Shape the Face of Cancer Treatment at Luminate Medical

Luminate Medical is on a mission to change the way we experience cancer care. We design and build products that eliminate the side effects of cancer treatment in a comfortable, portable and effective way. We’re currently building our flagship product Lily, a wearable medical device to prevent the hair loss caused by chemotherapy, and Lilac, our next-in-portfolio product to prevent peripheral nerve damage in chemotherapy patients.

We’re looking for an R&D Design Engineer (Level II) to become the next key player in our R&D team. You will be a core contributor to our fast-moving and growing product design and engineering team. You will be a part of the team leading the usability and design for manufacturing (DFM) at scale, of consumer-facing medical devices for cancer patients from clinical study stage to market translation.

This position requires a driven personality who wants to grow and become a key R&D team contributor supporting design for patient usability design updates, defining product specifications for high volume component manufacturing, and design for assembly. The ideal candidate will have a passion to finding creative and patient-focused solutions to complex mechanical and manufacturing challenges, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and thrive in taking responsibility for ensuring innovations are translated from concepts into real world products.

The Role – R&D Design Engineer (Level II)

The R&D Engineer will help shape the product specification and design of our flagship product for scalable manufacturing. This role offers applicants the chance to work with an experienced and driven team in a fast-paced environment to deliver exciting and meaningful medical devices. You will join one of Ireland’s most valuable and well-funded growth-stage companies as a valued employee with high-level insight into the growth of a start-up company.

Working at Luminate Medical

• This is a key early hire at a rapidly growing company. You will have an opportunity to shape the development of a high-impact patient-facing product and gain first-hand insights into the growth of a start-up.

• We offer a highly competitive salary comparable with multinational medical device companies (available on application), a flexible benefits package, alongside a company laptop, headphones and camera.

• We believe in quality of life in our products and for our people, offering a generous vacation policy, healthcare policy, and flexibility.

What You Will Do:

• Become a technical contributor within the R&D group to advance our Lily device product from clinical stage to commercial release, including:
  • Collaborate in generating design ideas for patient usability and resolving DFM design challenges using understanding of fundamental engineering principles.
  • Draft component specification drawings as design controls suitable for high volume manufacturing techniques such as injection moulding and dip moulding.
  • Work closely with suppliers toward agreeing suitable component specification requirements.
  • Utilise CAD tools such as CREO to visualise design concepts and carry out product design updates.
  • Support and contribute to technical reviews, interpreting data from experimental work, and developing test methods.
• Testing, data collection, and results analysis for development of design concepts through to verification of final design:
  • Building prototypes to prove design concept effectiveness.
  • Develop test methods to accurately verify that the design meets the product requirements.
• Take responsibility for the delivery of project goals in a timely fashion by:
  • Taking personal responsibility for critical and complex technical tasks.
  • Working closely with the Senior Engineers, Project Manager and RA/QA team to maintain agreed timelines and ensure quality standards are maintained.

Personal Attributes – The Ideal Candidate Is:

• A creative problem solver who is enthusiastic about new ideas.

• A proactive team player who seeks to help develop your teammates.

• Resourceful, independent, and self-motivated with a hands-on attitude.

• You can give and receive candid feedback in a constructive and positive manner.

• Willing to adopt, engage with and shape company culture in a positive manner.

• Outstanding in written and verbal communication and collaboration skills. You can articulate ideas clearly and support ideas with evidence.

Experience Requirements – The Ideal Candidate Must Have:

• 2-5 years of experience in product development (preferably in a medical device environment).

• Experience in design for assembly of mid to high-volume manufacture of medical devices and/or consumer products.

• CAD modelling of complex geometries and assemblies for consumer devices.

• Knowledge of a variety of manufacturing processes, including injection moulding, blow moulding, joining technologies, and rapid prototyping (3D printing).

• Experience with creating documentation contributing to Medical Device Design History File such as Risk Management, Design Inputs, Test Method Design, and Design Verification Plans alongside experience writing formal testing protocols and test reports.

• Experience of working toward medical device regulatory requirements and applicable standards, in particular FDA guidance, MDR guidance, ISO 13485 and IEC 60601.

• An ability to demonstrate a methodological and planned approach to product development.

Experience Advantages – It Would be Advantageous to Have:

• Previous experience working on the design of a new product that received medical device regulatory approval.

• CAD surfacing experience and drafting 2D drawing specifications with CREO.

• Experience designing wearable electromechanical products.

Department: R&D

Reports To: Project Technical Lead

Job Type: Full-time, permanent