Job description
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.
Our
Innovation Manager of 3D Printing is a high impact position located at Dentsply Sirona's new
Global Innovation Center located in Charlotte, North Carolina. This position is for developing novel biomaterials and 3Dprinting solutions to the unmet needs of the dental industry including the ideation and development of new dental materials and 3D printing solutions for our customers. He/she/they will be responsible for:
- Lead the creation of prototype design concepts, lead design Verification and Validation efforts, and assist with manufacturing implementation.
- Lead technical team through stage gate product development process and research projects involving advanced 3D printing technologies.
- Collaborate frequently with our Quality, Regulatory, Marketing, Manufacturing and other cross functional teams to support various project workstreams.
- Lead with technical guidance multidisciplinary research team, to complete independent and team research projects involving advanced additive manufacturing technologies and successfully integrate to commercialization.
- Investigate and corroborate with technical team fundamental relationships between printing parameters, biomaterial properties, and print quality.
- Participate in writing research proposals, reports, patent applications, presentations, and publications.
- Apply personal scientific knowledge/lead team efforts to design and develop material and printing solutions that meet product design requirements and ensure marketplace success.
- Develop and communicate material and design specifications to relevant design partners and stakeholders.
- Lead the creation of prototype design concepts, lead design Verification and Validation efforts, and assist with manufacturing implementation.
- Assist in departmental strategic plans and policies.
- Provide technical leadership to cross-function product development teams.
- Lead and develop scientist and engineers in the application of sound design principles and scientific evaluations.
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include hiring, training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; assist with appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
- Continue learnings to maintain an awareness of competitive products, dental procedures, and applicable new 3DP technologies.
- Complete all necessary training on pertinent Global, Pillar and Departmental procedures and maintain a Training Log documenting successful completion of each procedure. In addition, the associate must apply what was learned during training to ensure quality products are produced.
- Work practices and procedures meet Dentsply Sirona’s Standard Operating Procedures for design, commercialization, and manufacture of medical devices.
- Provide verbal and written reports of activities to senior management.
- May be called upon to communicate results within R&D and to departments outside R&D, such as, Quality Assurance, Technology Transfer, Marketing or Engineering.
- Conduct literature / web-based searches to assist in designing experiments, developing test methods, and finding sources for experimental materials.
Education:
- PhD in Materials Science, Polymer, Mechanical, Biomedical engineering or similar field. Masters or Bachelors in Engineering with appropriate years of industry experience will be considered.
- Minimum of years’ experience working with biomaterials for 3D printing, preferably with bioprinting technologies and/or within medical device industry.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience leading technology or product development teams.
Key Required Skills, Knowledge and Capabilities:
- Materials: Strong understanding of physical, chemical, biological properties, and applications of biomaterials and 3D printing.
- Knowledge: Strong understanding 3D printing technologies.
- Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze and interpret complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquires or complaints. Ability to write speeches and articles using original, innovative techniques and styles. Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentation on complex topics.
- Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply advanced mathematical and statistical concepts.
- Reasoning and Problem-Solving Agility: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Our Values
- Agile – We innovate. We challenge ourselves constantly. We act quickly.
- Accountable – We hold ourselves and each other accountable.
- Respectful – We listen. We foster diversity and inclusion. We respect the communities in which we live and work.
- Collaborative – We are good partners. We learn from each other. We are one team. We have fun.
- Trustworthy – Our customers can rely on us. We can rely on each other. We empower our people.
Our Operating Principles
- We approach customers as ONE Company, and they are the core to everything we do.
- We create innovative solutions that customers love to use.
- We think and act with positive intent and the highest integrity.
- We operate sustainability in everything we do.
- We use our size and global breadth to our advantage.
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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.
If you need assistance with completing the online application due to a disability, please send an accommodation request to careers@dentsplysirona.com. Please be sure to include “Accommodation Request” in the subject.
For California Residents:
We may collect the following categories of personal information in connection with the submission of your resume or application materials to us for employment, and if hired, your employment with us: identifiers (e.g., name, address, email address, birthdate); personal records (e.g., telephone number, signature, education information, criminal background information, passport number and visa information); consumer characteristics (e.g., sex, marital status, veteran status, race, disability, sexual orientation); professional or employment information (e.g., resume, cover letter, employment history, background check forms, references, certifications, transcripts and languages spoken); and inferences from personal information collected (e.g., a profile reflecting abilities and aptitudes).
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For additional details and questions, contact us at careers@dentsplysirona.com
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