Research Engineer / Project Manager
Toronto, On
Led a multidisciplinary team through all stages of the product development life cycle in collaboration with manufacturing and pharmaceutical companiesDesigned, manufactured, and tested medical devices (following ISO 13485 regulations) for academic and pre-clinical pharmaceutical cell-based research.Designed mechanical, flow controlled, and electrical systems using CAD and FEA software (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, COMSOL, ANSYS, MATLAB, Altium, and KiCAD)Wrote multiple successful research grants profiling my device prototypes, raising $2M+ from industry and federal life science research organizations (CFI, CHRP, CQDM, NSERC, CCRM and OCE).Devised and performed custom cell culture protocols for newly designed devices and client specific needs