Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Materials Engineering.
Minimum 10 years of engineering experience.
Experience with surgical blades, needles, and cannulas.
Background in supporting OEM medical device customers.
Proven track record of taking products from concept to commercialization.
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary technical resource for OEM customers and partners.
Collaborate with customer teams to understand product requirements and identify opportunities.
Support technical sales through customer visits and design reviews.
Translate customer needs into engineering specifications and manufacturable designs.
Lead the development of surgical blades and precision sharps technologies.
Optimize manufacturing processes including grinding and laser cutting.
Provide hands-on support for prototyping and continuous improvement.
Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
401(k) with company match.
Paid Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Time.
Tuition Reimbursement for further education.
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
Cigna Wellness Incentive Program for health initiatives.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal support.
Short Term Disability coverage.
Group Life and Accidental Insurance.
Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance options.
Smoking Cessation Program to support health.
Pet Insurance for furry family members.
Full Job Description
We're currently seeking a passionate and skilled Product Innovation Engineer | Sharps, Blades & Advanced Surgical Devices to join our team and contribute to our mission of delivering high-quality, engineered solutions to our customers worldwide. In this role you will be responsible for the design, development, and commercialization of innovative surgical blades, needles, cannulas, and other precision sharps technologies. This role serves as a critical link between OEM customers, contract manufacturing partners, product development, manufacturing, and operations. The successful candidate will work directly with customer engineering, R&D, procurement, and manufacturing teams to develop innovative products and scalable manufacturing solutions.
Responsibilities
CUSTOMER & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ENGAGEMENT
Serve as the primary technical resource supporting OEM customers, strategic accounts, and contract manufacturing partners.
Work directly with customer engineering, R&D, manufacturing, and sourcing teams to understand product requirements and identify opportunities.
Collaborate with customers on product design, material selection, manufacturability improvements, and cost optimization.
Support technical sales efforts through customer visits, design reviews, supplier audits, and strategic business discussions.
Translate customer requirements into robust engineering specifications and manufacturable designs.
Support quoting, feasibility assessments, prototyping, and commercialization activities.
PRODUCT DESIGN, MATERIALS & MANUFACTURING
Lead development of surgical blades, needles, cannulas, trocars, and precision sharps.
Provide expertise in stainless steels, specialty alloys, metallurgy, heat treatment, grinding, sharpening, and edge formation technologies.
Develop and optimize manufacturing processes including grinding, laser cutting, stamping, forming, electropolishing, surface finishing, and coatings.
Provide hands-on support for prototyping, validation, scale-up, and continuous improvement.
Lead development involving injection molding, insert molding, overmolding, medical-grade polymers, and metal-to-plastic assemblies.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related discipline.
Minimum 10 years of engineering experience.
Must have experience with surgical blades, needles, cannulas, trocars, ophthalmic blades, or specialty cutting instruments.
Experience supporting OEM medical device customers and contract manufacturing organizations.
Proven success taking products from concept through commercialization.
This position is at our Denville, NJ location.
Other Benefits Include
Medical, Dental and Vision
401 (k) with company match
Holiday, Vacation and Sick Time
Tuition Reimbursement
Health Savings Accounts (HAS)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Cigna Wellness Incentive Program
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Short Term Disability
Group Life and Accidental Insurance
Sun Life - Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
Smoking Cessation Program
Pet Insurance
US Pay Transparency
The base salary for this role will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, experience, and internal consistency.
If your salary requirements exceed the advertised range and you remain interested in Weiss-Aug, we encourage you to apply.
