Celebrating Medical Device Jobs!

Good Morning good people of the Medical Device World!

I have another two jobs in for Med Device!

• Software Quality Engineer – Munster
• Aseptic Supervisor – Munster

Once again, should you want to have a look at the full job description then please forward your CV to elaine@jackiebrownmedical.ie or goto

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/jobs_ireland.php?url=jobs

for more information!

Plastics and composite Polymers producing advanced forms

Polymer and Plastic Injection Moulding Engineers are in increasing demand in Irish manufacturing and greater pressures are now on  manufacturing engineers as the drive for high tech goods such as medical devices, automotive, telecommunications  and IT hardware devices continues to increase as the applications for technology move towards convergence.

For instance, not so long ago telephones and cameras would not have been identified as mutually combineable products but today few people would consider buying a mobile phone without an integral camera. Similarly we are now finding that its the little things can be the difference when selling a car. These are sometimes innocuous  items such as an Ipod Port or the external or internal dash or bodywork mouldings which have been designed  on computer to provide either the most efficient aerodynamic profile or the optimum ergonomic interior for driver and passenger.

At the heart of all these items are polymers and plastics that consider touch, colour and in some case smell, providing product designers with hitherto previously unrealisable avenues for selling the end product whether its the latest lightweight Ipod or the fastest, safest  and most fuel efficient cars on the road today.

Medical Device Product R&D

What does it take to be Head of R&D?  To be head of R&D in a major medical device company, the ideal candidate for this role generally needs to be capable of leading engineers, scientists and technicians usally being cogniscent of efforts taking place at various sites both at home in Ireland and around the globe. They also need to communicate effectively between the sales and marketing front end of the business as well as the R&D Facilities.

Commercially R&D Managers need to review the market competition and to give the R&D function pragmatic, realistic and practical product projects to bring them to the market. Within the medical device sector this will also involve working closely with doctors and key opinion leaders to identify and progress new technologies, to improve existing product designs and to seek new clinical applications for existing technologies.

R& D Managers direct engineering operations and carry out scientific assessments of new technologies, products, concepts and applications and solutions. They work very closely with QA/Regulatory affairs to define the transfer over of these products to manufacturing operations. R&D Managers also heavily influence the tactical and strategic direction of the companies they work for through the sharing of their technical knowledge and the guidance and influence they have on people, programs and technology

Medical Devices

Welcome again to myscience jobs. Today we will look at the Medical Devices manufacturing industry and the growth in Medical devices job opportunities.

What are medical devices and why has there been such growth?  Medical devices consist of an extremely wide variety of products used with a medical purpose in patients applied to such aspects as diagnostics, therapy or surgical and the effect is generally physical.

They can be as simple as tongue depressors or  as complex as minute plastic components such as filter components used in kidney dialysis or as intricate as x-ray machines. Growth then has followed swiftly as a direct result of rapid advances in science and scientific discoveries which have in turn led to new applications of advanced materials; for instance, plastics or exotic polymers which have in turn resulted in the manufacturability of minute vascular components which to manufacture  less than a decade ago were undreamt of in term the size and quality that are now commonplace.

Further still we have seen the application of plastics in the manufacture of products expand to as diverse a range of products as gas permeable contact lenses, prosthetic limbs, monitoring devices, pacemakers and cheap disposable hypodermics  which can now be manufactured in the millions. This has resulted in a massive reduction in cost, allowing access to clean, safe, healthcare / medical devices previously beyond the financial affordability of many people who suffer from long term illnesses requiring for instance  the application of insuline, morphine or other life term medicines.

Small wonder then that Ireland has seen an explosion in the number of medical device manufacturing companies which have decided to capitalise on our local skill base  and opted to set up in Ireland. These multinationals range from Boston Scientific, to Johnson and Johnson. The consequence of these companies opening here then is a corresponding increase in demand for skilled polymer/process engineers,  materials and quality research specialists  amongst others to service these state of the art manufacturing facilities that continue to thrive despite a global economic downturn.

Opportunities do exist for those who are qualified and experienced, and for those Irish agencies who are specialists in the fields of  medical recruitment, recruiting for moulding technicians and process engineers amongst others, myscience jobs can proudly say that Jackie Brown Medical is well placed as a lead specialist life science recruitment firm in Irish Science Jobs for recruiting for the expanding  medical device manufacuring market that continues to offer careers with the potential for professional growth.