Product Engineer III

• Location: Houston, TX
• Type: Contract
• Job #38265

Exciting 18+ month contract Product Engineer development opportunity to work for a global leader dedicated to helping people see brilliantly. The largest device company in the world – with complementary businesses in Surgical and Vision Care.

Work with Cataract and Vitreoretinal R&D groups on development projects resulting in achieving R&Ds project goals.

Tasks include supplier evaluation/qualification, component qualification, managing prototype builds, assuring assembly process is developed and documented, assure BOMs are entered and maintained correctly, assure product costs are accurate and rolled, conduct Production Readiness Review.

Support Product transfer projects either into or out of plant.

Identify and qualify alternate materials and/or components for either risk mitigation or because of obsolescence.

Maintain adequate supply of purchased components through contact with Procurement and the Suppliers.

Qualify tooling and equipment as required to assure capacity. Address any component or product quality issue assigned, determining root cause and completing corrective action.

Address any requests from other departments related to BOMs and components.

Manage product labeling. Identify and qualify Cost Improvements. Skills: Communicates clearly.

Has leadership capability and is self starter. Ability to learn and retain many complex processes quickly.

Focuses on detail/quality. Experience writing technical protocols/reports.

Ability to use MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Project. Root cause analysisexperience todetermining cause of issues.

Experience in Medical Device industry – Manufacturing / Design / Quality Engineering fields- preferred.

Masters of Science in Engineering or scientific discipline preferred.

This job description is a complete list of all desired skills but not all are required. We strongly encourage candidates who have some of the skills to apply. We look forward to a conversation to learn more about you!