Senior Process Development Engineer

At AROA, our people come to work every day with passion and ideas that fuel our business and go home knowing they have made a real difference in the lives of others. 

AROA, which is Maori for ‘understanding’, AROA is proudly New Zealand born and based. We develop, manufacture, and export innovative wound care products, improving the lives of millions around the world by unlocking extraordinary outcomes for our patients. Our mission is to be the global leader in regenerative healing, making our products and services accessible to everybody. 

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Senior Engineer – Process Development to join us on our mission to revolutionize healthcare.

As a Senior Engineer – Process Development at AROA, you will play a key role in creating commercially suitable equipment and processes for new product innovations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring cutting-edge products to life while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. If you’re a driven engineer with a passion for improving medical technology, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive manufacturing processes development from new concept design and characterization to validation and commercial readiness.


• Leading and supporting development activities such as design of experiments, statistical process control activities, the implementation of medical device industry risk management methodology


• Generate process risk management (pFMEA) and design controls (pTM) documentation for new products with new technical risk. Identify and control essential design outputs (process). 


• Develop pilot processes and test methods, generate feasibility data. 


• Support design verification and design validation for new products, line extensions and design changes. 


• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.


• Minimum of 5+ years of experience working within a highly regulatory field such as pharmaceutical or medical devices.


• Demonstrated capabilities in the design, development, and commercialisation of new production lines from concept creation to detailed design and qualification.
  


• Understanding of 3D modelling software such as SOLIDWORKS Rhino 3D, CREO, other similar CAD software.


• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.


• Excellent communication skills and able to articulate ideas easily.
  
  

Based in Airport Oaks with easy access to the motorway, there is plenty of parking available around our offices (we also have flexibility to work from home from time to time). We have an onsite gym, your birthday off and other health & wellbeing benefits available to you. 

The successful candidate will be working with a diverse and inclusive team that works hard but celebrates and recognises its people. You'll be working for a mission-led company dedicated to bringing regenerative healing to people around the world. We’re sure that’s something worth being a part of!  

To be considered for this opportunity you must have existing NZ working rights.

Applications for this role will close 30 April 2025.