Associate Mechanical Engineer - R&D

Company Description

At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit https://global.allerganaesthetics.com/. Follow Allergan Aesthetics on LinkedIn.

Job Description

The Associate Mechanical Engineer will work collaboratively with a team to design and develop medical products from initial concept through the transfer to production. The engineer will have some technical leadership for designing and testing components and subassemblies of the overall system product. The job requires very good CAD skills, design of plastic injection molded parts and machined metal components, development and execution of tests for evaluation and verification. Expertise in design of sheet metal enclosures is desired. The engineer should have knowledge of plastic and metal materials and be able to define the selection criteria and tradeoffs for different materials. Skills for thermal or structural analysis as well as statistical analysis are desired.

Responsibilities:

• Interact with Clinical and Marketing departments to determine design requirements and goals.

• Conceive, design, build, and evaluate crude prototypes to explore a range of design concepts.

• Prepare, present, and document design reviews.

• Refine and develop selected concept(s) with some guidance from manager or technical lead

• Investigate and evaluate materials, adhesives, and assembly techniques based on experience and past experience.

• Select prototype vendors, request quotes, prepare purchase requisitions. Provide recommendations for production vendors.

• Design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) and be able to document the DFMA benefits of the design

• Plan, perform, and document verification testing.

• Help develop assembly procedures, assist in transfer methods to manufacturing.

• Document ECO changes within Document Control system.

• Manage the simultaneous development of several parts and subassemblies for a project design.

• Should be able to coordinate most design tasks for moderately complex designs.

Coordinate design constraints and resolves any design conflicts with preferably no managerial intervention.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering with at least five years of product design and development experience or MS in Mechanical Engineering with at least three years of product design and development experience.

• Prefer at least three years of experience in medical devices, ideally class II devices.

• Individual will complete work with minimal supervision of the manager or a technical leader.

• Proficient with basic standard concepts and constraints involved in creating new product designs. Should be knowledgeable of new modern methods for making prototype or production parts.

• Ability to set medium term project goals and outline schedules for multiple tasks for several team members.

• Candidate should be a strong team player with the demonstrated abilities and willingness to wear "multiple hats" and perform a wide range of tasks within a dynamic environment.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret engineering specifications, general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, specifications, business correspondence, and procedure manuals in English. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers. Ability to clearly and concisely convey project accomplishments, obstacles, issues, and project status.

Additional Information

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