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The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.

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Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Manager, Biomedical Mechanical Engineering and Faculty Member

We are loking for a candidate with a strong track record of innovation, the ability to lead and inspire an engineering team, and experience driving product designs through all phases of development and production in an academic healthcare institution. Your primary responsibilities will be to provide supervisory, technical, clinical, and administrative support for Biomedical Engineering activities across all MSK sites. You will also provide leadership in Mechanical Engineering and Instrumentation at MSK and to oversee the operation of Biomedical Systems Development within the Biomedical Engineering section. The Systems Development section is focused to investigate new and evolving technologies and their potential application in the environment of care. One of the main technologies focuses on driving the applications of the 3D Printing Laboratory to establish anatomical modeling, patient specific tooling, and surgical guides as a standard of care of MSK. This will include materials science investigations of new clinical materials to develop anatomically accurate skeletal reconstruction modalities including materials that exhibiting texture (look and feel), mechanical, and radiopathic properties similar to human tissue and structures. You will report to the Biomedical Engineering Section Head, working together to drive new directions of Biomedical Engineering and continue to provide operational support. As for other faculty members, research initiatives are also subject to review and approval by the Chair of the Department of Medical Physics.

Role Overview

• Inspire and mentor a team of mechanical engineers to develop innovative and cost-effective designs in support of patient care.

• Efficiently manage team workflow to support a wide range of projects including proof-of-concept, product development, and sustaining engineering.

• Develop and maintain industry-leading tools for the group, including CAD and FEA software, 3D printers, and an in-house machine shop.

• Serve as a primary technical contributor in defining concepts for new system architectures.

• As a working manager, contribute individually to the development of new designs and design verification.

• As a critical member of the engineering department management team, help define and drive improvements to increase the quality, speed, and impact of our product development process.

Core Requirements

• Doctoral degree in mechanical engineering or related field with at least 7 years of product development experience.

• At least 4 years of experience managing a team of mechanical engineers.

• A track record of contributing to successful product introductions.

• In-depth knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and material properties of metals, ceramics, and plastics.

• Extensive experience with CAD (SolidWorks is preferred) and GD&T.

• Proven experience in structural analysis, thermal analysis, fluid dynamics, and multi-physics simulations.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• A passion for developing creative and practical design solutions to product design challenges.

• A sense of urgency in driving projects to meet project schedules.

• Experience in biomedical applications and medical device development.

• Experience leading product development projects is a plus.

• Basic knowledge of electronics.

Pay Range: $145,000 to $205,000

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