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We build solutions designed for real-world impact, supported by full in-house capabilities, a strong intellectual property portfolio, and partnerships with leading institutions around the world.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and have a diverse team representation across language, ethnicity, gender and nationality.\nWhy Join FluidAI Medical?\nMission to save lives and improve patient care with technology that’s already deployed on patients in real-world settings. \nWork with a high-performing and cross-functional team that is empowered to grow, learn, and contribute across all levels of the organization.\nPersonal career-focused development and training with access to workshops, coursework, and experienced mentors/consultants.\nRegular offsite activities - past events include rafting, cottaging, axe-throwing, sports leagues, and the usual BBQ.\n Job Summary:\nYou’ll be directly responsible for keeping StreamPlatform’s production running well and improving it over time. When something on the line doesn’t behave as designed, you’ll be the technical resource who helps find out why: pulling production data, talking to technicians, running bench experiments, and tracing failures back to the design, the process, or the materials. You’ll work with team members on technical investigations, flag recurring issues, and work with R&D, Manufacturing, and Quality to put fixes in place that stick.\nBeyond NCRs, you’ll run product testing (verification, validation, and qualification builds), support ECOs from proposal through release, and move improvements into manufacturing through updated work instructions, SOPs, test methods, and training. You’ll also de-risk the supply chain by testing alternative materials and suppliers, keeping backups on the BOM, and finding ways to reduce COGS.\nThis is an engineering role at the meeting point of Manufacturing, R&D, and Quality. You’ll connect production, design, and the quality system, so a problem found on the line turns into a fix that works in all three. You’ll work inside a real ISO 13485 medical-device QMS, and your day-to-day will be investigation, testing, data analysis, and hands-on problem-solving, with ownership of long-term sustaining projects.\nNote: This is an office-first role working out of our Kitchener HQ in the Medical Innovation Xchange\nJob Responsibilities:\nManage and run product testing (verification, validation, and qualification builds). Run preliminary testing on proposed ECOs to prototype design changes before committing.\nPropose and improve test protocols within the QMS.\nFind and test alternative suppliers, manage backup suppliers on the BOM, and reduce COGS.\nMonitor metrics and trends from Quality, Engineering, and Manufacturing to inform solutions and proposals to improve Stream Platform\nSupport ECOs from proposal through verification and release, with Quality support.\nManage inventory & materials on hand for formal testing and R&D work, and support or lead R&D activities as needed.\nOwn long term sustaining projects such as component changes, supplier issues, and sensor or calibration performance.\nQualifications:\nThese are some of the skills we are looking for in an ideal candidate. 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