Senior Mechanical Engineer

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Plant based in Pomezia (Rome). As part of a development team, he/she will plan and/or execute detailed phases of a large project. Independently evaluate, select, and adapt standard techniques, procedures, and criteria. Conduct research to develop electro-mechanical equipment and machinery. Prepare reports on work results. Work can range from simple to complex and therefore require adaptation and modification of standard techniques.

Duties

• Plan and conduct (or direct technical personnel) to perform mechanical engineering experiments to test, prove, or modify theoretical propositions.
• Evaluate findings to develop new concepts, products, equipment, or processes.
• Assess product requirements to determine system design.
• Ensure that product design and related documentation meet requirements.
• Monitor progress relative to schedule for completion of functional devices or systems.
• Contribute as team leader and/or expert team member for particular areas of the overall design.
• Review project plans for overall soundness and adherence to stated objectives and contribute to the development.

Duties - cont'd

• Prepare technical reports for use by engineering or management personnel for long- and short-range planning, or for use by sales engineering personnel in sales or technical services activities.
• Prepare and execute analytical models and apply results to real world tasks.
• Be involved in design, implementation, verification, and validation.
• Thorough theoretical and applied knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and related analytical methods.
• Familiarity with product development processes.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in the English language.

Education Degree

Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Required Experience and Competencies

1. Experience in mechanical engineering design, analysis, and test.
2. Thorough experience with the use of CAD like PTC Creo and SolidWorks. Knowledge about PLM. Windchill is preferable.
3. Product development or research and development experience.
4. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals and technical legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to top management and public groups.
5. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, and correlation techniques.
6. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
7. Ability to conduct structural analysis by FEM tools like Ansys.

Additional Information

We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by state or local law.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Category: Research & Development/Scientific.

Job Segment: Mechanical Engineer, R&D Engineer, R&D, Engineer, Infection Control, Engineering, Research, Healthcare.