Senior R&D Engineer

We Make Life More Rewarding and Dignified

Location: Ballina
Department: Research & Development

Working in Hollister’s Continence Care business, the Senior Engineer will gain practical experience in working within a high volume manufacturing engineering environment. The position will liaise with Global Engineering (GE), Facilities, Operations, Quality Assurance (QA) & Global Marketing (GMO) in order to effectively carry out their responsibilities. The Senior Engineer will receive formal/informal training in the following: concept development, mechanical design, test method development and implementation, process definition and qualification.

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• Project Support: Supporting project teams to complete product development activities such as preparing prototypes for customer evaluation, executing protocols and validating test methods.
  
• Problem Solving: Discussing and solving complex problems with the R&D department, sub-contractors, suppliers and customers.
  
• Project Leader: Leading multi-functional teams toward designing and developing solutions to address unmet customer needs
  
• Providing support to Engineering, Manufacturing & Quality Departments.
  
• Report writing and presenting.
  
• Other related tasks depending on project assignment and priorities.
  
• May involvesome international travel to vendors or other Hollister sites.
  

3-5 years' experience in the medical device industry preferred (this may include work placement).

Level 8 Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or Product Design.

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• Excellent PC skills, in particular MS Office
  
• Basic statistical analysis
  
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
  
• Ability to work on own initiative and respond to changing priorities
  

Hollister Incorporated is an independent, employee‑owned company that develops, manufactures and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company spearheads the advancement of innovative products for ostomy care, continence care and critical care, and also creates educational support materials for patients and healthcare professionals. Headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, Hollister has manufacturing and distribution centers on three continents and sells in nearly 80 countries. Hollister is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Firm of John Dickinson Schneider, Inc., and is guided both by its Mission to make life more rewarding and dignified for people who use our products and services and its Vision to grow and prosper as an independent, employee‑owned company, and in the process, to become better human beings. xcfaprz

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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