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Permobil Senior Product Development Engineer in Belleville, Illinois
Senior Product Development Engineer
Would you like to work in an international environment where you’ll make a difference every day? At Permobil, we’re looking for game-changers to join us as we innovate for individuals and develop the world’s most advanced assistive solutions.
Permobil, a global leader of advanced rehabilitation technology and mobility products, has an immediate opening for a Senior Product Development Engineer at the Permobil site in Belleville, IL. This role is responsible for mechanical engineering as a senior member of a multidisciplinary New Product Development (NPD) team, owning design and development activities from early concept through commercialization. This will be accomplished by our team of mechanical designers, engineers, and technicians, who will be responsible for executing engineering design projects for the purposes of introducing new technologies, focused on manual wheelchair development under the Permobil Seating and Positioning brand of products. The role will be focused on collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand critical end-user needs, translating them into design concepts and engineering solutions.
This position is for someone who is goal driven, self-motivated, and possesses the ability to take on the position as the technical lead responsible for development of an entire manual wheelchair system, leveraging support of the team surrounding them to do so.
Key Duties:
Senior engineer accountable for the translation of business and customer needs into functional mechanical designs, assuming responsibility for the mechanical system in its entirety for new Manual Wheelchairs developed under the Permobil Seating and Positioning brand of products.
Develop product designs by using engineering principles and techniques to research, design, analyze, and test new product designs, technologies, materials, and prototypes.
Work with key stakeholders within engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to ensure timely and high-quality product development.
Responsible for leading and/or supporting the completion of several complex NPD projects.
Prioritize and handle multiple project deliverables in a fast paced and result oriented environment.
Provide lead oversight to supporting development engineers, ensuring mechanical designs meet the system level requirements, collaborating closely with Systems Engineering, Quality, Product Management, Operations, and Project Management team members in doing so.
Coach and/or mentor junior level engineers, overseeing work performed to ensure adequacy.
Design and build prototypes and functional models, leveraging internal prototyping, fabrication, and welding capabilities or external job shops.
Develop technical requirement specifications, functional & performance requirements, and test requirements.
Support in testing strategy generation for products (V&V Plan, protocol generation, test execution, and reporting).
Design and build test fixtures/equipment, as needed.
Support and/or lead Sustaining Engineering projects for maintenance of on-market products, as needed.
Generate and/or review/release Engineering Change Orders initiated for Sustaining Engineering projects, as needed.
Support in First Article Inspection, as needed.
Execute design and development activities in accordance with the defined QMS.
Support continuous improvement initiatives, such as the refinement of the Product Development Process and corresponding tools/templates.
Support design team in creating Medical Device Documentation (technical documentation, process qualification documentation, DHF artifacts, etc.).
Utilize SolidWorks to create drawings, models, assemblies and BOMs.
Support Design for Manufacture activities led by Manufacturing.
Authority & Responsibilities:
Responsible for providing mechanical engineering technical leadership to multi-disciplinary NPD design team, ensuring that mechanical solutions meet the needs of end users and business stakeholders.
This position does not have direct reports, however, the ability to lead a technical team through the various stages of development via influence, indirect leadership, and mentorship is required.
Education/Certification:
BS Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related technical degree required
Knowledge & Experience Required:
Minimum 10+ years of relevant new product development experience.
Strong indirect leadership skills – demonstrated ability to define a plan, drive execution, and facilitate the design and development as a lead member of a technical team.
Ability to coach and/or mentor junior level engineers.
Proven experience with new product launches from pre-study and concept phase through development and commercialization and familiarity with product lifecycle management practices.
Experience with phased product development processes, stage-gate project management, and making project tradeoff decisions due to constraints.
Experience with understanding/defining customer needs and translating them into functional/performance requirements.
Advanced knowledge of and experience in product development methods (i.e., FEA, DFM, DOE, DFMEA, Six Sigma, statistical analysis, etc.).
Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) practices and CAD systems. SolidWorks experience preferred.
Proficiency with structured, creative, and practical problem-solving.
Relevant knowledge of new product development processes applied to the medical device industry is preferred.
Design experience with materials such as titanium, aluminum, steel, plastic, and composites. Working knowledge of associated manufacturing processes.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to lead and work collaboratively with others in a team environment.
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and to develop effective working relationships with cross functional personnel, both internally and externally.
Organized and able to progress on many different tasks in parallel.
Able to plan, estimate, and accurately track technical project deliverables.
Adaptive, autonomous, open to change, and continuously looking for ways to improve and simplify complex work.
Why Permobil is a great next step for you!
You’ll make a difference. Every day
Everything we do leads to understanding and improving the lives of our users. Through our evidence-based innovation, we make a difference to people’s lives.
You’ll make your mark as part of our future
We collaborate with colleagues across borders toInnovate for Individuals. The impact you make personally could lead change around the world.
You’ll feel welcome from day one
We’re known for being great colleagues, who are collaborative, fun and at the cutting-edge. Everyone in the Permobil family cares as much as you do about making a positive difference.
You can have a lifestyle you love
you’re always close to nature, yet never far from civilization. We want everyone who works for us to have a lifestyle they love – at work and beyond.
Who you are
You are passionate, innovative, and ambitious. You want to make a difference for others and feel fulfilled when you can see the link between the work you do and positive improvements in the lives of others. You search out opportunities and are prepared to go off the beaten track to chase your dreams. You don’t follow the herd – you find new ways of working and go where you see potential to make your mark. You are a pioneer, a revolutionary, a game-changer and you are who we’re looking for.
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More about Permobil
Permobil founder Dr. Per Uddén believed that helping people achieve the greatest level of independence is a basic human right and, for over 50 years, Permobil has held fast to that belief. Permobil is a global leader in advanced rehabilitation technology, passionate about better understanding our users’ needs and improving their quality of life through state-of-the-art healthcare solutions. Today, those solutions include power wheelchairs, seating and positioning products, power assist, and manual wheelchairs.
Permobil is part of Patricia Industries, a subsidiary of Investor AB, and is headquartered in Sweden. Permobil has 1600 team members in more than 15 countries around the world. For more information regarding the company’s storied history and complete product line, visit permobil.com.
Fun facts about us: One of our products was 1 of 100 best inventions in Time magazine in 2021
https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2021/
https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2021/6112517/permobil-explorer-mini/