What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Engineer position at Varite Inc.?
Job Title: Mechanical Engineer
Location: Batesville, IN
Duration: 11 months
WHAT THE CLIENT DOES?
A leading global healthcare company that develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of medical products for hospitals and healthcare providers worldwide.
As part of the sustaining engineering team, you will be responsible for design changes for medical device products such as hospital beds and equipment. The engineering design changes may be related to design improvements, new compliance requirements, or supply chain support.
What you'll be doing
- As a mechanical engineer on the team, you will be responsible for performing design analysis and engineering releases for small to medium projects or participate in portions of larger complex projects. The projects will primarily involve mechanical design and development but may also include labeling, documentation, or other more general product updates.
- Apply new technical tools and concepts as needed with support from other team members.
- Implement design changes for mechanical components, mechanical sub-assemblies, and product assemblies using our product release process.
- Generate feasibility assessment, product risk documentation, DFMEA, engineering requirements, and cost estimates.
- Support multiple projects simultaneously.
- Work in a team environment with daily contact with other engineers, technicians, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, supply management, and marketing personnel. Additionally, you may work with our sales team to support customer requests or work directly with customers.
- Share technical knowledge with others on the team and guide other engineers in areas of expertise
- Challenge project teams and established work processes and proactively find creative methods to reach desired performance levels
- Inform others proactively about developments or issues that affect their work, and their ability to meet commitments.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering technology from accredited college/university or equivalent
- 2 years of engineering experience
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Proficient problem-solving skills
- Adaptable to changing priorities
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a team environment
Preferred Experience:
- Experience in the medical device industry and FDA Regulations
- Experience performing tolerance stack-up analysis.
- Experience using Solid Edge.
- Experience using root cause analysis tools (5-why, fishbone diagrams, Pareto charts, and fault trees).
- Experience with documenting designs and analysis including hardware requirements, hardware detailed design, DFMEA, Risk Analysis, and testing requirements
