Senior Mechanical Engineer

Position Summary

The Senior Mechanical Engineer leads design efforts for gastrointestinal endoscopy devices or major subsystems that are purely mechanical to mechatronics based, driving activities throughout the product lifecycle from concept through product release and sustaining. This role owns key design deliverables including conceptual design, trade-off analysis, feasibility testing, benchtop testing, tolerance stack-up analysis, cost evaluation, reliability, and safety. The position provides technical leadership within cross-functional teams, supports and leads design reviews, and ensures alignment across engineering, quality, regulatory, clinical, product management, project management, and manufacturing functions. The Senior Mechanical Engineer is expected to proactively identify technical risks, influence design direction decisions, mentor engineers, drive progress toward project milestones, and ensure compliance with applicable standards and regulations.

Location: *This is a hybrid position, must be within a commutable distance to Mentor, Ohio with expectation to be on-site 3 days per week.

What You'll Do as a Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Lead design activities for medical devices and major subsystems throughout the product lifecycle from concept through product release and sustaining support.
• Own the research, development, and evaluation of design solutions utilizing engineering principles including mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and materials science.
• Develop and execute technical testing supporting concept iteration, feasibility, verification, validation, regulatory requirements, product performance specifications, and quality objectives.
• Identify technical risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies while maximizing opportunities for product improvement.
• Make sound technical trade-off decisions by balancing performance, quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
• Create and execute product development plans and supporting project documentation.
• Generate detailed technical documentation and communicate design decisions and project updates to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide technical leadership on cross-functional teams and support intellectual property activities, including invention disclosures, patent reviews, and collaboration with internal and external patent counsel.
• Integrate feedback and requirements from clinical, manufacturing, quality, marketing, and other business functions.
• Mentor engineers and support the development of engineering co-op students while driving continuous improvement of engineering processes and design practices.

The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• Minimum of five (5) years of related engineering experience.
• Experience leading device or subsystem development from concept through release.
• Ownership of design deliverables throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Experience in parametric modeling and CAD development.
• Experience developing and executing in-depth technical testing.
• Experience identifying and mitigating technical risk.
• Advanced technical problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to make sound decisions using good-enough information.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated mentorship and technical leadership abilities.
• Ability to balance quality, cost, and schedule considerations while making engineering decisions.

Preferred:

• Experience with SolidWorks.
• Technical ownership of complex engineering projects.
• Experience integrating input from clinical, manufacturing, quality, marketing, and other cross-functional disciplines.
• Interest in mentoring and developing less-experienced engineers.
• Comfort making design trade-off decisions with limited data.
• Desire to influence technical decisions and program direction.

Pay range for this opportunity is $92,000 - $115,000. This position is eligible for bonus participation.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

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Open until position is filled.