PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

As co-op with NxStage, a Fresenius Medical Care company, a student will apply classroom based knowledge to workplace experience and will benefit from learning experiences in their major area of study. The co-op supports product or process development activities related to the development, design, research and manufacturing of NxStage Medical's new and existing products. As part of the R& D team, this involves participating in testing, design, building samples, and other activities as needed by the project team. Co-ops may be part of the system engineering, hardware mechanical engineering, or disposables engineering team.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Participate in design or development of new medical equipment and/or upgrades to existing products

• Assist with major projects, or phases of projects, to resolve advanced and complex technical problems

• Ensure all design activities conform to design controls; and that all analysis, design and testing activities are properly documented

• Participate in activities to ensure design and process shortcomings are identified and appropriately addressed

• Assist the product development team in the adoption and use of best practices and design methodologies

• Debug and develop reliability improvements for existing products and products under development

• Provide technical support for product engineering, design development, integration, test and evaluation

• Investigate the feasibility of new projects, systems or approaches.

• Learn about and work in ways that are compliant with internal and external standards, good manufacturing practices, and quality system regulations