Senior Product Development Engineer

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Date: Mar 28, 2025

Location: Waltham, MA, US, 2451 Hasselt, BE, B-3500 USA Home Office, --, US, NA

Company: Dentsply Sirona, Inc

 

Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

 

Bringing out the best in people

 

As advanced as dentistry is today, we are dedicated to making it even better. Our people have a passion for innovation and are committed to applying it to improve dental care. We live and breathe high performance, working as one global team, bringing out the best in each other for the benefit of dental patients, and the professionals who serve them. If you want to grow and develop as a part of a team that is shaping an industry, then we’re looking for the best to join us.

 

Working at Dentsply Sirona you are able to:

 

Develop faster - with our commitment to the best professional development.

 

Perform better - as part of a high-performance, empowering culture.

 

Shape an industry - with a market leader that continues to drive innovation.

 

Make a difference -by helping improve oral health worldwide.  

 

 

We are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Engineer to join our Digital Services & Atlantis R&D team. This individual will be responsible for planning, coordination, and executing New Product Development, Sustaining Engineering, and R&D Maintenance projects for Digital Services & Atlantis in support of Dentsply Sirona’s Implants and Prosthetic Solutions business.

 

This is a hybrid role that requires you to be in the Waltham, MA office at least one day per week.

 

Primary Job Responsibilities:

  • Technical leadership of New Product Development, Sustaining Engineering, and R&D Maintenance projects for Atlantis, Simplant, and other digital products and services in accordance with company procedures and global medical device standards
  • Collaboration with cross-functional and inter-continental project teams and stakeholders
  • Mentorship of more junior R&D staff

 

Qualifications:

Education: Scientific or engineering education (Masters or PhD are a plus) in Mechanical/Industrial/Biomedical/Systems Engineering, or related engineering areas

 

Years and Type of Experience:

  • 5+ years R&D / product development experience, including medical device projects. Dental industry is a plus
  • Prior experience contributing to, if not leading, NPD projects
  • Prior experience collaborating with off-site and intercontinental teams

Key Skills, Knowledge & Capabilities:

  • Proficiency with:
    • New Product Development project philosophy
    • 3D design tools (Solidworks preferred), component design, design review, and tolerance analysis.
    • CNC machining and 3D printing concepts
    • US and EU medical device regulations: 21 CFR 820, MDR, ISO 13485, ISO 14971
    • Soliciting and interpreting Voice of Customer and understanding the underlying problem to solve
    • Written and spoken communication of technical subject matter with both technical and non-technical audiences
  • At least a working understanding of:
    • Software systems and software development.  Medical device software and cloud computing are a plus
    • Document control systems, specification management, Product Data Management (Windchill is a plus)
    • Finite element analysis (ANSYS is a plus)
    • Reverse engineering concepts
    • Project management academic fundamentals (PMP is a plus)
  • Comfortable working via remote and intercontinental collaboration
  • Approximately 5% international travel

 

 

 

 

 

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Dentsply Sirona is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or protected Veteran status. We appreciate your interest in Dentsply Sirona.

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