Role: Principal Engineer/ R&D Manager
Location: Ballybrit Business park, Galway
Benefits: Top salary, Bonus, pension and healthcare


Company:
My client are a global leader in neurovascular care going through an exciting period of growth. Strong new product pipeline and the fastest growing medical device company who invest in their people and take great pride in providing a positive work environment which respects diversity, supports wellbeing, and embraces innovation.



Responsibilities:

• Responsible for R&D Lifecycle Management (LCM) activities for J&J MedTech Neurovascular portfolio of products.
• Cross project ownership of sustaining design and development, working with design engineers to identify solutions to meet product performance requirements while leveraging existing capabilities to meet cost of goods targets.
• Provide technical leadership and take ownership of critical technical tasks in the execution of product development projects.
• Identify and manage technical risk across projects, in partnership with project leads.
• Develop test capability to evaluate product performance and safety requirements.
• Identify and support development of processes for new products.
• Identify critical project tasks, define project strategy, and set team priorities.

• Develop detailed project goals, plans, and budget.

• Report progress across the organisation.

• Organizing and prioritizing activities, including escalations, in collaboration with key functions and aligning on deliverables and timing.

• Strong technical leadership capability in the development new products, expert understanding of disease state and generates creative product solutions to address unmet needs.

• Excellent technical problem solving and analytical ability.

• Strong metals and catheter design, development and technical ability is essential, based on a solid foundation of fundamental engineering principles.

• Specific experience on Medical Devices, cardiovascular or neurovascular implants or instruments.

• Creative problem solver.

• Highly motivated and an enthusiastic self-starter with the ability to work under own initiative and as a team player.