Mechanical Design Engineer
Job Description:
At EarLens™ Corporation, we are designing and
building the highest quality hearing
device available. The candidate will assist in
the mechanical design for our clinical
and commercial medical devices. He or she will
work with a highly skilled, motivated
interdisciplinary development team and be able to
take a supporting role in bringing
the product to market. The position will require
attention to detail and the desire
to understand the theories about why things work,
not just how things work. The ideal
candidate will be able to influence product
architecture choices, develop detailed
subsystem designs, participate in the transition
to high volume manufacturing and ensure
high quality every step of the way.
This is a hands-on position. The candidate must
be able to add to the team as an
individual contributor and direct the work
activities of contractors, vendors and
suppliers.
Additional responsibilities include:
* High-quality execution and on-time
achievement of product design, engineering
feasibility and testing under regulated design controls
* Create multiple concepts for complex
problems, build representative prototypes
(physical-prototypes and virtual-computer
models), devise and perform tests to
prove the concept and communicate results
* Highly skilled in 3D modeling using solid modeling software (SolidWorks)
* Demonstrate engineering expertise in
evaluating and analyzing designs, able to
determine design capabilities and margins
against requirements and applies design
trade-offs and constraints for design optimization
* Develop specifications, test methodologies
and execute verification and validation testing
* Document results in reports and laboratory
notebooks and engineering reports
* Prepare and present comprehensive design
reviews demonstrating technical rigor
and attention to details
* Interact and collaborate effectively with cross functional groups i.e.
(Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Marketing)
* Ensure designs meet and exceed product
specifications, regulatory requirements
and international standards.
* Grow and maintain technical knowledge
current with advancing technologies
related to product development of medical devices
Required Skills and Experience
The ideal candidate will have:
* BS in Mechanical Engineering, M.S. or Ph.D. a plus
* 2+ years of experience in hardware design ;
medical device product development
experience preferred
* Familiarity with simulation tools (SolidWorks Simulation, MATLAB, etc.)
* Experience in understanding/creating
mechanical vibration models for complex systems
* Strong hands-on skills for prototyping
designs (including rapid prototyping),
troubleshooting, etc.
* Experience with instrumentation and
diagnostic equipment for device characterization
* Ability to analyze complex problems and communicate clearly
* Good presentation, verbal and written communication skills
Additional Qualifications:
* Familiarity with photonic devices (lasers, photodetectors, etc.)
* Previous small-company experience a plus
Please send a cover letter and resume to Paul Rucker, VP of Engineering,
<mailto:prucker_at_earlenscorp.com>prucker_at_earlenscorp.com. www.earlenscorp.com
About EarLens Corporation:
EarLens Corporation™ is a privately held medical
device company committed to providing
ENT physicians and their hearing impaired
patients a clinically superior hearing solution
designed to change the current standard of care for sound performance.
The company has developed the breakthrough
EarLens Contact Hearing Device, the world’s
first hearing device to use light to transmit
sound. The EarLens System's unique
mechanism of direct sound delivery potentially
opens the door to a level of high
definition sound performance achieved by no
hearing aid on the market today. Distinct
from air conduction hearing aids, the EarLens
Contact Hearing Device effectively
transforms the user’s own eardrum into a speaker, which enables delivery of an
ultra-wide frequency range (from 125 to 10,000
Hz) and a higher maximum gain margin.
The intended result is a next generation level of
sound performance that yields
significant improvements in the ability to
understand speech in noise and an overall
sound quality that is clearer, richer, and more
natural. EarLens Corporation is
headquartered in Redwood City, California.
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Received on 2012-10-30 10:10:37