Client: Medical Equipment / Devices; Engineering – Bio-Engineering
Location: Jacksonville, FL
US Citizenship: Yes
Requirements – Education, Experience, Skills:
-Minimum of 7 to 10 years experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 5 to 8 years experience with a Master’s degree in Materials Science with experience in failure analysis techniques. Mechanical Engineering degree (or equivalent job experience) with mechanical test fixturing experience is preferred.
-Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable failure analysis experience.
-Medical Device Experience is preferred.
-Materials testing, compositional analysis of materials, and the corresponding preparatory techniques. These techniques may include: hardness testing fracture strength determination, fracture mechanics, fatigue testing and crack morphology, rheological analysis, TGA and DSC analyses, SEM/EDS, Ionic chromatography, FTIR, and/or other applicable industrial analytical techniques for materials.
- Experience with reliability testing for mechanical devices and plastics.
- Demonstrated capabilities in conducting and facilitating failure analysis investigations including familiarity with basic structured failure analysis techniques.
SKILLS:
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Cross-functionally an effective team player.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Excellent problem solving, analytical, and written communication skills are required.
- Strong interpersonal skills are required.
- Must be able to work in a team environment and exert influence without alienating others.
- Working knowledge of statistical analysis/software experience preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office to include Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
The Failure Analysis and Materials Engineer has the responsibility and authority to lead cross functional teams in failure analysis activities for single use medical device product lines. The primary focus of this position will be to provide detailed root cause analysis for: design, manufacturing, and field failures and the generation of reports and presentations to record and summarize the investigation for communication
across the organization. This analysis will be focused on (but not limited to)
medical grade polymers and metallic materials.
MAIN JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead Research and Development, Manufacturing, and New Product Development teams in the failure analysis of products in development to root cause analysis, generate organizational lessons learned from completed analyses, and record information into a central failure analysis database.
- Collaborate with materials scientists while conducting failure analysis on new product development test issues, manufacturing floor failures and field returns to determine root cause and facilitate improvements through improvements in:
design, supplier, or internal manufacturing processes.
- Lead the design and fixturing of test equipment necessary to simulate field failure modes and test theoretical causes of failure.
- Establish failure analysis metrics for product lines.
- Travel up to 30% may be necessary.
- Comply with the site quality system.
**Note: this position is bonus eligible at up to 15% of annual salary.
Please send information to: resumes@acquis.com. Thank You!
