Development Principal Engineer I - Urgently Hiring!

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient's mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talented team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels inspired, invested, cared for, valued, and have a strong sense of belonging.

What You Can Expect

You have a design owner and / or project manager role with responsibility for new product design, development, and commercialization; and / or to maintain in the market innovative medical device products in order to further Zimmer Biomet's mission and grow Zimmer Biomet's market leadership position.

Additionally, you will identify and put into application new technologies to serve the above goals. You will mentor less senior Development staff within the department.

This is a hyrbid role, 3 days on-site per week in Warsaw, IN.

How You'll Create Impact

• Stays current with and understands relevant arthroplasty product intended use, clinical procedures, and related regulations and standards
• Identifies user needs through engagement with product users (often Orthopedic Surgeons) and observation of similar device usage
• Translates targeted user needs into design requirements / inputs which satisfy unmet market needs to achieve business goals while also complying with global regulatory requirements and recognized external industry standards
• Creates product designs which fully address targeted user needs / requirements, and authors design rationale to document basis of all design features
• Prepares and reviews information for invention disclosures and patents
• Initiates, provides instruction for and coordinates with support from Zimmer Biomet cross-functional team members in the production and inspection of product prototypes for preliminary evaluation; and final design verification, design validation and process validation
• Creates product production specifications which appropriately account for design for manufacturability (process capability) and inspection
• Identifies and documents critical to quality product features based on product intended use, design requirements, associated user risks and the design itself to ensure appropriate quality control inspection plans are generated
• Evaluates, verifies and validates product designs relative to design requirements and to reduce user risk in compliance with Zimmer Biomet procedures and global regulatory requirements (includes completing tolerance stack-ups, benchtop testing and executing simulated operating room cadaveric product evaluations)
• Supports Zimmer Biomet Quality, Sourcing and Manufacturing teams with new product design transfer tasks for production of market release quantities
• Develops new test methods and / or predictive modeling as required to evaluate new products, and complete test method validation as required by Zimmer Biomet procedures and global regulatory requirements
• Authors, reviews, presents and obtains cross-functional team member approval of design control and risk management documentation as part of the product development process in compliance with Zimmer Biomet procedures and global regulatory requirements
• Supports Regulatory Affairs team with the creation of new product regulatory submission documentation, preparation of materials for and conducting pre-submission question regulatory meetings

How You'll Create Impact

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

What Makes You Stand Out

Your Background

Travel Expectations

10%

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