Principal Engineer, DDS

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Job Function:
R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:
Biomedical Engineering

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

Job Scope

General Job Summary

The location for this position is Beerse, Belgium.  It is part of the global Drug Delivery Systems (DDS) Team.

 The position reports to the Engineering Director in Lexington, MA (US).

The Principal Engineer will be a leader in the development of new and innovative technologies, processes, solutions, and combination products.

This position will be part of a high caliber multi-functional team developing and driving innovative approaches that solve problems.

 Perform high level research and development supporting the implementation of new and existing technologies and processes.  Design experiments to statistically analyze and verify these technologies and processes.

The Principal Engineer will work closely with various IMSC and DPDS departments (e.g.

MSAT, AD, ESI, PES, etc.) and TAs (e.g Bladder DAS) to determine unmet needs and provide potential solution and support existing innovation activities.  Test these solutions and evaluate their value; determine if the solutions provide material savings, labor savings, and/or value to our patients, care givers or healthcare providers.  Support the transition of these solutions into existing systems as needed.

Furthermore, the Principal Engineer will cross-functionally collaborate with and leverage existing laboratory and manufacturing resources on the Beerse campus to complement and enhance the US team’s capabilities. 
 

Impact


* Functions as engineering SME in single or multiple engineering topic(s).


* Performs a high degree of independent judgment and execution which delivers on components of the strategic plan as assigned or directed by leadership.


* Pursue complex technical issues in the areas of product, packages, device, process, mechanistic understanding and customer insights.


* Develop support strategy for programs or platforms with key business partners. 


* Provide estimates of capital, OOP and FTE requests for specific projects.


* Participates/leads communities of practice providing expertise in specific engineering areas


* Supports the development and validation of departmental, project and program budgets and goals.

Degree of Supervision


* Works with greater autonomy for longer term strat...