VitalDyne, Inc
Product Application Engineer
VitalDyne, Inc, New Hope, Minnesota, United States,
Join VitalPath in New Hope as a Product Application Engineer!
About VitalPathVitalPath is a trusted partner in the catheter design and manufacturing of custom medical devices that save lives and restore patient health and vital function. We’re excited about this important work and bring vital energy to our customer partnerships. In our growing organization it’s important that we continue to offer a small-company, family-oriented environment with competitive pay and benefits. If you want to make a difference in people’s lives and be a part of a friendly, fun place to work with people that value diversity, come join our team!
About the PositionThe Product Application Engineer is a highly visible customer-facing role with a blend of new product design engineering, and business development responsibilities. With complex catheter market and DFM/costing knowledge, the Product Application Engineer will lead with technical expertise to drive new complex catheter product concepts into validated, commercialized product, partnering directly with business development and customers to deeply understand their application requirements and align these needs with a thorough knowledge of VitalPath’s capabilities to deliver optimal solutions.
This role involves gaining a comprehensive understanding of customer-specific needs related to performance, reliability, availability, and developing solutions to ensure customer success. Working closely with key matrixed functions across VitalPath such as, R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance, you will own costing workflows for all opportunities.
ResponsibilitiesConduct customer conversations and develop products based on application and feedback received.Provide critical evaluation of costs, concept performance vs customer need and competitive benchmarking.Be a trusted engineering consultant in customer-facing situations.Partner with R&D to produce a steady stream of technical improvements, which enable and recognize continuous product leadership.Partner in collaborative setting on strategic vision(s) of focus areas, driving competitive advantage and execution.Communicate status updates to senior management within the context of a structured process.Research and identify market trends and needs to be used to improve VitalPath’s Pipeline of future revenue.Other duties as assigned.RequirementsBachelor’s of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering field.7+ years of experience in new product development or manufacturing engineering.Experience in writing and executing product validations in a regulatory industry.Engineering, process development, or manufacturing experience in a cleanroom environment.Familiarity with FDA, ISO 13485 regulatory and validation needs in a Tier 1 complex catheter CDMO environment.Ability to travel 10% of the time.Preferred Skills & Experience5+ years of experience working in product development in a regulated industry.Plastics/polymer molding, bonding and assembly experience.Background working with filtration products or single use plastics.Experience with medical device or bioprocessing systems components a strong plus.Understanding of regulatory requirements in medical device and emerging life science applications.Ability to effectively operate within a team composed of and lead from differing locations.BenefitsComprehensive, Low Cost Health and Dental Insurance Plans Available.Vision Insurance.Health Savings Account with company contribution.Short and Long Term Disability.Supplemental insurances (short term disability, AD&D, life insurance, and more).Paid Time Off.Sick Time Off.Paid Holidays.401K with company match.Competitive compensation.Opportunities for career growth and advancement.VitalPath is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, work related mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. VitalPath participates in E-Verify.
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About VitalPathVitalPath is a trusted partner in the catheter design and manufacturing of custom medical devices that save lives and restore patient health and vital function. We’re excited about this important work and bring vital energy to our customer partnerships. In our growing organization it’s important that we continue to offer a small-company, family-oriented environment with competitive pay and benefits. If you want to make a difference in people’s lives and be a part of a friendly, fun place to work with people that value diversity, come join our team!
About the PositionThe Product Application Engineer is a highly visible customer-facing role with a blend of new product design engineering, and business development responsibilities. With complex catheter market and DFM/costing knowledge, the Product Application Engineer will lead with technical expertise to drive new complex catheter product concepts into validated, commercialized product, partnering directly with business development and customers to deeply understand their application requirements and align these needs with a thorough knowledge of VitalPath’s capabilities to deliver optimal solutions.
This role involves gaining a comprehensive understanding of customer-specific needs related to performance, reliability, availability, and developing solutions to ensure customer success. Working closely with key matrixed functions across VitalPath such as, R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance, you will own costing workflows for all opportunities.
ResponsibilitiesConduct customer conversations and develop products based on application and feedback received.Provide critical evaluation of costs, concept performance vs customer need and competitive benchmarking.Be a trusted engineering consultant in customer-facing situations.Partner with R&D to produce a steady stream of technical improvements, which enable and recognize continuous product leadership.Partner in collaborative setting on strategic vision(s) of focus areas, driving competitive advantage and execution.Communicate status updates to senior management within the context of a structured process.Research and identify market trends and needs to be used to improve VitalPath’s Pipeline of future revenue.Other duties as assigned.RequirementsBachelor’s of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering field.7+ years of experience in new product development or manufacturing engineering.Experience in writing and executing product validations in a regulatory industry.Engineering, process development, or manufacturing experience in a cleanroom environment.Familiarity with FDA, ISO 13485 regulatory and validation needs in a Tier 1 complex catheter CDMO environment.Ability to travel 10% of the time.Preferred Skills & Experience5+ years of experience working in product development in a regulated industry.Plastics/polymer molding, bonding and assembly experience.Background working with filtration products or single use plastics.Experience with medical device or bioprocessing systems components a strong plus.Understanding of regulatory requirements in medical device and emerging life science applications.Ability to effectively operate within a team composed of and lead from differing locations.BenefitsComprehensive, Low Cost Health and Dental Insurance Plans Available.Vision Insurance.Health Savings Account with company contribution.Short and Long Term Disability.Supplemental insurances (short term disability, AD&D, life insurance, and more).Paid Time Off.Sick Time Off.Paid Holidays.401K with company match.Competitive compensation.Opportunities for career growth and advancement.VitalPath is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, work related mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. VitalPath participates in E-Verify.
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