Senior R&D Engineer

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As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare.

Teleflex is the home of Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, LMA™, Pilling™, Quik Clot™, Rüsch™, Uro Lift™ and Weck™ – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose. At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit

This position's responsibility is for managing and developing new products, while interfacing customers, vendors, and internal departments to achieve the desired product specification. The goal is to develop products, define specifications to establish reasonable timelines while developing high quality products that meet the end user’s expectations.

• Hands‑on catheter/balloon design, development, and assembly experience
• Accurately predict project costs, material lead times, and delivery schedules during quoting process
• Develop bills of materials and assembly method, and provide training to technicians and assemblers
• Work with many areas including: complex catheters, steerables, smart catheters, balloons, handle design, molding, braiding, tipping, coating, extruding
• Develop balloons (including extrusion design) and catheter subassemblies according to customer design, performance, and quality specifications; on time and within budget
• Develop products and processes that are reliable and identify risks to the project, develop contingency plans, while outlining deliverables and milestones
• Direct and coordinate activities to develop products and ensure progress as the product specifications/limitations are developed into the technical specification
• Review and prepare status reports, modify schedules, and project plans as required
• Keep stakeholders, customers, and others informed of project status and/or related issues
• Provide technical leadership, root cause analysis, and resolve customer or project related problems; materials, assembly, functional, or manufacturing related
• Apply design controls from initial customer requests throughout the products life cycle
• Intimately involved in developing technical documentation: protocols, including verification and validation testing, drawings, calculation and/or FMEA
• Collaborate to develop quality assurance, testing, regulatory compliance, and quality plans
• Address customer's issues: improve performance, appearance, and impact on end-user

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with a focus in Plastics, Chemical, Biomedical or Mechanical Engineering required
• Master's degree in Plastics, Chemical, Biomedical or Mechanical Engineering preferred
• Proven balloon development experience
• 5 years' or more experience in Medical Device development or manufacturing

• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes related to medical device manufacturing
• Ability to prioritize and work independently as a self‑starter with strong proactive work ethics
• Experience with design controls, FDA regulation, GMP practices, and QSR requirements
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Project, Minitab, and Solidworks preferred
• Experience with Risk Analyst tools and procedures
• Proven track record in Leadership role and utilizing Project Management
• Proven track record in product development, design, and working closely with manufacturing
• Demonstrated customer relations, problem solving, and product development skills
• Ability to influence across boundaries, drive collaboration, and develop product to meet expectations
• Must be well‑organized, detail‑oriented, with excellent oral and written communication skills

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $ - $; however,…