Product Verification Technician

Amick Brown is seeking an experienced LAB ASSISTANT for our direct client.

Location: Sunnyvale CA

Duration: 2 months

Estimated pay range: $21.6 27 per client contract and candidate skills experience and work location.

Job Description

• The New Product Verification Department is devoted to assuring safe reliable and effective products that exceed patient surgeon and hospital expectations.
• The department plays a vital role in product and process quality in new product development and production and in the quality of da Vinci Surgical System product lines including endoscopic instrumentation and supporting accessories.
• The Product Verification Technician will work with a team of dedicated individuals within new product development to assure quality of new designs; to identify issues related to new designs and processes and to work with Test Engineers to develop harmonized test methods.

Essential Job Duties

Protocol Execution & Reporting

• Executes test protocols for clinicallybased surgical simulation and automated testing utilizing da Vinci Surgical Systems and other test equipment
• Identifies and reports problems that arise during testing and escalates new or persistent failure modes to appropriate engineering teams
• Provides documentation to the cognizant Test Engineer that clearly indicates the results of product testing
• Performs instrument and accessory cleaning and reprocessing

Other Responsibilities

• Ensures successful ontime completion of department projects; communicates constraints to direct management when successful project completion is at risk
• Performs a broad variety of tasks in support of product verification and test process design as assigned by department management
• Complies with company Department and Standard Operating Procedures
• Works with Lab Manager to ensure adequate supply of test articles and other equipment or material

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience working in a hardware production or test environment.
• Language Skills: Ability to read write and understand English. Ability to read and comprehend instructions short correspondence and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in oneonone and small group situations to other employees supervisors or engineers.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
• Ability to determine the minimum maximum and nominal value when provided with a specification and a tolerance.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions. Ability to report quality issues.
• Ability to suggest simple process improvements. Must be a quick learner with the ability understand complex products and processes.
• Computer skills: Ability to use personal computers as part of daily work. Ability to use online documentation.
• Other skills and abilities: Ability to work varying shifts. Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to use basic tools and measuring equipment. Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
• Ability to multitask and handle tasks with competing priorities effectively.
• Ability to work with biological samples including blood tissue and organs.
• Integrity: Accepting and adhering to high ethical moral and personal values in decisions communications actions and when dealing with others

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Relevant experience in a medical device company
• Medical device reprocessing experience a plus

Required Education and Training

• Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or GED

Working Conditions

• Reprocessing side requires to be standing or walking majority of the workday.

Amick Brown is an Information Technology consulting company specializing in ERP Data Analytics Information Security Application Development Networking and Cloud Computing. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Ramon California.