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Job Title: Product Designer

Industry: Medical Device Manufacturing

Location: Blackwood, Wales

Position Type: Permanent, Full time

About The Company

Join an organisation that are passionate about delivering sustainable solutions in the areas of Infection Prevention, Clinical Waste Management and Surgical Solutions. As pioneers of solutions for healthcare environments, they have a proven history of developing products that have helped to improve the lives of patients, residents, and healthcare professionals globally.

Job Description

Overview

This role will be responsible for the design of high-volume injection moulded sharps containers and their auxiliary accessories. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, from concept development and user research to final production and regulatory approval. The successful candidate will ideally possess a strong understanding of medical device design principles and regulatory compliance while applying their design expertise to create user-centered, manufacturable, and cost-effective products.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop innovative solutions for the safe disposal of sharps and clinical waste, that meet current regulatory framework.
• Create samples and working models for design testing, either by hand or using CAD prototyping equipment.
• Physical testing of new product design ideas.
• Focus on design for manufacturing including the development of efficient packaging options for NPD products, considering operator ease of packing, cost, and palletisation.
• Maintain accurate testing reports and present ideas to colleagues and customers at various stages of the design process.
• Set design and performance requirements based on briefs from internal teams and external partners.
• Own and maintain documentation required to satisfy quality management systems for product development and change control processes.
• Identify, review, and improve the design of existing products.
• Review competitor products and market trends, to help identify unique selling points.
• Ensure attention to detail, rectification of design error, and cost control when engaging in design work.
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting schedule, cost, and quality controls.
• Project manage assigned projects and provide leadership for multidisciplinary core team meetings to ensure project progression.
• Assist the planning, tracking, and implementation of projects in alignment with the Phase Gate process.
• Arrange meetings and liaise with engineers and other departments, including marketing, to discuss and negotiate appropriate production processes, costs, and commercial issues.
• Work alongside the regulatory and quality teams to ensure product compliance in the relevant markets.
• Design and maintain product labelling, meeting regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

Essential Criteria:

• Apprenticeship/HNC/HND in Product Design or equivalent working experience.
• 3+ years previous experience in a product/industrial design or engineering role.
• 3+ years previous experience working with injection moulding products.
• Ability to multi-task on various projects at any one time and be able to work under pressure to deadlines.
• Sound knowledge of CAD modelling software.
• Sound understanding of layout design through use of Adobe suite (Illustrator and InDesign).
• Demonstrable experience of product development work from concept to production.
• Experience interacting across departments and with customers and suppliers.
• Proficiency in working with full Microsoft Office package.
• Reliable and trustworthy.
• Consistent and flexible - able to deal with changing and competing demands.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Desirable Criteria:

• BA/BSc degree in Product Design.
• Experience of medical product design.
• Experience in design for low-cost, high-volume manufacture.
• Sound knowledge of Autodesk Inventor.
• Good understanding of a range of material and manufacturing processes.

Salary

£27,000 per annum

How to Apply

Apply now by submitting your CV below, alternatively you can send your CV to (see below) Please include "Product Designer" in the subject line