The Reprocessing Engineer I is responsible for ensuring that Fujifilm Sonosite medical devices and accessories are designed to be cleaned and disinfected by customers in the field. This role operates within the Systems Engineering team and interfaces with specialists within the Hardware Verification, Mechanical Engineering, Product Management, and Clinical Engineering teams. This role will combine biology, chemistry, materials science, clinical workflows, and industry standards to develop well-established safe and effective disinfection procedures for medical ultrasound devices. The Reprocessing Engineer I will also provide guidance and leadership in the realm of sustainability, ensuring that FUJIFILM products are designed with materials and processes that have minimal impact on the environment.

At FUJIFILM Sonosite, we reinvent how healthcare is delivered with point-of-care ultrasound technology. As the leader in bedside ultrasound systems, our innovations save lives—from premature babies in NICUs to trauma patients in emergency rooms.

We’re looking for purpose-driven team members ready to build technology that impacts real-world scenarios, including natural disasters and even war zones. By joining FUJIFILM Sonosite, you’ll be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, out-of-the-box thinking, and a passion for life-saving innovations. Let’s make a difference together.

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Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Essential Job Functions: 

• Apply understanding of the fundamentals of medical device reprocessing to establish cleaning and disinfection procedures for medical ultrasound machines and patient-contacting accessories.
• Ensure that products and processes comply with applicable industry guidance, standards, and regulations on medical device reprocessing.
• Provide guidance to design teams when selecting patient-contacting materials based on biocompatibility and suitability for cleaning and disinfection.
• Determine testing and/or analysis required, including acceptance criteria, to ensure safety and effectiveness when new materials, processes, or disinfection chemicals are proposed for use.
• Devise and perform material-chemical compatibility testing, including development of test apparatus.
• Review verification and validation evidence to make approved/unapproved decisions on materials, processes, and chemicals; communicate results to customer-facing tools.
• Develop, execute, and document appropriately discriminating test protocols for the qualification of new cleaners, disinfectants, and materials.
• Participate in any post-market investigations related to biocompatibility, material compatibility, and cleaning/disinfection effectiveness.
• Interface with product users, external disinfection chemical suppliers, automated re-processor manufacturers, and external laboratories as necessary to accomplish job goals.
• Develop strategies and guidance related to sustainability in materials and processes, as aligned with FUJIFILM company initiatives.

Knowledge/Experience:

• An undergraduate degree in an engineering or science discipline (Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, or other related discipline); Graduate Degree is a plus. Or a combination of work history and education.
• Experience reviewing industry standards; exposure to medical device safety standards (IEC 60601-1, etc.) and reprocessing standards and regulations (such as FDA reprocessing guidance, EU MDR, and ISO 17664-1) is highly desired.
• Experience with bio- and material compatibility testing; understanding of ISO 10993 family of biocompatibility standards is a plus.
• Experience developing and executing test protocols and composing test plans and reports.
• Experience designing, performing, and overseeing hardware tests involving external laboratories.
• Knowledge of risk assessment per ISO 14971 and its application to material compatibility and reprocessing effectiveness.
• Exposure to IEC 60601-1-9 (Requirements for environmentally conscious design) and experience in sustainability design programs are a plus.

Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to work across a wide range of skill sets (R&D, regulatory affairs, sales, clinical engineers, and customers).
• Organizational skills to synthesize many inputs to create and communicate the big picture and make necessary decisions.
• Ability to work in a small team environment with minimal supervision.
• Ability to lift 25 pounds, with or without accommodations.

Salary and Benefits:

• $82,000.00 - $107,000.00/yr. depending on experience (Compensation will vary based on skills, experience and location; it is not typical to be hired at or above the top of the salary range).  
• Insurance:
  • Medical, Dental & Vision
• Life & Company paid Disability
• Retirement Plan (401k):
  • 4% automatic Company contribution
  • Fujifilm matches 50 cents for every dollar you contribute, up to 6% of your salary
• Paid Time Off:
  • You can accrue up to three (3) weeks of PTO in your first year of employment
  • PTO increases based on years of service
• Employee Choice Holidays:
  • Four (4) additional paid days off, based on date of hire in the calendar year
• Paid Holidays:
  • Eight (8) paid holidays per year

FUJIFILM Sonosite offers a fantastic compensation package, including benefits, and a 401k program.  Visit us today to learn more about our exciting technologies and how you can make a difference.  To apply and obtain further details regarding key responsibilities and experience requirements, check out our careers page at www.Sonosite.com/about/careers.

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