Title: R&D Engineer
Location: Parkmore Galway
Benefits: Flexible salary depending on experience, bonus and benefits. Flexible working hours.


Company:
My client are a medical device company developing a new and innovative device to support the heart. Heart support devices are used by interventional cardiologists to stabilize patients in times of cardiogenic shock and acute heart failure. They are an enthusiastic team with diverse backgrounds and expertise.



Overview:
We are recruiting for an R&D Engineer to join a product development team. The successful candidate will play a key role in the development of next-generation catheter-based cardiovascular devices, with an initial focus on catheter component, process, and supplier development. The role involves product design, prototyping, testing, test method development, manufacturing process development, and technical problem solving. Working closely with R&D, Preclinical, and Operations teams, the successful candidate will generate experimental evidence to guide design decisions and support the development of safe, effective, and manufacturable products



Job responsibilities:

• Lead the development of catheter components, manufacturing processes, and supplier capabilities.
• Design, build, and evaluate prototypes to support product development activities.
• Develop test methods, test platforms, and bench models to support device development, verification, and validation.
• Design and execute experiments, analyse data, and use results to drive product design decisions.
• Develop assembly processes and manufacturing methods for catheter-based medical devices.
• Develop and execute validation activities for components, processes, and test methods.
• Participate in design and process risk management activities, including DFMEA and PFMEA.
• Work with suppliers and external partners to support component development and manufacturing scale-up.
• Keep informed of relevant technologies, standards, and test methodologies.
• Contribute to invention generation and intellectual property development.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Biomedical, Materials, or Polymer Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of product development experience within the medical device industry.
• Experience developing and executing experimental test programmes and analysing technical data.
• Practical hands-on experience in medical device design, prototype development, and laboratory testing.