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The Associate Biological Safety Engineer will play an important role in generating Biological Risk Assessments for Philips Sleep & Respiratory care devices/products, ensuring they are safe for use by the intended patient population.

Your role:

• Responsible for preparation and documentation of Biological Risk Assessments, Testing Strategies and Dossiers for Sleep & Respiratory Care medical devices.
• Supports biocompatibility testing with outside test labs and analyze result from CROs
• Learn from and adhere to internal quality manual (QMS procedures, Work Instructions, and Forms)
• Maintain and update current biocompatibility QMS Procedures, Work Instructions, and Forms
• Support, Develop and conduct biocompatibility training programs.
• Supports Consent Decree, EUMDR, and DHF Remediation activities.
• Provide weekly project status reports.
• Assist development teams in selecting proper materials for use in medical devices.
• Reporting to the Manager-Biological Safety Engineering, you will work cross-functionally and collaborate with R&D, NPD, CRO’s, Regulatory Agencies internal/external scientists and other stake holders.
• This Hybrid, Pittsburgh, PA, New Kensington, PA or Murrysville, PA based role may require travel up to 10%.
• Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must be within commuting distance to Pittsburgh, PA, New Kensington, PA or Murrysville, PA.

You're the right fit if:

• You’ve acquired a minimum of 1 year experience in Biological Risk Assessments/Test methods for compliance to ISO 10993 (required) and ISO 18562 (desired).
• Your skills include conducting/documenting Biological Risk Assessments, documenting test evidence to support regulatory agency submittals, as well as interaction with Regulatory Agencies to address test strategies and questions related to Biological Rick assessments.
• You have an understanding of global medical device regulations/requirements/standards and experience working with outside test labs to generate test plans/evaluate results for compliance with biological standards.
• You have experience documenting Biological risk assessments, analyzing results from Contract Resource Organizations (CRO’s) and communicating with NPD teams and CROs to explain the results of Biological assessments.
• You have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Material Science, Toxicology, Chemical Engineering, with an emphasis on biomaterials, polymers and organic chemistry (Required) Master’s Degree desired. Knowledge of FDA 2020 Guidance Document “Use of International Standard ISO 10993-1” (Required)
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
• US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

About Philips:

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran and maintains a drug-free workplace.