Drug Delivery Device Development Engineer

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

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At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Our 39,000 employees worldwide work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

The Product Research and Development (PRD) organization strives to develop and deliver quality medicines to patients. The portfolio consists of development and commercialization of insulins, small molecules, monoclonal antibodies, novel therapeutic proteins, peptides, oligonucleotide therapies and gene therapy systems. This organization is a multidisciplinary group that works collaboratively with therapeutic business units and manufacturing to deliver the incredibly exciting Lilly clinical portfolio to patients around the world.

The Lilly Capability Centre India (LCCI) located in Bengaluru India is a strategic investment made by Lilly to attract top talent from the vibrant academic and professional environment in India and deploy them to develop and enable critical capabilities for Lilly. The LCCI group in India houses a PRD team that works closely with the PRD team in Indianapolis in enabling the delivery of Lilly’s portfolio.

The Delivery, Device and Connected Solutions (DDCS) organization within Eli Lilly and Company supports the design, development, and commercialization of drug products and pharmaceutical delivery systems including medical devices and container closure systems. 

The Device Development Engineer will play a key role in supporting the Design, Development and Commercialization of the medical devices, combination drug/device systems and drug container closure systems.

• Provide Mechanical/Electromechanical design engineering technical expertise, and ensure that device design concepts are based on sound design engineering principles utilizing the latest engineering tools/technologies

  
  

• Evaluate finite element analysis, tolerance stacks, manufacturing processes and scale up, mold flow analysis, DOE, etc.

  
  

• Assess and evaluate design concepts for technical risk and DFx (manufacturability, reliability, assembly). This includes ultrasonic welding, gluing and snap fits for plastic device components.

  
  

• Interact with internal and external design partners to enable project progression from clinical development through commercialization. 

  
  

• Work collaboratively with cross functional teams to accelerate time to market of patient-centered drug delivery system designs

  
  

• Coordinate device risk assessments and design control deliverables

  
  

• Perform data/statistical analysis for packaging component and container closure system testing (functional and dimensional)

  
  

• Stay abreast of regulatory and compendial requirements for packaging components and drug delivery devices

  
  

• This individual is responsible for:

  
  

  • Ensuring thorough design risk assessments and risk management activities are conducted and acted upon,

    
    

  • Ensuring appropriate formal approval of required risk assessment documentation is accomplished,

    
    

  • Ensuring all required applicable design control deliverables are completed,

    
    

  • Writing technical reports, work instructions, change control documentation and development plans

    
    

  • Authoring or coordinating creation of process and design FMEA reports

    
    

  • Authoring design verification and design validation plans and reports

    
    

  • Authoring experimental protocols, conduct experiments and analyze results

    
    

  • Develop and participate in building system and sub-system requirements

    
    

  • Preferred experience with syringes and needles

    
    

Bachelors or Master’s in Engineering (Mechanical, Materials, or Biomedical Engineering) with at least 5 years of relevant Industry experience.

• Proficiency in statistical software

  
  

• Working knowledge of experimental design and associated statistics.

  
  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

  
  

• Location-Bengaluru India

  
  

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