Product Support Engineer - R&D (Contract) – Irvine

Alcon is the world's leading eye care company with sales of $4.9 billion. The company's nearly 13,000 employees worldwide, work in 75 facilities around the world to research, develop, manufacture and sell our products in more than 180 countries. Alcon is the largest specialty eye care company in the world and leads the growing $14.5 billion market for eye care products. For nearly 60 years, Alcon has delivered strong and stable growth, and it is positioned to build on this record in the years to come. For ten consecutive years, Fortune magazine has selected Alcon as "One of the 100 Best Companies to Work For". Alcon's U.S. General Office is based at its 300-acre campus located in Fort Worth, Texas.

This opportunity is located in Irvine, California.

This position resides in the R&D Product Support Engineering group which is the primary interface that coordinates R&D review of changes to released products.
This opportunity requires the expertise of a mechanical engineer who is familiar with the development and design control processes used in a medical instrumentation and consumables environment.

Responsibilities:
- Conducting feasibility, reliability and risk assessments
- Document product specifications and test requirements
- Recommend and oversee product & process validation testing prior to implementation
- Review and analyze replacement components
- Analyze and document change impact on product design and regulatory documentation
Minimum Qualifications:
- BSME or equivalent required and 5 years hands-on design and development experience; at least 3 years in the medical device industry is desired.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Team player with proven problem solving and project management skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to meeting schedule and project milestones.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proven work experience in a highly structured engineering environment requiring compliance to thorough and comprehensive design control and documentation requirements.
- Experience with medical device development - designing for compliance with associated validations.
- Knowledge of CE technical file development Medical Device Directives and related regulatory standards.
- Familiarity with CAD and Product Data Management tools is highly desired.
- Experience and knowledge in sterile consumables design and development: plastic part design, molding, extrusion, joining processes, packaging, sterility (EO, radiation and steam sterilization) and materials biocompatibility
- Technical knowledge in electro-mechanical devices, fluidics, material properties and regulatory compliance.

Our generous benefits package includes the Alcon 401(k) Plan which matches employee contributions up to 5% of eligible pay at the rate of $1.00 for each dollar contributed, and the Alcon Retirement Plan (ARP), a qualified plan in which Alcon contributes 7% of eligible pay to the accounts of all eligible employees. By combining the Company's contributions to the 401(k) and ARP, employees can receive up to 12% of eligible pay from Alcon towards retirement. Alcon also offers medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, an on-site fitness center and much more. Consider having all this in a fast paced environment within a stable world-class organization.


Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to quality through diversity. M/F/D/V. Pre-employment drug testing.

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