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Current Openings

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Your opportunity

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By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

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Kardium has a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market: The Globe® Pulsed Field System. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

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We are excited to add a Mechanical Designer to our team. In this role you will improve the current product design, improve, and develop new manufacturing processes and equipment, and design novel medical devices. Your hands-on approach to prototyping, creativity, mechanical detail design skills, and theory-based analytical skills will allow you to succeed as a Mechanical Designer at Kardium. An essential trait of the successful candidate is the ability to transform concepts to final designs.

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What you’ll be doing

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Your responsibilities will include:

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• Collecting and clarifying design input requirements for mechanical design projects
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• Brainstorming and concept evaluation activities: using your hands-on skills to build proof of concept models to evaluate design ideas quickly and efficiently
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• Transforming concepts into working prototypes using in-house manufacturing capabilities for bench-top and in-vivo testing
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• Designing and building machinery and jigs for Kardium's on-site manufacturing plant
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• Ensuring a smooth transition of design to manufacturing by supporting risk management, regulatory affairs, verification testing, and training of manufacturing staff
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• Creation and maintenance of engineering design documentation including engineering drawings, work or maintenance instructions, and test reports
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• Travelling occasionally within and outside North America
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What you bring to the team

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Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.

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You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes:

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• A bachelor's degree or higher in mechanical engineering, or an equivalent mix of education and experience, coupled with previous practical engineering experience in a product development environment
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• Ideally, prior engineering experience in bringing a product to market with high volumes and developing design and testing requirements of medical devices
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• Previous on-the-job experience with precision mechanics and a high level of familiarity with machine shop tools, and parametric modelling software (Solidworks)
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• Exposure to different manufacturing techniques
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• Excellent written and verbal communication and technical documentation skills
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• The ability to effectively manage changing priorities and requirements
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Why work at Kardium

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A meaningful career working with a truly innovative technology and an ambitious team, combined with:

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• Knowing every day that you are making a difference in people’s lives by helping treat a condition that debilitates millions worldwide
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• A great working environment with opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge
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• Opportunity to extend your knowledge by interacting with other team members in a multi-disciplinary environment that includes electrical and mechanical engineers, biologists, and specialists in human factors, and clinical and regulatory affairs
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• An engaged leadership team who believes in mentoring and growing employees’ careers
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• Supportive and fun colleagues with plenty of social events to encourage people connections
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• And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more!
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Thanks in advance for your interest in Kardium!

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