@as934 , reading through the other posts, agree this point is not mentioned and is a good one to consider. Tying into this point, the type of corporation chosen also depends on the future intent of the individuals attempting to start this…   Read more»

The biggest issue I’ve seen that people dislike when working in a manufacturing company is change. No one likes change or having to do things differently than what was deemed ‘acceptable’ in the past. This applies across any department in…   Read more»

Working in R&D in a medical device manufacturer, in the past I’ve noticed that the main issue with quality is that each QE may have a different interpretation for how something should be done. I.e. you’re filling out an operational…   Read more»

Ensuring a medical device is safe and acceptable per todays regulatory standards is a difficult task to tackle already; many companies and industries take different, but often times similar approaches to doing this. While many others have mentioned regular inspections…   Read more»

Like they say, hindsight is always 20/20. The FDA could’ve handled the rollout of the vaccine much more effectively. But didn’t at the time as a pandemic of that scale and severity hadn’t been seen since the 1918 Influenza Pandemic-with…   Read more»

Reading through the comments on here, I’m going to go against the grain here and say…post-market management is equally, if not even more important than the product development stage. Both are critical. However, in the product development stage, the ‘safety…   Read more»

To add onto this, precision and accuracy starts from the ‘ground-up’ on a medical device. By this I mean that each and every single component that make up the medical device is evaluated separately to ensure the overall assembled device…   Read more»

Testing on animals is a very contentious topic…while it would feel morally better to stand on the side of being against animal testing, I can’t take that stance. As many others have mentioned, I do believe there can be a…   Read more»

This is a good post and important question to ask. Looking through several other posts, I see key issues that need to be considered like expansion on time and costs, using a computer model, material characterization, and how a company…   Read more»

Maintaining biocompatibility of a medical device is a different process between a customer (Medical device design company) and a medical device manufacturer. Several of the other posts have made good points in discussing specific methods for aiding in biocompatibility on…   Read more»

This is a very good question as of course, there will always be a ‘failing project’ that companies  encounter at some point. To answer the question, I’d say yes, this kind of decision should be decided even well before the…   Read more»

Reading your post and replies I want to say-yes true, it is important to understand those in your team and be able to work with them. However, I’d like to emphasize a really important point. Most of the time you’ll have…   Read more»

@mk959 you provide really interesting perspective by saying you think it depends on the setting; I agree. Looking through several of the other replies in this thread, I noticed that the general consensus seemed to be ‘No there’s no such…   Read more»

@asimbana , completely agree. I find it very interesting going through the comments and seeing a slight divide, in that many that are already out of college agree that more practical courses would be better, and some in college are…   Read more»

@giang , It’s pretty interesting that you brought up that your bf’s job has a “collaboration week”. It brings up the good point in a way that one of the cons with remote work, is that that sense of team…   Read more»

@bsk32 , completely agree. I don’t think its really as simple as remote or fully in-person when it comes to many technical fields especially. The type of engineer you may be for example will even impact whether you’re able to…   Read more»