DEKA Research & Development, located in Manchester, NH, is seeking a Senior Systems Validation Engineer to work in a dynamic medical device R&D environment. This is a high visibility role with a direct impact on the success of our projects. It will be a great opportunity to work on some amazing projects that make a positive impact on the world. Do you want to make a difference with your work? At DEKA you can!
How you will make an impact:
- Writing test plans, test procedures and other activities involving performance, durability, and reliability assessments
- Understand device design and core technologies in order to inform test method development
- Determining test coverage for revisions to design
- Creating and evaluating test fixtures needed for product design verification
- Contributing to design failure investigations that may impact Risk Assessment, Hazard Analysis, and FTAs
- Participating and contributing toward regulatory and agency submissions
- Authoring Quality Plans, Test Summaries, and other documents
What you need to be successful:
- BS in Physics, Electrical, Mechanical and/or Biomedical Engineering
- 3+ years' experience testing electro-mechanical medical devices
- Leadership and/or mentoring experience
- Knowledge and deep understanding of engineering fundamentals
- Capability to create and clearly explain team objectives and write procedures for others to follow
- Demonstrated problem solving ability and techniques
- Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
- Self-motivated and able to self-prioritize
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred skills and experience:
- Knowledge of FDA Quality System Regulations (QSRs) and/or ISO 13485, and other medical device industry experience
- Experience with research, development, and product testing
- Experience writing procedures for others to follow
- Experience with data and failure analysis
- Broad measurement instrument knowledge
About DEKA:
One hour from the beach, Boston, and the mountains, the historic Amoskeag Millyard once housed the largest textile mills in the world. It is now home to DEKA Research and Development, where we are taking the same innovation and cutting-edge technology into the modern age.
Behind DEKA’s brick walls sits a team of professionals who strive to make a difference every day through thoughtful engineering, design, and manufacturing. Here at DEKA, some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time are created, and new ideas are always welcome and explored.
What We Do
DEKA is one of the leading research and development companies in the country and is the birthplace of some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time. For over thirty years, DEKA Research & Development Corp. has made Manchester, New Hampshire home. Located about an hour from Boston, the beach, and the mountains, we are situated in the beautiful and historic Amoskeag Millyard buildings located in downtown Manchester.
DEKA continues to be a place where no idea seems too big and where creativity and crazy cool gizmos reign supreme. The engineers, technicians, machinists, designers and all of the other folks who make up DEKA are some of the most creative and innovative professionals you could ever hope to meet. It's a place where one crazy idea can end up being the next greatest invention. At DEKA we embrace the spirit of innovation and constantly aim to turn the impossible into a reality.
DEKA is filled with people who are driven to be among the best and brightest in their field of work. It’s a concentrated bunch of really smart thinkers, doers and problems solvers, who are driven to using innovative design solutions and state-of-the-art technology to improve lives. We all see endless possibilities in the power of technology to do good. Employees have the opportunity to work on diverse projects that have a positive, enduring impact on millions of people worldwide. We are growing! We're always seeking passionate individuals to join our growing team of evolved thinkers.
