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Senior R&D Engineer
City:  Augsburg
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Country:  Germany
Business Area:  R&D
Department:  Industrialization
Employment Type:  Full-time

Senior R&D Engineer – Material Specialist

 

 

Are you passionate about solving problems and developing smart solutions? Do you enjoy working in an international environment and would you like to join one of the best performing medtech companies in the world right now? Then this might be your defining moment!

 

Ambu Innovation is currently looking for a Senior R&D Engineer to join our Industrialization Department.

 

In our team, we have a diverse group of experienced engineers, each with their own expertise, but with the common goal of developing mechanical solutions for our medical products.

As an R&D engineer, you'll bring your expertise to strengthen our team and play an active role in our product development projects.

 

Key responsibilities

 

Your main responsibilities will include:

 

  • Product development for medical products throughout the entire process, from the screening phase to market release, within a dedicated project team.
  • Responsibility for mechanical design, focusing on material selection in polymers, ensuring quality aspects like robustness, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and medical safety.
  • Translating technological concepts into fully functional prototypes ready for feasibility testing and process analysis, complete with documentation.
  • Ensuring products or components are designed for manufacturing (DFM) and assembly (DFA)
  • Collaborating with suppliers to ensure component quality aligns with regulations and defined standards
  • Working in an international setting, collaborating with development teams from Germany, Denmark, and Malaysia, as well as external partners, users, physicians, and knowledge centers

 

 

Suggested candidate profile

 

Skills and experiences can be earned in many different ways, and we understand that the best fit for the role cannot be prescribed on paper. You are however likely to succeed in this position if you:

 

  • Having over 10 years of experience as an R&D Engineer is crucial, with a specific focus on plastic technologies and a solid knowledge of polymer materials and their uses.
  • It's vital that you have practical experience in mechanical design, specifically to meet the demands of plastic applications and process techniques, demonstrating a good understanding of Injection Moulding, Extrusion processes, Gluing processes or similar technical fields is essential.

 

It would be advantageous if you can also bring:

 

  • Broad experience in liasing with suppliers and manufacturing facilities.
  • Demonstrate structured way of working complemented by innovative thinking
  • Previous experience in a project driven and international environment within a medical company

 

 

Ambu – a visionary and international workplace where your efforts matter

Ambu is a company that expands rapidly and has ambitious growth targets. We meet these targets through interdisciplinary teamwork between motivated and highly skilled employees. Your contributions and efforts are crucial to our success and by joining us you will get the opportunity to work in an international head office with an informal working environment.

 

We offer great opportunities for personal development. Furthermore, we offer a wide range of professional, social and financial employee benefits in addition to exciting job challenges and continuous professional and personal development.

About Ambu

Ambu has been bringing the solutions of the future to life since 1937. Today, millions of patients and healthcare professionals worldwide depend on the efficiency, safety and performance of our single-use endoscopy, anaesthesia, and patient monitoring solutions. We continuously look to the future with a commitment to deliver innovative quality products that have a positive impact on patient care and the work of healthcare professionals. Headquartered near Copenhagen in Denmark, Ambu employs approximately 4,500 people in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific.

For more information, please visit ambu.com or follow us on LinkedIn.