Job title: R&D Engineer
Location:Galway Business Park, Dangan
Benefits:Competitive salary, 10% bonus, Share options, excellent opportunity to develop your experience and career in an exciting start up helping develop a product from its very early stages.


Company:
My client an early-stage medical device start-up company focused on the design and development of novel devices for the treatment of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease. This is a new and evolving treatment area likely to be the next frontier in Neuro-intervention.


Overview:
As an R&D Engineer you will contribute to the development of innovative medical devices and expected to apply your engineering skill and expertise to develop sound technical solutions that satisfy user needs, while providing regular technical and schedule updates to peers and management. Due to the nature of working in an early-stage start-up, the successful candidate will be involved in the early phase of product development and testing.


Responsibilities:
- Translate design inputs into concepts and detailed designs, including specifications and test plans.
- Identify and select product materials, assembly methods and define process settings.
- Develop test models for prototype performance evaluations.
- Develop and execute test plans/protocols; analyse and interpret test results to identify optimal solutions to technical challenges and thoroughly document findings.
- Contribute to the project team to deliver key objectives, meeting performance, time and cost targets.
- Leverage and liaise with external vendors / resources to achieve project goals.
- Understand physician (user) techniques and clinical needs (disease state) and assist in developing product training materials.



Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in R&D engineering within the medical device industry, preferably with neuro interventional devices.
- Strong understanding of basic engineering principles


Does this sound like your next career move? To apply and For more info forward your application to the link provided or contact me on 087 0612325 OR thomas.gallagher@lifescience.ie