Material Reinvent Product Engineer

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Job Description:

Material Reinvent Product Engineer

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Material Reinvent Product Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Working alongside our procurement team to identify, evaluate, and qualify second sources of supply for key materials used in Solventum for Med-Surg products as critical missions.
• Collaborating with the Solventum research & development organization to reformulate or redesign input materials where needed to enhance performance or quality characteristics.
• Pursuing united goals with cross-functional global teams composed of members from manufacturing, regulatory, technical support engineering, business, clinical, and multiple other functions.
• Visiting and forming great working relationships with identified third party manufacturing locations or internal manufacturing locations to facilitate qualifications and manufacturing process change plan.
• Controlling and managing the dissemination of confidential information with third parties on a need-to-know basis by implementing confidentiality agreements and through careful communication.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution AND (3) three years of experience developing, supporting and/or maintaining commercialized products in a private, public, government environment.

In addition to the above requirements, the following are also required:

• Three (3) years of product and/or manufacturing experience in the medical device industry and/or healthcare Quality Management Systems (QMS) such as ISO13485, GMP.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills (written, oral, and presentation) and systems proficiency in Japanese and English (TOEIC score 730+) (4-type English Skill Sets (i.e. Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing) are required.)

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• 3 years of Medical Device experience
• Competencies in one or more of the following areas:
  • Experience on coating various materials onto substrates/backings
  • Film extrusion and / or lamination of multiple substrates
  • Product and/or process liners of many types, including film and paper based liner
  • Plastic Molding
  • Nonwoven materials
• Knowledge of change management, familiarity with qualification procedures (process validation, design verification), and competency in creative problem solving.
• Demonstrated use of project management techniques to lead cross functional teams in projects that drive improvement and results.
• Experience collaborating with laboratory, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing functions.
• Statistical knowledge and practice [e.g., Design of Experiments (DOE), sampling, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Product & Process Understanding (PPU), Lean Six Sigma, etc.]
• Experience in advanced agile processes (e.g., scrum master, product owner, etc.)

Work location: Sagamihara, Kanagawa or Higashine, Yamagata

·       Hybrid (Onsite and Remote): Eligible

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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