R&D Professional II

Requisition ID:6402

Job Title:R&D Professional II

Job Country:United States (US)

Here at Avanos Medical, we passionately believe in three things:

• Making a difference in our products, services and offers, never ceasing to fight for groundbreaking solutions in everything we do;
• Making a difference in how we work and collaborate, constantly nurturing our nimble culture of innovation;
• Having an impact on the healthcare challenges we all face, and the lives of people and communities around the world.

At Avanos you will find an environment that strives to be independent and different, one that supports and inspires you to excel and to help change what medical devices can deliver, now and in the future.

Avanos is a medical device company focused on delivering clinically superior breakthrough solutions that will help patients get back to the things that matter.We are committed to creating the next generation of innovative healthcare solutions which will address our most important healthcare needs, such as reducing the use of opioids while helping patients move from surgery to recovery. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we develop, manufacture and market recognized brands in more than 90 countries. Avanos Medical is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AVNS. For more information, visit www.avanos.com.

The Role

The Research and Innovation (R&I) department requires a professional with experience in Research and Development or New Product Development to deliver on the product development roadmap growing Avanos' enteral feeding business. This candidate must possess strong technical leadership skills with a deep understanding in working in design controls, PDP, requirements writing and management, identifying customer unmet needs.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with business and cross-functional partners to execute individual projects as part of the multi-year roadmap for the digestive health portfolio balancing technical complexity, regulatory pathway, customer needs and feedback with project timelines.
• Provide tactical platform level technical leadership for developing medical devices.
• Drive product development and design control activities from concept to commercialization via Avanos' stage-gate process.
• Maintain strong working relationship with key contract manufacturers to ensure manufacturing processes and essential design output requirements are transferred and commercially released in the most efficient manner.
• Develop protocols, test methods, validation strategies to evaluate and meet design inputs.
• Assist in strategizing and executing customer facing activities like voice of customer and customer centric design for assigned project.
• Participate in Design Thinking Workshops to develop a pipeline of new products
• Mentor co-ops.
• Willing to travel up to 15% at times.

Your Qualifications

• Years of experience: 2+ years of experience in medical device R&D with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, 2+ years of experience with a Masters of Biomedical Engineering or Biomedical Innovation and Development
• Experience in translating voice of customer to unmet needs.
• Experience observing customers firsthand to uncover unmet needs.
• Experience writing technical requirements and specifications and translating requirements to V&V strategies.
• Experience in medical device concept design and technical execution preferred
• Working knowledge of design controls (FDA 21 CRF 820.30) and medical device quality management systems is preferred
• Experience with Biodesign process preferred.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Make your career count

Our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of others begins with our employees through a comprehensive and competitive range of benefits. We provide more than just a salary - our Total Rewards package encompasses everything you receive as an employee; your pay, health care benefits, retirement plans and work/life benefits.

free onsite gym | onsite cafeteria | 401(k) + 4% at 100% match + 2% at 50% match| immediate vesting | benefits on day 1 | uncapped sales commissions | HQ region voted 'best place to live' by USA Today

Join us at Avanos

Join us and you can make a difference in our products, solutions and our culture. Most of all, you can make a difference in the lives, people, and communities around the world.

Avanos Medical is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a current employee of Avanos, please apply here .

Join us at Avanos

Join us and you can make a difference in our products, solutions and our culture. Most of all, you can make a difference in the lives, people, and communities around the world.

Make your career count

Our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of others begins with our employees - through a comprehensive and competitive range of benefits. We provide more than just a salary - our Total Rewards package encompasses everything you receive as an employee; your pay, health care benefits, retirement plans and work/life benefits.

Avanos offers a generous 401(k) employer match of 100% of each pretax dollar you contribute on the first 4% and 50% of the next 2% of pay contributed with immediate vesting.

free onsite gym | benefits on day 1 | HQ region voted 'best place to live' by USA Today