Senior Mechanical Engineer

ICDS RECRUITMENT

DUBLIN NORTH

Senior Mechanical Engineer - North Dublin. This is a permanent role within a high-paced engineering team working on the next generation of medical diagnostics equipment. The position requires a proven ability to design and validate technical solutions to enhance product and process capability in a manufacturing environment. This role requires an individual with a strong aptitude for mechanical and systems level thinking. The role will require the incumbent to act as a key technical lead and decision maker in supporting both internal and external activities in the manufacturing / support of medical diagnostic instrumentation. Providing product design solutions to enhance process capability and the performance of installed product at customer sites. The incumbent must have the ability to structure, plan, prioritize and deliver their own work and that of the team they lead. Experience in technically directing cross- functional teams for product and process design including all necessary validation activities and a proven ability in structured problem solving, design for robustness & cost reduction is required. The incumbent will report to a Principal Engineer and will be a member of the site level Engineering Team. In this role you will: 1) Provide complete mechanical design solutions to improve product performance and reliability including all verification and validation activities including DFM considerations. 2) Provide technical support to the manufacturing and test of medical device product platforms in a high complexity and highly regulated technology environment. 3) A deep technical competency in the area of mechanical / electro-mechanical / automation design is required with a proven ability to design parts, assemblies, jigs, fixtures & test equipment. Familiarity in optics, biochemistry and/or statistics an advantage. 4) Troubleshooting capability required to analyze problems to root cause with a structured approach and fully develop solutions, including all associated planning and design verification and validation activities. 5) The incumbent will require an ability to work across a significant subset of the key technologies involved in modern instrumentation such as fluidics, moulding, electro-mechanics, software, electronics, optics, machining, metal fabrication etc. 6) You will be considered a local process owner, be able to develop and manage systems of metrics for manufacturing and projects. Complete systems analysis and develop projects to drive continuous improvement in key metrics in alignment with Lean, 6 Sigma, Design Robustness Principles and A3 Problem Solving Principles. You may be a member of several project teams. 7) Participate in the continuous development of the quality system, including standard operating procedures (SOP's), workflow development, product and process validations coupled with the ability to write concise technical reports. 8) Support new product introduction and technology transfer initiatives from design through to maturation of product and process. Familiar with Product Lifecycle Management control systems for configuration control. Interested applicants should have: • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with minimum 5 years' mechanical design engineering experience. Bachelor’s degree in alternative disciplines will be considered if balanced by relevant engineering experience. • High-paced strong mechanical engineering background with a proven record in the design / re-design of equipment. • Structured analysis skills with experience in complex technical troubleshooting. • Must be experienced in 3D CAD packages (Solidworks, NX etc.) • Excellent communications skills- written and verbal skills are required. • Practical experience of supplier or manufacturing fabrication processes is desirable. • Some experience in a modern world class manufacturing disciplines (lean, six-sigma, DOE) desirable.

1561 days ago