Senior Engineer

Surmodics is pursuing highly differentiated medical devices that are designed to address unmet clinical needs and engineered to the most demanding requirements. This key growth strategy leverages the combination of the Company’s expertise in proprietary surface technologies, along with enhanced device design, development and manufacturing capabilities. The Company mission remains to improve the detection and treatment of disease.

A Senior Engineer in our Commercial Development  group provides support for Coating Services including resolution of quality issues, equipment design and process improvements.

Responsibilities

Lead Operations Projects (70%)
• Identify process improvement (client or internally-driven) requirements
• Prepare process improvement proposals including timeline and resource needs
• Execute project and provide leadership to Operations team
• Facilitate efforts to complete project tasks amongst shared internal resources and outside vendors
• Have overall responsibility for the successful technical outcome of the project
• Utilize experimental design techniques and statistical methods in work
• Execute, internal tech transfer, as recipient of processes, of projects to coating operations
• Assist lower level engineers and technicians. May have direct supervisory responsibilities
• Qualify, integrate, and maintain coating equipment. Perform process and product qualification and validation

Communicates results, progress, and issues to project teams and supervisor (20%)
• Interface with clients, independently in some cases, to assure successful execution of projects
• Provide prompt and professional updates
• Provide project updates to management and track project budget and timeline
• Maintains complete, organized, and up-to-date laboratory records
• Verbally reports results and experimental issues to colleagues and supervisor
• Prepares and delivers oral and written reports

Maintains an efficient and organized laboratory environment (10%)
• Maintains laboratory supplies
• Maintains laboratory equipment and documents maintenance activities

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. in an Engineering discipline and at least 5 years of relevant experience; or M.S. in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemistry, or pharmacology
• Good problem solving skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good project management skills
• Ability to function as effective team leader

Surmodics determines base pay by evaluating market data, internal equity, skills, abilities and level of experiences for each unique, potential employee.  

Surmodics offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a bonus program, 401(k) with employer match, tuition reimbursement and student debt repayment program.

Surmodics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.