For more than 35 years, Cortland Company has custom-built solutions that work in the toughest environments and overcome some of the world’s greatest challenges. Now, it has made a significant investment in advancing its capabilities for biomedical textiles. Cortland Biomedical custom designs high-performance biomedical textile structures leveraging years of experience in medical textile engineering methods including knitting, braiding and weaving. Our brand-new state-of-the-art facility reflects our commitment to offering superior, full- scale medical textile production customized to a wide variety of customer and market needs. Never comfortable with the status quo, Cortland Biomedical’s unique combination of advanced equipment and technology, a seasoned medical textile-specific engineering team, and first-rate R&D capabilities allows us to tackle customers’ complex challenges with the innovation and agility they expect and deserve.

Cortland is wholly owned by Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group is a premier industrial tools and services company serving a broad and diverse set of customers in more than 25 countries. The Company’s businesses are global leaders in high pressure hydraulic tools, controlled force products and solutions for precise positioning of heavy loads that help customers safely and reliably tackle some of the most challenging jobs around the world. The Company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Enerpac Tool Group trades on the NYSE under the symbol “EPAC”.

For further information on Enerpac Tool Group and its businesses, visit the Company's website at HTTPS://WWW.ENERPACTOOLGROUP.COM/.

BUSINESS CONTRIBUTION:   Develop and maintain biomedical textile products, design methods, techniques, practices and procedures with a focus on customer interaction to ensure the design and manufacture of products which meet and exceed customer expectations

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: • Design and develop products to meet customer and market needs.

• Consult and guide customers to biomedical textile solutions by leveraging fabrication techniques including braiding, weaving, knitting, non-woven formation and post-processing techniques to create new and novel structures.

• Manage the program details of all assigned customer projects including timelines, deliverables, milestones, recurring calls and overall engineering communication with the client team.

• Develop and maintain a close working relationship with assigned client list and report on customer project timelines, part quantity and revenue forecasts, and seek additional opportunities for the expansion of business.

• Create and issue quotations for management review for development project deliverables. These proposals shall include internal manufacturing costs and raw materials (COGS) and allocation of time per operation.

• Develop and document customer design inputs and project milestones to support the company’s internal product development process and comply with Quality Management standards. Schedule and host design transfer meetings as projects progress through the stage gate produce development process.

• Successfully interact with medical customers, raw material providers and industry groups to identify market opportunities.

• Stay current in the status of medical device products and IP that may affect the company’s competitive position, evaluate these products, provide analysis, and suggest countermeasures as necessary.

• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure that all applicable quality procedures and regulations are followed throughout the development, manufacturing, and launch phases.

• Support business development efforts by providing technical assistance, sales and capability presentation materials, field support, and/or other related activities as needed.

• Expand Cortland’s expertise in state-of-the-art engineering, manufacturing methods and materials utilization through technical journals, seminars, advance degree programs, etc. 

• 15-20% domestic and international travel in support of customers, engineering projects, joint industry programs and trade conferences.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES (describe scope of knowledge and ability of the position): • BS Degree in Mechanical, Materials or Textile Engineering or Technology from an accredited university 

• Familiar with the physical and mechanical characteristics of polymers, fibers and fabrics

• Familiar with the use of synthetic polymers, bioresorbable polymers  and/or metallic wires in medical device  products 

• Must have demonstrated creative problem solving and effective engineering decision making skills.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills and comfortable interacting with team members and customers at all levels.

• Demonstrated ability to work well independently and as a team member. 

• Self-starter able to work under minimal supervision 

• Capable of generating and delivering presentations to management, peers and medical device customers.

• Demonstrated proficiency of design software such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks a plus.

HSQE BEHAVIORS: 

• To always ensure that their acts or omissions do not present a danger to themselves, anyone else, the environment or the safe operation of any plant or equipment.

• To intervene and report any defect in equipment or practice or any dangerous circumstance or event which could affect HSQE performance.

• To comply with all HSQE customer and company requirements.

LEADERSHIP/BEHAVIORS:

• Technical Learning

• Problem Solving

• Business Acumen

• Continuous Improvement

• Decision Making 

• Innovation

• Drive For Results

• Customer Focus

If you’re looking for a unique, exciting career with variety and potential for growth, Enerpac Tool Group offers challenges & extraordinary rewards for people on a global scale.  Never Compromise – choose ETG!

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