Title: Senior Research Engineer
Location: Ballybrit, Galway
Benefits: Top salary, bonus, pension, healthcare and excellent career opportunities


Company:
My client have a commitment to changing the trajectory of stroke and have a long heritage and dedication to helping physicians protect people from a lifetime of hardship. Their implants and instruments are used by interventional neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons and neurologists, to treat patients with conditions resulting from haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke.



Description:
As a Senior Research Engineer you will be technical lead role for the NTI team in the Neurovascular R&D department. NTI is a unique and exciting group of engineers and scientists at J&J MedTech Galway, dedicated to understanding more about neurovascular diseases by conducting basic research and by development of models and other tests that can be used to simulate and understand the underlying disease.

The Senior Research Engineer will provide inputs to the research and development team and the wider business by setting up and running research projects relating to cerebral diseases and their treatment. Clear establishment of the link between the research carried out and final medical device design is a critical part of the role. Communication with internal partners and physicians requires the individual to be authoritative on the company’s research and the state of the art of global research activity in the field.



Benefits:

• Conduct research internally or using external sources to meet R&D needs in the development of devices for treatment of neurovascular diseases.
• Work with other team members on research planning, execution, analysis and reporting as needed.
• Collaborate externally with physicians and academics, and internally with R&D, Clinical, Medical Affairs, Marketing, and other business partners to understand unmet needs.
• Provide meaningful output that can be utilised by product development teams, e.g. analysis of data from literature, in-vitro test model development, in vitro and in vivo pre-clinical experiments, and test protocol development.
• Work to meet project timelines, effectively communicate project updates, risks, and issues to management.
• Remain current on the constantly evolving landscape of neurovascular disease research and treatment options.
• Publish original research in relevant, peer-reviewed medical, engineering or scientific journals.
• Present work at international congresses as part of Industry symposia or Scientific Programmes.
• Acquire an in-depth knowledge of current product designs and their methods of use.

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Medical Device development.
• Advanced degree in Engineering or Science. A PhD would be advantageous
• Working Visa for Ireland
• Strong technical ability in designing and conducting lab-based experiments.
• Skilled in data analysis and statistical methods.
• Excellent writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with people to achieve results.