachelors or Masters Degree in Electronic Mechanical or Biomedical.

Education:

Minimum of an appropriately relative degree and a desire to learn.

Required Experience:

Intern

DescriptionScope:As an R&D Intern you will be a part of the product development and engineering department you will report directly to the R&D Director Product Engineering. Scope of this role includes activities pertaining to sustaining activities new product development product upgrades and improve...

Description

Scope:

Responsibilities

Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

Technical Contributions:
1. Design and develop components and assemblies using first principles Lead development of electrical circuit schematics for complex electromechanical systems and analyze / simulate design to understand key parameters and sensitivities. Establish design feasibility by testing circuit and demonstrating statistical capability for critical functions.
2. Design and de-bug electrical systems which complies to but not limited to 60601 EMC and Safety requirements.
3. Define design inputs (i.e. product requirements) develop design outputs (i.e. product specifications) define technical strategies for an adequate verification and validation approach. Drive successful verification and validation testing.
4. Ideate conceptualize and build concepts and prototypes to aid incubation of new opportunities or down-select wining solutions for new product developments upgrades or improvements.
5. Create simulation and mathematical models as appropriate to demonstrate functional feasibility of technical solution based on experimental numerical statistical and/or finite-elements tools and techniques.
6. Participate in troubleshooting root-cause analysis and devise solutions and approaches for solving technical problems (solution gameplan) and overcoming development challenges in an inclusive and collaborative fashion.
7. Develop test methods and fixtures for products components and systems simulation evaluation and verification testing including creating formal Verification test protocols run tests and write Verification test reports.
8. May communicate key technical content to parties within and outside of own function (R&D). May have responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization and manage external development partners to meet project deliverables on time.
Project Delivering:
1. Deliver agreed project outcomes on-time and on-budget per project plan.
2. Manage your assignedproject tasks workstreams and deliverables ensuring full alignment with the overall project plan and business objectives.
3. Report to Project lead on your assigned tasks ensuring early escalation and identification of project risks.
Participate in design review and DFMA activities.
ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROCESS EFFECTIVENESS
1. Aid in the effective cross-functional collaboration ensuring timely and efficient delivery of target business outcomes.
2. Contribute to the assessment of new opportunities acquisition targets competitive products and Intellectual Properties (IPs) to aid competitiveness and differentiation of our business offerings.
3. Support scoping project planning and product requirement definition for new product development upgrades or line extensions as appropriate.
4. Contribute to the selection evaluation and implementation of new tools techniques and best practices to ensure state-of-the-art product development capabilities and best practices.
5. Effectively and timely communicate (written and verbal) progress status updates associated with project issues.
SAFETY EFFICACY AND COMPLIANCE
1. Ensure adherence to medical devices design control compliance by ensuring all applicable safety quality and regulatory guidelines and policies are followed to develop safe and effective products.
2. Maintain technical documentation for project and products as applicable per company quality standards policies and procedures and well as engineering best practices and functional excellence requirements.

Qualifications

Travel:

This role is site based requiring occasional travel relating to cross-functional meetings vendor visits trainings and/or conference attendance.

Qualifications

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Highly Proficient in electronic design and creation of engineering drawings (Altium etc.) required.
Medical device development experience with thorough understanding of design control guidelines including verification and validation methods required.
Proficiency with engineering first principles and analytical methods including simulation modeling.
Understanding of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) required.
Understanding of statistical methods including design of experiments required.
Proficiency with developing firmware from initial stage - Required
Hands-on craft skills and experience with building fixing servicing and/or fabricating concepts fixtures prototypes or similar required.
Experience in SPI I2C CAN buses -Preferred.
Experience with translating customer to product requirements conducting harm-based risk analysis and defining acceptance criteria preferred.
Experience with electro-mechanical robotic or digital systems preferred.
Experience with FEA and/or simulation mathematical modeling preferred.
Experience with Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) preferred.
Experience in drafting testing protocols and reports. - required.
Experience with identifying latent user needs and front-end of innovation process preferred.

Work Environment:

Office based at the Falmouth site
Prolonged sitting in front of a computer
Hands-on work in engineering lab (testing etc)

Experience:

Electronic and Firmware or biomedical engineering experience or combination with other related fields in medical device or related industries is required.
Undertaking a Bachelors or Masters Degree in Electronic Mechanical or Biomedical.

Education:

Minimum of an appropriately relative degree and a desire to learn.

Required Experience:

Intern

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