Senior Project Engineer

Knowledge, And Skills

1. Problem Solving - The ability to identify problems and develop and implement solutions to the issues.
2. Decision Making - The ability to make "value added" decisions in a timely manner at all levels of the organization.
3. Strategic Thinker - The ability to creatively develop effective responses and plans to people, problems, or issues.
4. Communication Skills - The ability to effectively communicate ideas, arguments, solutions, and work through conflict resolution at all levels of organizations both internally and externally.
5. Negotiation - The ability to plan for, implement and communicate the "elements of negotiations" that create value for Nextern, while maintaining supplier relationships

Qualification:

1. Requires a bachelor’s degree or higher in the Engineering field (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering preferred) or related technical degree. PMP certification is a plus.
2. A minimum of six (6) years total medical device development or regulated industry experience with at least five (5) years previous project management experience.
3. Strong competence with the various project management tools, procedures, programming languages used to accomplish the job.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills (ability to speak and/or read Mandarin a benefit)
5. Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
6. Ability to translate, statistically analyze data, and effectively report problems through written and/or graphical formats
7. Excellent customer service skills, with an advanced understanding of internal and external customer relationship building
8. Ability to use MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project tools (Smartsheet, celoxis and PLM systems knowledge is a benefit)
9. Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills with the ability to influence, motivate, mentor, and direct team resources.
10. Ability to solve problems and implement solutions to complex problems with available resources
11. Engineering (electromechanical and medical device) experience, training, and knowledge to be able to understand and communicate effectively with the engineering teams, and to check/review their plans and progress.
12. Excellent organizational, reasoning, planning, and motivational skills.
13. Good meeting practices (proper attendance, agendas, start/stop times, minutes, actions, follow-through).
14. Self-starter; self-motivator; driven to complete projects while promoting team member success
15. Ability to adapt processes to improve inefficiencies and accelerate outcomes
16. Strong working understanding of ISO 13485 and cGMP product development requirements

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIORNMENT

• Occasionally required to stand
• Occasionally required to walk
• Continually required to sit
• Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel or crawl
• Continually required to talk or hear
• While performing the duties, the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• The employee must occasionally lift and /or move more than 40 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: Close vision