Senior Clinical Sciences Specialist (fixed term contract)

***15 months fixed term contract***

Position Summary: Responsible for providing technical support to various areas of the business related to biocompatibility, cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of reusable and single use medical devices.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Coordinate and complete projects and project deliverables with general supervision in collaboration with cross functional groups such as R&D, Operations, and Marketing
• Interpret, assess, analyse and apply international standards related to sterilization, cleaning, disinfection and biocompatibility
• Work on technical problems of limited scope; understands implications of work and makes recommendations for solutions
• Knowledge of products and processes within his/her business unit
• Other duties and projects as assigned
• Estimated travel of 10% for potential external training courses, industry or team meetings, etc.

Qualifications Knowledge Skills

• 2+ years of experience in medical device product development and or testing
• B.S. in a related curriculum such as Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, or Biomedical Engineering
• Knowledge of FDA, GMP, ISO, and other medical device regulatory requirements and standards
• Knowledge of cleaning, disinfection and sterilization techniques, microbiology concepts, standards, practices and procedures
• Knowledge of biocompatibility testing concepts, standards, practices and procedures
• Adequate interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate and lead through influence
• Strong time management skills, ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to accept and manage project risk to drive concurrent projects forward
• Working knowledge of business applications such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.