GE Healthcare is looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer who will be working in Eysins (Nyon) in Switzerland and be part of a multidisciplinary R&D team developing medical devices and manufacturing equipment aiming to process biological cells in the field of blood transplantation and cellular therapies.
Essential Responsibilities:
The Senior Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for developing and leading new product development initiatives and ongoing activities. The candidates will be accountable for achieving time and quality objectives, coordinating development with external/internal partners and effective team execution, as well as communicating program status and escalating issues when appropriate to facilitate on-time project delivery. Essential Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Lead new equipment feasibility studies, specifications, product development and verification and validation activities with quality, compliance focus and execution rigor for cell therapy projects.
Follow up of strategic suppliers and work occasionally close to end-users (blood banks, pharma companies)
Work in a multidisciplinary Research and Development team, in close interaction with the Production, Supply Chain, Quality and Sales & Marketing departments, as well as end-users and suppliers
Ensure seamless communication between different development teams, stakeholders, partners
Potential for leading a small team
Resolve conflicts and encourage constructive dialogue in project teams
Mitigate project risks and resolve issues
Ensure compliance with ISO13485 standards and other QMS requirements
Manage quality objectives, regulatory requirements, schedules, and program risks and making decisions based on business objectives
Qualifications/Requirements:
University degree or equivalent in related scientific or engineering fields (mechanics, micro-mechanics, electronics or biomedical)
Several years of successful experience in new product development, project management and manufacturing equipment, ideally for the medical or life science industry involving cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated leadership of global, cross-functional project teams and ability to drive project design plans to completion on-time
Demonstrated experience in launching products following formal product development cycle/ methodology and quality management system
Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate (oral, written) across global, cross-cultural, cross-functional teams and stakeholders
Well-founded knowledge and practical experience of relevant regulations (ISO 9001, ISO13485, cGMP), specifically for the US and European market
Fluent in French and English
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than 11,000 individuals in over 100 countries, we are at work enabling a new era in medicine. For more than 60
years, GE Healthcare Life Sciences has globally supported the development and use of new therapies, helping
accelerate the journey from biological understanding to clinical therapy. GE Healthcare Life Sciences works with
cutting edge technology enabling and advancing the discovery, diagnosis and medical treatments of the present
and the future. We are accelerating biology to cell therapy in ways no other company can.
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