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Senior Product Engineering Coordinator

CooperCompanies


Job Location:

Trumbull, CT - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 5 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 2 September 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
The job posting is outdated and position may be filled

Department:

Manufacturing

Job Summary

Description

Responsible for coordinating and enabling product engineering activities across the Medical Device portfolio within CooperSurgical. This role ensures structured intake prioritization and execution of engineering workstreams supporting both sustaining engineering and new product initiatives.

Serves as a central coordination point across Product Engineering R&D Quality Regulatory Affairs Operations and Program Management to ensure alignment visibility and timely delivery of engineering changes and initiatives.



Responsibilities
  • Project Intake & Demand Management

  • Own and manage the centralized intake process for all Product Engineering requests including sustaining issues cost improvement opportunities and new initiatives
  • Ensure all requests are properly defined documented and aligned with strategic priorities before entering the pipeline
  • Maintain visibility of incoming demand and capacity considerations
  • Prioritization & Governance

  • Facilitate regular prioritization meetings with cross-functional stakeholders (Engineering Quality Regulatory Operations Marketing)
  • Drive alignment on priorities based on business impact risk regulatory requirements and resource availability
  • Maintain and communicate a clear up-to-date prioritized backlog of engineering work
  • ECN (Engineering Change Notice) Coordination

  • Coordinate the end-to-end ECN process ensuring timely progression from initiation through approval implementation and closure
  • Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure compliance with applicable standards and internal processes
  • Track status identify bottlenecks and drive resolution to meet target timelines
  • Execution & Outcome Management

  • Monitor progress of engineering projects and initiatives ensuring milestones deliverables and timelines are met
  • Drive accountability across cross-functional teams to ensure commitments are delivered
  • Identify risks escalate issues and facilitate problem-solving to keep initiatives on track
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Act as a liaison between Product Engineering and partner functions to ensure clear communication and alignment
  • Support coordination of activities related to NPI sustaining engineering and product improvements
  • Facilitate effective information flow between global teams and stakeholders
  • Process Improvement

  • Develop implement and continuously improve processes for project intake prioritization and ECN management
  • Drive standardization of tools templates and reporting mechanisms
  • Identify opportunities to increase efficiency transparency and predictability in engineering execution
  • Reporting & Communication

  • Provide regular updates on portfolio status including key metrics risks and progress against priorities
  • Prepare dashboards and reports for leadership review
  • Ensure stakeholders have clear visibility into workload timelines and outcomes

Travel:

Up to 10% travel primarily domestic for site coordination workshops and team alignment



Qualifications

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

  • Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and engineering processes within regulated environments

  • Familiarity with Engineering Change Notice (ECN/ECO) processes and documentation requirements

  • Excellent organizational and project coordination skills with attention to detail

  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams in a fast-paced environment

  • Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills

  • Effective facilitation skills for meetings prioritization sessions and decision-making forums

  • Experience with project tracking tools (e.g. Smartsheet PLM systems)

  • Strong communication skills both written and verbal

Work Environment:

  • Primarily office-based with occasional interaction with laboratory and manufacturing environments

  • Prolonged periods of computer use and coordination across global teams

  • Minimal physical demands; occasional movement between office lab and production areas

Experience:

  • Experience in product engineering program coordination or project management within medical devices or regulated industries

  • Proven experience coordinating cross-functional projects or engineering workflows

  • Experience managing intake prioritization or change control processes preferred

Education:

  • Minimum Bachelors degree in related discipline

As an employee of CooperSurgical youll receive an outstanding total compensation plan. As we believe your compensation goes beyond your paycheck we offer a great compensation package medical coverage 401(k) parental leave fertility benefits paid time off for vacation personal sick and holidays and multiple other perks and benefits. Please visit us at learn more about CooperSurgical and the benefits of becoming a member of our team.

To all agencies: Please no phone calls or emails to any employee of CooperSurgical about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at CooperSurgical via-email the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of CooperSurgical unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by CooperSurgical for this position and a valid agreement with CooperSurgical is in the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the CooperSurgical agency engagement process is hired no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you are interested in applying and require special assistance or accommodations due to a disability please contact us at




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Senior IC


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