Overview

A senior R&D Engineer at Cook Medical is a leader in the department tasked with solving engineering problems, developing new products and processes, and leading engineering or company projects.

Responsibilities

• Interact with physicians for deep clinical understand and research new unmet needs in a clinical area

• Develop new patents, prototypes, equipment, processes, and tools

• Design for usability, manufacturing, regulatory needs

• Select, evaluate and interact with suppliers or expert to select and develop materials and designs for components

• Conduct simulated use testing on prototypes

• Utilize experimental or computational scientific methods to optimize design, processes, and equipment to develop process parameters and design outputs

• Accurately and clearly document verifications validations, design history, risk management, and manufacturing instructions

• Able to collaborate, engage and negotiate with multiple stakeholders for best outcomes

• Able to develop and execute plans in a timely manner

• Must exhibit professional behaviors with all members of the organization

• Must strictly adhere to safety and training requirements

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance

• Must maintain company quality and ethical standards

• Must have effective oral and written communication skills

• Must have active listening and collaborative teamwork skills

• Must be self-motivated and self-aware in a fast paced environment

• Must be relentlessly curious and deeply thoughtful

• Must exhibit candor and humility in discussions

• Must show resilience and improvement with feedback

• Must demonstrate creative or scientific method maturity in a R&D area

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Min 4 year degree in mechanical eng, biomedical eng, industrial design, material science and/or related fields is required

• And min 5 yrs in engineering experience or a Master's Degree and at least 3 yrs of engineering experience or a PhD degree

• CAD and computational modeling desired but not required

• Mintlab and Matlab skills desired but not required

• Hands-on fabrication skills desired but not required

• Project management skills desired but not required

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations

• Good manual dexterity

• Hybrid position, 1-3 days per week onsite on average

• Onsite time spent in a normal office environment requiring sitting and moving around the building, or in a "clean" laboratory or production setting requiring protective clothing and safety glasses

• Up to 25% of the time is spent in travel to various hospitals, physicians' offices, suppliers and public places

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Cook does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) of this employment position.

“We are proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer for minorities, women, protected veterans, disabled individuals, and any other protected class.”Cook will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state/province and local law.

Requisition ID2025-15987

Posting Date2 weeks ago(1/24/2025 11:19 AM)

Job Location(s)Winston-Salem NC United States

Job LocationsUS-NC-Winston-Salem

TravelLess than 10%

Position TypeFull Time

CompanyCook Winston-Salem

CategoryEngineering