Senior Materials Engineer

Fixed term contract – 12-months

Work from home 3 days per week

Attractive Base Salary / Quarterly Bonus / Laptop provided

Are you passionate about improving patient health outcomes? Are you an enthusiastic and disciplined Materials/ Biomedical Engineer that likes variety in your role?  Do you have an interest in medical devices? 

The Opportunity:

On a 12-month contract, this role supports engineering by solving material problems to improve and/or develop medical devices and manufacturing processes and advance the strategic goals of the company.

At Cook Medical, we understand that unique perspectives, ideas and contributions only strengthen our workforce and encourage innovation through solving problems together.  You will be joining a collaborative, high performing team who are constantly looking at ways to evolve and improve the way we work. 

• Identify and solve device related material and biocompatibility problems/issues.
• Lead and/or assist in material related projects/activities including:
  • Restricted Substances / REACH
  • Evaluation of material related supplier changes
  • Material related Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs)
  • Product design changes (material and manufacturing processes)
  • Biocompatibility
• Contribute technical/scientific expertise in the areas of material design, biocompatibility assessment, failure mode analysis and root cause analysis.
• Responsible for developing, reviewing, understanding, and summarizing material testing and biocompatibility results.
• Ensure personal compliance with Cook values, quality system procedures, policies and relevant medical device standards and regulations.
• Participate in reviews of engineering team outputs (design control and design change deliverables, design reviews and risk evaluation reviews) and contribute to a high quality of output.
• Conduct education/training events and activities for the Engineering team.
• Lead and/or assist in material and biocompatibility related QMS updates.
• Collaborate with Global and Local Functional departments to determine work objective, priorities, deliverables and timelines.

• Minimum of Bachelor level qualifications in Material Science, Polymer Science, Material Engineering, Physics, biomedical engineering or science, or equivalent is essential
• Experience and knowledge of practical and theoretical materials engineering challenges is essential
• Knowledge of polymers, metals, ceramics and composites used in medical devices is desirable
• Knowledge of Biocompatibility testing and evaluation, toxicological risk assessment, chemical characterization
• Experience in risk management standard application to biocompatibility and material risks
• Advanced experience in biocompatibility or materials engineering- preferably in the medical device industry
• Experience with material related failure analysis techniques desirable
• Demonstrated project management skills desirable
• Intermediate statistical data analysis skills and experience desirable
• Exercises effective influencing skills when seeking and building consensus
• Allocates time and resources effectively and efficiently to achieve outcomes