Address
Universitätsklinik Balgrist
Forchstrasse 340
8008
Zürich
Workplace
Universitätsklinik Balgrist
8008
Zürich
Switzerland
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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Medical Devices)
Duty
- Product Design & Development: Design and develop innovative spine instruments and implants with strong focus on CAD-based construction, functional design, rapid iterations, and robust, manufacturable solutions aligned with ISO 13485, FDA and CE/MDR requirements
- Rapid Iteration & Prototyping: Translate ideas into fast design cycles, prototypes, and validated solutions with hands-on involvement in development, testing, and optimization
- Detail Engineering & DfM: Create and refine detailed designs, drawings, and tolerance concepts. Drive Design for Manufacturing (DfM) to ensure scalable, reliable and cost-effective production
- Customer & User Focus: Support definition of design goals and specifications based on requirements
- Supplier & Industrialization Support: Collaborate with external partners (CMOs, suppliers, prototype shops) and support design transfer into manufacturing
- Startup Flexibility: Adapt to different project phases. From hands-on prototyping to detailed design, industrialization support, and cross-functional collaboration
Requirement
- Technical background as Mechanical Designer (EFZ with HF/FH or degree in Mechanical Engineering.)
- Strong experience in CAD-based design, product development, and iterative prototyping, in medical devices
- Excellent CAD skills with solid understanding of tolerances, fits, and robust design principles
- Experience in injection molding; additional manufacturing know-how (machining, forming, ...) is a plus
- Hands-on experience in prototyping with a pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset
- Flexible, independent, and comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment with strong ownership
- Additional strengths such as FEM, supplier collaboration, usability awareness, workshop skills, and focus on quality and timely delivery are a plus
Benefit
- Making an impact to improve patients’ lives by bringing Sports Medicine to Spine
- Be part of a great medical ecosystem in Zürich with university, wet lab, biomechanical lab, material testing lab, international Key Opinion Leaders, Balgrist Campus and Balgrist University Hospital
- Competitive salary, attractive insurance plans and incentive program
- Opportunity to grow and develop new skills and work in a highly motivated dynamic team
- Highly innovative, out of the box engineering within the exciting medical device environment
- Hybrid work place possible, but with a work environment where you strive to be with the team