Design Engineer - Customer Projects - Medical Devices

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in Infusion care, advanced wound care, ostomy care, and continence care. With around colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2022 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit

At Convatec, Infusion Care, we are transforming our business for the better. Better products. Better ways of working. And better ways of delivering for our customers and each other. Join us on this transformative journey as a Mechanical Design Engineer and help shape the future of the company and our patients.

We are guided by our five core values that shape the way we work, every day: Improve Care, Deliver Results, Grow Together, Own It, and Do What's Right.

About the role and your key responsibilities

In this role, you will be engaged with multiple sustainable engineering projects. You will be responsible for all design-related improvements and changesin close collaboration with key project stakeholders,focusing on design manufacturability, robustness, time-to-market, product reliability, and solid documentation.

You will be part of a dynamicand ambitiousteam of 15 in Denmark and Mexicoexecuting Sustainable Engineering projects, and you will report to the Mechanical Manager, as you organisationally will be a part of the Mechanical Design departmentwhich counts15 highly dedicated and skilled design engineersand specialists.We have informal communication, and a clear team-spirit in a mutual technical and personal supporting culture, driven by key elements like diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Main responsibilities in this role include - but is not limited to:

Create and document design outputs, fulfilling usability, safety, and performance requirements.

Perform design optimizations to injection molded components.

Support mould tool qualification activities (measurement analysis, reporting)

Integrate design robustness and manufacturability.

Build documentation supporting regulatory and company requirements.

Support to product and documentation maintenance on legacy products

You will be an important player in all stages of product improvement and product maintenance primarily driven by customer needs. In addition, you will play an important role until the change is implemented in the production.

About you

We are looking for a Design Engineer, who brings a solid mechanical engineering and design foundation and a breadth of knowledge and experience in common processing technologies, where direct experience with design for mechanisms, high-volume polymer injection moulding, and large-scale production using fully automated and semiautomated assembly lines is preferred. You are dedicated to continuously ensuring regulatory compliance, product safety and performance, and manufacturing efficacy.

You preferablyhave experience with Design for Manufacturing, mechatronics, assembly methods, polymer characteristics and properties, polymer extrusion, ultrasonic welding, heat-staking, laser cutting, and other relevant technical areas of knowledge.

In addition, you are pragmatic and always practicing risk-based thinking, focused on sustainable solutions, perform good documentation practices, and see the value in creating thorough documentation.

To be truly successful in this position you thrive in an international environment that is characterized by cross-disciplinary and cross-regionalteamwork, as you will work in close collaboration with production, procurement, mould, automation, QA/QC, and Regulatory Affairs in typically Denmark and Mexico organized in amatrix organisation. You are pragmatic and operate with a sense of urgency to meet your deadlines.

You enjoy a busy working day and can progress and finalise several and various tasks in parallel, thriving with evolving and changes.

Qualification & Experience

You hold an MSc or BSc in mechanical engineeringor similar experience.

Preferably 3 or more years of relevant experience in medical device product development (Class II)or similar

Solidworks CAD software and simulation software

Tolerance stack-up analysis, DFA/DFM

Advanced polymer materials insight is an advantage.

Experience in high-volume manufacturing processes (injection moulding, automated assembly, packaging).

Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal)

Knowledge of ISO 13485Medical devices - Quality management systems, or similar is advantageous.

About us
We offer you a position in a dynamic and global company where the days are never the same. Convatec will provide you with challenges and development opportunities and the chance to influence your own role from day one. You will be a part of a great community where we all help and support each other – while continuously building on our competencies and network.

The five pillars of our corporate strategy are Focus, Innovate, Simplify, Build, and Execute.

Interviews will be conducted continuously, so we encourage you to submit your application in English as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.

Location

This position is based in Denmark, and the primary work location will be in Osted, south of Roskilde, where the Danish production is also located. We offer a hybrid office environment, with the possibility to occasionally work from home or our Søborg office 1-2 days a week, as it fits your tasks.

Travel Requirements

You can expect up to 10 travel days annually.

At Convatec, our vision is pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch. We devise, develop, and manufacture innovative products and services that support people with deeply personal and challenging medical conditions, helping to improve care for them and giving them greater confidence, freedom, and mobility. 

Convatec, Infusion Care (Unomedical a/s) is part of a global medical technology business focused on serving people and caregivers. We develop and market sterile disposable products for subcutaneous infusion of various medications. Specialized in the treatment of chronic diseases, such as Diabetes Mellitus and Parkinson’s Disease. Our manufacturing facilities in Denmark and Mexico produce more than 100 million infusion sets per year, making us the world leader in this field. 

Further information about the company can be found at our websiteor .

Our transformation will change your career for good. You'll be pushed to think bigger and aim for excellence. Your ideas will be heard, and you'll be supported to bring them to life. There'll be challenges. But stretch yourself and embrace the opportunities, and you could make your biggest impact yet.

This is stepping outside of your comfort zone.

This is work that'll move you.

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Convatec provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.