Project Manager R&D_Medical Devices

Air Liquide Medical Systems srl, part of the Air Liquide Group, is the business line of the Air Liquide Healthcare Division dedicated to Medical Devices.
Air Liquide Medical Systems deals with medical devices for the treatment of respiratory diseases. The company develops, manufactures and sells innovative products in three different areas of respiratory medicine: - -

Ventilation: ventilators and patient interface devices (masks) for intensive care, emergency treatments, transport treatments and home therapy. - Aereosoltherapy devices - Devices for the emanation of medical gases

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

We are looking for an engineer with product development and project management skills to join an R&D team in a medical devices company focused on innovations.

You’ll be part of a primary international company as a member of our young and dynamic engineering team and you will contribute to the design of cutting-edge products.

To be successful in this position, you should have acquired significant and proven experience working within a company that designs and manufactures masks for non-invasive ventilation and sleep apnea treatment. Your background must include a strong track record in medium-complexity product development, with deep exposure to strict requirements in terms of user-experience, comfort, and ergonomics, realized through engineering plastics and injection molding technology.

The respiratory care and sleep therapy field is highly challenging in terms of specific applicable standards and technical documentation to be developed and regularly updated. These activities are required and form a core part of the daily routine. You must be able to interpret relevant standards, perform tests, and create comprehensive test reports.

To support our efficiency goals, you’ll have the responsibility to create and optimize project development plans: defining and scheduling key tasks together with various internal and external stakeholders, while strictly ensuring the respect of timing to achieve a faster and competitive time-to-market.

Responsibilities

• Improve the product development process by reducing time-to-market and driving efficiency to shorten product development timelines.

• Translating market insights and user needs into comprehensive technical specifications and product roadmaps.

• Leading the definition of patient-centric product requirements to enhance ergonomics, comfort, and clinical efficacy.

• Execute detailed techno-economic feasibility analyses to ensure product viability and strategic alignment with organizational objectives.

• Contributed to the company's IP portfolio through the generation of patentable engineering solutions.

• Successfully reduced production costs by implementing strategic DTC methodologies without compromising on medical-grade quality.

• Ensure compliance with the company’s safety standards.

• Ensure products are users and environment friendly.

• Manage the relation with suppliers to realize prototypes with the most recently additive manufacturing technologies.

• Analyze prototypes, data and test them if needed.

• Manage documentation of both new and revised 3D designs.

• Write detailed reports.

• Assess the quality control on components and prepare check lists.

• Develop technical documentation according to Medical Devices EU regulations to grant CE certification.

Are you a Match ?

• 5/6 years of experience specifically in the design and development of masks for ventilation and sleep apnea treatment.

• Master degree in mechanical, biomechanical, biomedical or material engineer.

• Previous experience in R&D teams developing products.

• Good understanding of safety standards and environmental and ergonomics impact of a design.

• At least a basic knowledge on design of injection moulds for engineering polymers and elastomers.

• Ability to report in front of management.

• Good communication skills.

• Fluent English.

• Driving license.

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At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.