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Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Global Supply Chain team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease and critical care needs. You’ll partner cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world.

How you will make an impact:

• Develop protocols for, and implement, package design, packaging process validation, and package shelf life testing, as well as driving new packaging technologies and strategies to improve time to market and advance the technology of package engineering at Edwards

• Develop plans for moderately complex projects working closely with cross-functional team members and outside suppliers

• Validate packaging equipment and packaging manufacturing processes to determine appropriate sourcing, purchasing, installation planning and specifications

Identify and develop operations packaging projects (e.g., cost improvements, qualify new suppliers and product transfers)

• Design and optimize packaging for moderately complex projects, including new product launches and existing products throughout all stages of product development from concept to launch, including clinical trials, global and limited market releases, as well as key operations initiatives

• Other incidental duties assigned by Leadership

What you'll need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Scientific field with minimum of 2 years experience

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Good computer skills in usage of MS Office Suite; CAD experience preferred

• Good documentation, communication (e.g., written and verbal) and interpersonal relationship skills including consultative and relationship management skills

• Basic understanding of statistical techniques

• Previous experience working with lab/industrial equipment required

• Solid understanding and knowledge of principles, theories, and concepts relevant to Engineering

• Solid problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills

• Solid understanding of processes and equipment used in assigned work

• Knowledge of and adherence to Edwards Environmental Health and Safety and Quality guidelines as they relate to department clean room medical device manufacturing

• Strict attention to detail

• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment

• Must be able to work in a team environment, including the ability to manage vendors and project stakeholders

• Ability to build productive internal/external working relationships

• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company collaborates with the world's leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards Lifesciences has extensive operations in North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Asia and currently employs over 15,000 individuals worldwide.

For us, helping patients is not a slogan - it's our life's work. From developing devices that replace or repair a diseased heart valve to creating new technologies that monitor vital signs in the critical care setting, we focus on helping patients regain and improve the quality of their life.