Senior R&D Engineer - Limerick

You will lead a Research & Development team in the design, development and taking to market of medical devices for the Cook Vascular division

Reporting to: Research & Development Manager or Senior Research & Development Manager


My Client:
My client provide minimally invasive medical devices and technologies for nearly every area of the modern hospital, supporting almost 60 clinical specialties. This company employ 950 employees in their Limerick Facility and are looking to add to their growing team.


Responsibilities and the impact you will have:

• Design development, prototyping, test method design, design evaluation , design reviews, design specifications, design verification and validation, design protocols and reports, transfer to production activities in a timely and effective manner.
• Product and project risk analysis and risk management.
• Lead technical development of projects.
• Manage the activities of the project team and drive project tasks to ensure timely
• Lead all key design decisions to ensure quality design selection.
• Work closely with Key Opinion Leaders (KOL’s), physicians and product managers to develop innovative medical devices to improve patient care.
• Project lead for assigned Research & Development team/s including technical and project management leadership responsibly.
• Foster innovation and creativity within team and perform disclosure reviews.
• Compliance with Quality, Regulatory and company policies and systems.

• Third level degree in Mechanical, Biomedical, Science, Design or similar discipline, Masters or Ph.D. level preferred but not essential.
• 5+ years’ experience is ideal.
• Proven Project Leadership abilities.
• Good Project Management methodology and skills.
• Proven track record in delivering quality results in a timely effective manner.
• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
• Good mechanical design and understanding of engineering fundamentals with extensive medical device materials knowledge.