R&D Intern (Part-Time) - Kennesaw, GA

Company Overview:

Headquartered in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, Artivion, Inc. is a medical device company focused on developing simple, elegant solutions that address cardiac and vascular surgeons' most difficult challenges in treating patients with aortic diseases. Artivion has over 1,400 employees worldwide with sales representation in over 100 countries. The Company has manufacturing facilities located in Atlanta, Georgia, Austin, Texas and Hechingen, Germany. Additionally, it has sales and distribution offices in various countries throughout Europe, Asia, and South America. For additional information about Artivion, visit our website, www.artivion.com.

Objective:

To provide current college students the opportunity to gain hands-on research and development experience in the corporate medical device setting. Interns will be paired with a current member of R&D and will provide engineering support in the phases of device prototyping, test method development, characterization, and design verification testing. Interns will also have the opportunity to network with industry professionals and attend events aimed at furthering their knowledge.

Responsibilities:

Investigate and evaluate innovative medical devices:

• Perform marketing and technical literature surveys to identify the current state of the art in multiple surgical disciplines
• Contribute to the design ideation of new medical devices and components
• Support computational and simulation models of device components for device characterization

Develop experimental testing strategies, protocols, and systems:

• Define testing strategies to advance the understanding of current concepts
• Author protocols for the characterization of device components
• Construct test setups and systems to be used for design verification testing of device components

Problem Solving Approach:

• Define strategies that enable the solving of multifaceted research problems
• Assimilation of experimental and reference data to advance complex concepts

Research Acumen:

• Refine knowledge and testing skills required to advance new medical device models
• Collect meaningful data that will allow for the rejection of research hypotheses thus enabling advancement of the project

Medical Device Development:

• Develop a more complete understanding of the design requirements needed to develop a new medical device

Advance knowledge of the inputs required in the development process of a new medical device

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled as a full-time engineering student, preferably with an interest or background in life sciences and medical device development
• Previous research experience is highly desired
• Junior or Senior in good academic standing
• Ability to work a minimum of 16-24 hours per week.
• Interest in a career in the medical device industry
• Ideal candidates must be organized, hardworking, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills