Zimmer Biomet

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered, and recognized.

What You Can Expect

Responsible for the design, development, and processing of patient specific implants and instruments based upon individual patient anatomy or conditions. Work is expected to encompass both the development of new products and maintenance of existing products. Position will lead small scope project as a project leader or portions of larger scope project as a core team member as well as individual patient cases. Position may be required to provide on-the-job training to new engineers.

How You'll Create Impact

• Leads the development of new patient specific products and manufacturing processes. Identifies all tasks required to complete project assignments according to Design Control procedures. Prepares work plans outlining estimated manpower requirements and development costs. Recommends project budget and schedule to carry out programs on a timely basis. These products may be individual products for a patient specific case or FDA cleared products intended for use in conjunction with patient specific devices.

• Designs for manufacturability, inspectability and optimum cost

• Participates in root cause analysis for problem solving

• Contributes to generation of a comprehensive protocol for testing/analyzing the product

• Coordinating product evaluation and patient specific case proposal discussions with surgeon

• Prepares definitive new product specifications or modifies existing specifications

• Prepared patient specific design proposals for approval by surgeon for multiple cases.

• Generates or updates design assurance documentation for the product

• Completes stress analysis on new or existing designs

• Generates and/or manages the creation of prototype models to evaluate new design concepts

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Full working knowledge of and moderate level of experience with new product development

• Demonstrated ability to methodically investigate, determine appropriate solution and resolve problems using current technology

• Ability to develop project schedule and assess cross functional team’s progress on assignments relative to project schedule

• Ability to process customer complaints, engineering changes and nonconforming product, and make recommendations based upon business principles

• Professional, concise, tactful and sensitive in communications. Accomplishes objectives when communicating with internal personnel, and external customers and vendors.

• Demonstrated good written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills

• Working knowledge of drafting standards and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing

• Assures preproduction quality requirements are met

• Microsoft Office Suite and Project

Your Background

• Minimum B.S. degree from an ABET accredited school (or global equivalent) in one of the following engineering disciplines, 3-5 years of experience: Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering Technology, Bioengineering Technology, Aerospace Engineering or Aeronautical Engineering.

• Medical device experience minimum 0.5 years (Orthopaedic industry preferred).

Travel Expectations

• Up to 5%

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability