Job Description
This position is in our organization’s Device Development & Technology (DD&T) group in our Research division. Our organization’s DD&T group is responsible for the development of devices, combination products, processes, testing and assembly equipment from conception through product launch. Products include autoinjectors, inhalers, implants, infusion pumps, vaginal rings and connected devices/apps. The person in this position contributes to high impact, complex, cross-functional, and cross-divisional teams, initiatives and will provide input to achieve project goals. Effective collaboration with teams is essential to meet our company's goals/objectives. The group also plays a key role in supporting commercially launched products.
Our company's DD&T Team is seeking a hands-on medical device product manufacturing and assembly engineer. This position will be responsible for hands-on factory floor work and collaboration, via interfacing with our company's internal sites, medical device suppliers and sub-suppliers. This includes working with both small to large scale medical device assembly equipment suppliers, integrated manufacturing equipment component suppliers and purchased device component suppliers. In addition, this position shall interrogate device supplier processes as they relate to our company's combination product process specifications and critical quality attributes to support our company's combination product quality control strategy and preserve essential performance requirements.
Education Minimum Requirement:
Required skills and key responsibilities for this position include:
Author design/ process FMEA to capture design related risks and identify appropriate risk controls to ensure robust and efficient device functionality.
Design and author Process validation activity and documentation like IQ, OQ, PPQ etc.
Author protocols, reports, create drawings and specifications to ensure proper documentation of development activities in accordance with relevant SOPs.
Experience in designing automated combination product assembly equipment and experience in managing equipment suppliers
Experience in developing, implementing and troubleshooting combination product assembly equipment processes including vision systems, ultrasonic welding and automated component and glass feeding and handling systems
Experience and the ability to manage all aspects of manufacturing site readiness including equipment qualification requirements and all associated documentation
Understanding of device and combination product DFM/DFA principles and design and failure modes in relation to assembly processes
Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to partner group stakeholders
Mechanical aptitude and hands-on troubleshooting skills, with the ability to work independently in a laboratory setting and manufacturing floor setting.
Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to collaborate in a team environment
High level work ethic
Support process and technology transfer to our company's manufacturing facilities
Preferred Experience and Skills:
CAD design, including knowledge of SOLIDWORKS and
3D printing and the ability to prototype and fabricate custom fixtures for assembly and testing
Required Skills:
CAD Modeling, Combination Products, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Design Controls, Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Design Verification Testing, Device Development, Human Factor Engineering, Machine Learning (ML), Medical Device Management, Medical Device Manufacturing, Medical Device Quality Systems, Medical Devices Design, Quality Management Systems (QMS), Risk Control, Test Method Validation
Preferred Skills:
Current Employees apply
Current Contingent Workers apply
US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
The salary range for this role is
$142,400.00 - $224,100.00
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at .
You can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
Domestic
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
No Travel Required
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid
Shift:
Not Indicated
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
n/a
Job Posting End Date:
08/15/2026
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