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Date Added: Wed 08/03/2023

Senior Product Development Engineer

Pretoria, South Africa
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Job Type: Permanent

Salary: 20000.0000 - 30000.0000 / monthly

ENVIRONMENT:

My client, who provides award-winning products in the medical industry requires a Senior Product Development Engineer to join their team to contribute to the robustness of the product roadmap and improvement function with the B2C division. Drive the implementation of the vision for our hardware and software products and line-up. Drive action throughout the organization to ensure the company's products meet the needs of its customers. Essentially, get new, compliant, and excellent devices and solutions onto the Lexie platform in the shortest possible time frame, pulling the global team together towards successful product implementation.  You must have technical degree (BSc or BEng) (Essential) and 5+ years' experience minimum (8+ years preferred).

DUTIES:

Project and Product Management (20%)

  • Take personal ownership of projects/ products/ systems and work quality as well as contribute to team development.
  • Efficient and effective reporting on progress, strategies, product performance, prioritization, decisions, risks, and tasks to Product Owner.
  • Accomplish objectives by supporting the establishment of effective plans, and budgets; reviewing progress, managing priorities and capacity, and making mid-course corrections to ensure optimal outcomes.
  • Ensure the team is aligned, meets timelines, and produces content of the highest quality by (but not limited to) coordinating and resolving issues experienced with projects and between team members.
  • Effectively track, manage, and escalate project risks.
  • Effective stakeholder management, communication, and relationship management (both internal across functional teams and external).
  • Multi-task on a suite of projects and products, all within different stages of development and implementation.

Product Research and Development (40%)

  • Develop and integrate new products into the Lexie ecosystem, platform, and apps (spanning firmware development, app development, and hardware development). This includes defining product requirements and designing solutions that consider commercialization, legal and operational aspects.
  • Follow best practice design and development methodologies in sustaining high quality, clean, auditable, and manageable products, and systems.
  • Effective product, services, and system testing (including integration and regression testing) and approval, including ensuring documentation are peer-reviewed, the management of release notes, and effective communication with stakeholders on changes and/or improvements.
  • Drive continuous improvement and streamlining of existing products, services, systems, and processes within the division (by identifying issues, bugs, and bottlenecks)
  • Ensure product design and development is informed by internal data as well as market, customer, and competitor research.

Regulatory and Quality Management (20%)

  • Support business process improvements, operationalization, and optimization for the division (including QMS, practices, standards, and processes)
  • Adhere to and ensure compliance with the established processes and standards for the division and product development lifecycle.
  • Support with the preparation, execution, and reporting on user studies as required for certification and quality verification of product roadmap.
  • Ensure quality control of new and existing products and services, which includes regulatory and legislative compliance (working with the L&R team) - resulting in low failure and returns rates.

Documentation and Certification (20%)

  • Produce and manage high-quality product development and specification documents in line with the quality standards and processes of the division (incl. handover documentation).
  • Compile relevant records as
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