Job Description

Job Title : Medical Affairs Research Associate

Job Location : Irvine California 92618 (40% travel)


Onsite Requirements:

• Top Skill #1 - Someone with proven track record of working within Cardiology and working in the cardiac space.
• Top Skill #2 - Experience in working with soft tissue (handling, histology and fixation, including staining and dissection).
• Top Skill #3 - Previous experience with Bioinstrumentation laboratory equipment and experience in working with large animal (porcine/ovine, etc) and bench top models.
  
  

Job Description :


Summary:


Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may
be assigned.

• Independently works on in-vivo and bench models for the investigation of cardiac
  products and how they perform in a simulated clinical use setting.
• Independently identifies data outliers, prepares data for statistical analysis for in-vivo
  study data
• Assists in in-vivo protocol execution, may develop or be a part of developing new
  processes/test fixtures or methods for medical device testing
• Interfaces with internal customers within R&D, Medical Safety, and Quality
• May be asked to assist in model development for proper statistical analysis of in-vivo,
  clinical, and other parametric datasets
• May be asked to assist in the production of mathematical and/or computational
  modeling of cardiac systems using electromechanical design and controls
• Responsible for ensuring personal and company compliance with all Federal, State, local
  and company regulations, policies and procedures for Health, Safety and Environmental
  compliance as well as develop a strong working knowledge of design controls and
  quality assurance standards of procedure.
• Has a working knowledge of good laboratory practices and operating room procedures
• Willingness to develop an understanding of cardiac electrophysiology procedures and
  the products used
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.

Qualification Requirements:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual
• must be able to perform each essential duty well.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required: Experience in working with soft tissue (handling, histology and fixation, including staining and dissection).
• Previous experience with Bioinstrumentation laboratory equipment.
• Experience in working with large animal (porcine/ovine, etc) and bench top
• Strong working knowledge with all of the programs listed: MicroSoft office
  (specifically Excel and Powerpoint), statistical analysis tools (such as SAS or
  Minitab, R, SPSS), and working knowledge of Mathematical modeling MatLab
  software or Prism.

Education and/or Experience:

• A minimum BS in the Sciences or Engineering or
  equivalent from an accredited Laboratory Science program, College or University.
  At least 5-8 years of Laboratory experience (Industry and/or Hospital); and/or related
  medical device development experience and/or training is required.
  Experience in cardiology, cardiac biophysics and anatomy are preferred.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Computer skills is strongly required.
• Good written and oral English communication skills essential.
• Weekends, Domestic travel will be required at least 40%.

• ** 3rd party and subcontract staffing agencies are not eligible for partnership on this position. 3rd party subcontractors need not apply. **

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