Senior Design Engineer at Medline Industries, Inc. in Northfield, Illinois

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JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for researching, designing, and prototyping new products and technologies as part of product development initiatives. Provide expertise on product design and optimize design specifications. Lead product design assignments in product development initiatives. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: - Create new product designs, generate/evaluate prototypes, and produce technical drawings/specifications. - Utilize CAD software to develop models, technical drawings, PCB layouts, or software architectures. - Collaborate with product divisions to identify and advise on user needs and design requirements. - Support design transfer to manufacturing sites and new product implementation process. Collaborate with domestic and international manufacturers to validate designs and troubleshoot problems that arise. - Work with legal to design and implement new intellectual property. - Leverage customer interactions to incorporate human factors and user-centered design philosophies into product design efforts. - Lead multi-disciplinary product development teams to research, design, and develop new products and technologies. Ensure product designs meet all design specifications. - Manage multiple project timelines and balance corporate priorities for product development projects to ensure that deadlines and goals are being met. - Review existing products and recommend improvements based on existing complaints, risk analyses, manufacturer feedback, cost saving opportunities, etc. - Collaborate with product divisions to identify product development opportunities, establish innovation pipelines, and align product design efforts with long-term divisional strategies. Education - Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, or software engineering Work Experience - At least 4 years of experience in product design. - Experience with Solidworks/3D modeling software and prototype fabrication. PREFERRED JOB REQUIREMENTS - Certified Solidworks Professional. - Experience in product design within the medical device industry. - Experience with medical device requirements (Class I-II), design controls, and assessment of risk. - Experience designing and launching class II medical device to market. - Experience with project management and Microsoft project. - Invented and recognized on at least one patent. - Position requires travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (domestic and international). - Knowledge of injection molding and other manufacturing processes.

Benefits - Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits, please click here.

Every day, we’re focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what’s right to delivering business results, together, we’re better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page here.

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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