This position is intended to report to the Senior Manager, R&D, and working under their supervision, the R&D Engineer supports New Product Development projects. This role develops R&D plans and budgets, and ensures that approved plans are executed on time, within quality guidelines, and within budget. The R&D Engineer provides input on quality, product and manufacturing strategies and is considered a key contributor on all aspects of product development and manufacturing operations. The R&D Engineer conducts medical device development and manufacturing transfer of projects under their responsibility, in close collaboration with marketing, Quality and Regulatory team members and/or Affiliates and contract manufacturer employees involved in the projects. This role provides guidance on product design, especially design for manufacturing and testing. Furthermore, it takes a leadership role, ensuring the development meets the product requirements, is developed in compliance within quality and regulatory guidance and transfers to manufacturing successfully.

At FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation, we’re on a mission to innovate for a healthier world, and we need passionate, driven people like you to help us get there. Our cutting-edge healthcare solutions span diagnostic imaging, enterprise imaging, endoscopic and surgical imaging, as well as in-vitro diagnostics.

But we don’t stop at healthcare; our Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) team harnesses advanced radiography solutions to keep transportation infrastructure, aerospace, and oil and gas assets safe and running smoothly.

Ready to innovate, collaborate, and make a difference? Join us and bring your big ideas to life while working in a dynamic, flexible environment that fuels your creativity and drive. 

Our headquarters is in Lexington, Massachusetts, an inspiring healthcare research hub in a historic town. 

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

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Advancement via hands-on execution of R&D projects:

• Define the design and development plan of R&D projects in accordance with current
  regulatory and Quality Assurance (i.e., Design Control) guidelines.
• In collaboration with the contract manufacturing, R&D, and marketing teams, contributes to the implementation of the product development plan of R&D projects.
• Execute New Product Development projects in close collaboration with contract manufacturing team to ensure product launch on time & budget.
• Deliver a robust product design following Design for Six-Sigma (DFSS) and Lean Product Development principles.
• Translates customer and product requirements into documentation, methods, and approaches to ensure they are successfully met during product launch.
• Provide design for manufacturing analysis and solutions to improve product designs and manufacturing processes.
• Ensure that manufacturing processes are effectively validated as appropriate.
• Implement appropriate levels of process controls both internally and at 1st and 2nd tier suppliers to support the quality goals of the organization.
• Provide support to the Regulatory, Quality, and/or Clinical functions.

Sustaining Engineering and on-going support of production processes

• Supports the investigation and analysis of product non-conformities.
• Main point of contact for manufacturing organization (internal or external), including product performance, testing, process controls and implementation of solutions to production issues for assigned projects.

Meetings and reports:

• Participates in engineering and quality related team meetings and leadership meetings.
• Provide weekly update on the status of the new product introduction projects and transfers to manufacturing.
  General
• Comply with all applicable U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) medical device regulatory requirements, applicable ISO 13485 standard requirements and all other applicable laws, regulations, and standards.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 4-year Bachelor degree in an engineering or science based field from an accredited college or university.
• Advanced Degree (MS, PhD, etc.) desirable.
• Lean / Six Sigma Black Belt training preferred.
• The candidate will have a minimum of 3 years of experience in product development and manufacturing in the medical device industry.
• Experience in mechanical engineering, medical device manufacturing, materials for medical devices and plastic and metal processing and clean room assembly.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of statistical techniques and analysis.
• Strong knowledge of FDA regulations and guidelines, governmental requirement practices (GMP, GCP, GLP, GVP, ISO) and other international clinical, regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of the device development process and contract manufacturer management.

Physical requirements:

• The position requires the ability to perform the following physical demands and/or have the listed capabilities:
• The ability to sit up 75-100% of applicable work time.
• The ability to use your hands and fingers to feel and manipulate items, including keyboards, up to 100% of applicable work time.
• The ability to stand, talk, and hear for 75% of applicable work time.
• The ability to lift and carry up to ten pounds up to 20% of applicable work time.
• Close Vision: The ability to see clearly at twenty inches or less.

Travel:

• Occasional (up to 25%) travel may be required based on business need.

In the event that COVID-19  vaccine mandates issued by the federal government, or by state or local government become effective and enforceable, the Company will require that the successful candidate hired for positions covered under relevant government vaccine mandate(s) be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, absent being granted an accommodation due to medical or sincerely held religious belief or other legally required exemption.  

Applicants to positions where vendor credentialing or other similar requirements exist to enter facilities will be required to comply with the credentialing requirements of the facilities, including complying with vaccine requirements. 

For all positions, the Company encourages vaccination against COVID-19 and requires that the successful candidate hired be willing to test for the COVID-19 virus periodically and wear a face covering indoors as required, absent being granted an accommodation due to medical or sincerely held religious belief or other legally required exemption

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department (hcushr.department@fujifilm.com or (330) 425-1313).