» Principal Mechanical Engineer

Our client is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer.

Main purpose of the job
As a Principal Engineer you will provide a significant contribution to major development projects in a technical lead or project management role. The position will involve working within multi-disciplinary teams of highly talented people to develop world-leading medical products for our clients around the globe.

Type of work undertaken by the group
The Medical Technology Division undertakes the development of innovative medical devices and equipment from concept to prototype manufacture, often incorporating considerable technical challenges. The Division's activities fall into three focus areas:

Surgical and Interventional Products
Medical Diagnostics and Instrumentation
Drug Delivery Devices
The client combines highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills and a broad base of industry experience to form a powerful development team. The work ranges from undertaking complete product developments from concept to market, to providing consulting services for clients on their technology, strategy or development processes.
Examples of project work include:

Development of a thermography system to diagnose vulnerable plaque in coronary arteries
Design of an electrosurgical handset for arthroscopic tissue removal
A real time progress monitoring system for kidney dialysis via differential conductivity measurement
The division undertakes both client funded and internally funded projects.

Specific responsibilities
As a Principal Engineer, you will take a leading role in a multi-disciplinary team of Technicians, Engineers, Consultants and Designers. You will be involved in organising the mechanical, electronic and software engineering design effort to meet the requirements of the projects as well as providing creative solutions to problems.

You will have commercial experience and awareness and with regard to technical issues, you will act as the first point of contact for both clients and other Engineers on projects. Your role will include using your strong technical expertise to liaise with clients to understand their technical needs and prepare proposals which capture these requirements.

You will be involved with hands-on product development and design of complex electro-mechanical systems. Your strong creative and technical skills should allow you to make a significant contribution to development projects and to participate in consultancy work within client companies.

Your specific responsibilities are likely to include:

Leading multidisciplinary teams of Technologists/Engineers to develop and evaluate high integrity complex systems for medical devices
Leading the definition and analysis of technical solutions to multifaceted problems
Working closely with Engineers and Technicians to implement design solutions
Writing technical reports and producing high quality design documentation
Preparing technical programmes of work
Presenting findings to internal and external clients
Minimum requirements
To meet the requirements of this role you should have:

An excellent Mechanical Engineering degree
A demonstrable passion for engineering
Significant post graduate relevant industrial experience
Strong technical skills, with key strengths in engineering analysis and practical application of engineering principles
In addition, any experience of the following will be beneficial:

A working knowledge of medical device development processes compliant with ISO13485 and Quality System Regulation
Application of Systems Engineering including the generation of specifications and documentation
An ability to apply simulation tools such as Matlab / Simulink to model complex problems and solutions
Experience in the use of CAD (Pro/E or SolidWorks preferable)
You will have excellent team working skills and the ability and enthusiasm to mentor less experienced staff. You will also have strong communication and task management skills.

A proven ability to manage a team of Engineers and Technicians is highly desirable as is an appreciation of risk management tools used in product development. REF 22891

Cambridge, | Salary £neg.
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