Nipro Europe Group Companies is part of Nipro Corporation Japan, a leading global healthcare company with over 35.000 employees worldwide. Its European headquarters in Mechelen is home to Nipro Medical Europe, Nipro PharmaPackaging International, and the Institute for Medical Practice (iMEP) Belgium - a fully equipped research and training facility for medical professionals and Nipro employees alike. The geographical scope includes Europe, Africa, the Americas, and India.
To accommodate our growth, we are looking for a dynamic, hands-on System Verification Engineer at Nipro Europe Group Companies (NEGC).
About the role
As System Verification Engineer you will take a leading role in planning and executing verification tests during the development of new and existing dialysis equipment. This will involve developing test plans & procedures based on product and user requirement specifications and performing tests accordingly. You will play a vital role in ensuring the quality of new and updated products and be an integral part of our product ideation process, following the development of an idea to a final product.
This role will require practical laboratory work and a technical background that enables you to have a solid understanding of dialysis systems, design test procedures and test setups accordingly.
What you'll do
- Lead and execute exploratory test activities as part of product ideation and improvement activities
- Develop test setups using test and data acquisition equipment for measuring system performance
- Develop and execute system verification plans and document the test results for inclusion in the product design history file
- Support failure mode analysis and root cause investigations and contribute to developing technical solutions
- Engage with different product stakeholders to understand customer needs and design specifications, and translate these into test specifications
- Design test cases to include test methodology, test setups, materials, procedures, requirements and acceptance criteria
- Lead the development of verification processes and scouting for verification tools
- Perform all tasks in accordance with ISO quality and JSOX requirements, whilst always taking Nipro values into account
What you'll need
- A Bachelor or Masters degree in Biomedical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Control Systems or Mechanical Engineering
- 2 years of experience working in a similar role
- A genuine interest in testing hardware, software and medical device systems
- Able to perform practical, technical laboratory work as required for measuring product performance
- Good problem solving skills
- Experience with designing or specifying test benches, data acquisition, measurement test setups and instrumentation is highly beneficial
- Experience with at least one engineering programming language (e.g. MATLAB, Simulink, LabVIEW, Python, C)
- Attention to detail in specifying and documenting tests, following good documentation practice
- Able to work independently
- Solid planning and time management skills
- Fluent in English (more languages are a plus)
- Good communication and collaboration skills in a multi-cultural setting
- Flexiblity to ocassionally travel within Europe to support testing activities at external partners and notified bodies
What is a plus?
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Experience with HIL / SIL automated test environments
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Experience working with medical device system verification and/or development
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Experience with Six Sigma tools (e.g. MSA, Gage R&R, ANOVA, DOE etc)
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Experience working with CAN and Ethernet
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Prior experience with dialysis machines
What we’ll offer
To the right candidate, we will offer the ability to develop in a fast-paced international and rapidly growing R&D team, working with exciting projects and product development. In addition to a competitive salary and benefits package, you will land in a friendly and dynamic workplace environment where people enjoy autonomy and taking initiative. Together with you and the team, you will be part of a “Nipro family network” that draws upon talent from around the globe.
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