Principal Engineer – Materials (r1-r4)

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Indianapolis, IN

Principal Engineer – Materials role at Eli Lilly focused on materials engineering and selection for drug product packaging and devices. Responsibilities include failure analysis, molding recommendations, process control, design reviews, risk assessment, and root cause analysis for medical device components. Requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field and 3 years of experience in medical device materials engineering, polymer selection/processing, product development, failure analysis, process control, and risk assessment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support materials engineering and materials selection for drug product packaging and devices.
  2. Support failure analysis investigations on device components, sub-assemblies, and complete devices to recommend changes in materials, design, or manufacturing processes.
  3. Provide molding recommendations and process control strategy for materials usage.
  4. Collaborate in formal design reviews, risk assessment, and root cause analysis.
  5. Complete experimental plans with internal and external resources.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, or a related engineering field
  • 3 years of experience with medical device materials engineering
  • 3 years of experience with polymer materials selection and processing
  • 3 years of experience with polymer analysis
  • 3 years of experience with failure investigations
  • 3 years of experience with product development and delivery of new products and product platforms
  • 3 years of experience developing process control strategies for materials usage
  • 3 years of experience completing risk assessments and root cause analysis

What the JD emphasized

  • medical device materials engineering
  • polymer materials selection and processing
  • failure investigations
  • product development and delivery of new products and product platforms
  • developing process control strategies for materials usage
  • completing risk assessments and root cause analysis