Engineer Medical Device

Jalpa Vasani

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Objective

Seeking a position in Medical Device field to work in a challenging and creative environment being goal

oriented & creative problem solver with strong organizational & communication skills, to utilize & to

enhance my current skills and to balance the needs of the organization by driving quality and meeting

product release schedule

Profile

Accomplished Biomedical Engineer with 4-5 years of global work experience bringing medical devices

from concept stage to product development stage. Project management background with the unique

ability to perform multiple job functions, ranging from technology assessment to clinical studies.

Demonstrate strong organization and presentation skills in completing extensive projects, reports, and

presentations. Employ high sense of professionalism and work ethic in establishing positive

environment and performing multiple tasks without compromising quality. Self-motivated professional,

capable of working independently or as a part of a team.

Key Skills

1. Concept Generation 7. Prototype Design 12. German language

(intermediate level)

2. Biomedical Research 8. Multi-Project Coordination

13. Technical Writing & Reports

3. Technology Assessment 9. Medical Technology

14. Professional Presentations

4. Technical Analysis 10. Clinical studies

15. Project Documentation

5. Customer Management 11. Implantable Medical device

16. Communication Skills

6. Project Management

Professional Experience

Research & Development Engineer Aug 11 – May 12

Nova Instruments Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, India

• Part of Research & Development team for application based instruments related biotechnology & medical

device field

• Development of instrument based upon application parameters & customer requirements

• Technology survey for in house research projects and prototype preparation

• Output evaluation and technical documentation for customers & company itself

• Liaison with customers to establish product design and application briefs

Research Engineer – Implantable Systems May 2009-Dec 2010

Advanced Bionics European Research Center GmbH, Hannover, Germany

• Design input into projects including new electrode array concepts and components designed for human

implantation

• Technological survey and feasibility study for future oriented research projects

• Planning and assistance to electrode design evaluation projects according to company‘s technology

roadmaps, including animal experiments

• Support routine, maintenance and extension of clinical studies & electrode development laboratory (Pre-

clinical trial, Phase 1 laboratory)

• Execution of clinical research studies for implantable devices & clinical data management from human or animal

implantation at different centres in Europe & USA

• Analyse electrodes designs and report according to the quality management system requirements, prepare

interim and final reports

• Review required documents for project start, assure continued integrity of all design documents and give

presentations for internal/external meetings & workshops

Graduate Trainee & Master Thesis Sep 07-Dec 08

Cardinal health 234 Deutschland GmbH, Wuerzburg, Germany

• Theme - “Development of DFB Laser based Oxygen Gas Sensor for Human Breath Analysis“

• Main focus was to develop oxygen gas sensor for human breath analysis in main stream of patient using laser

technology

• Technical documentation work, LabView programming, technical data analysis using Molspec software,

Troubleshooting of hardware

• Implementation of a custom prototype signal conditioning hardware and data acquisition using National Instruments

NI 6289 for embedded control and signal processing was performed

• The design and integration of a signal conditioning hardware into DFB laser diode based setup to extract absorption

feature in real time by improving its robustness and operating performance was achieved.

Visiting Lecturer May 06-Sep 06

L.D. Engineering College, Ahmedabad, India

• Teaching of Biomedical Engineering related subjects, technical presentation on various topics to engineering

students

Conducting tutorials, preparing and delivering lectures and/or seminars, keeping systematic record

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of student registers

Sales & Service Engineer Oct 05-Apr 06

Nasan medicals, Ahmedabad, India

• Servicing and Marketing of various medical equipments like windows based stress test machines, digital holter,

Single and three channel ECG machine, multipara monitors, pulmonary function testing machines and EEG

machines

• Plans and implements sales, marketing and product development programs, both short and long range, targeted

toward existing and new markets focused on understanding and meeting customer needs while promoting

company products and services.

• Visit customer locations, prepare and present technical and commercial proposals, submit call reports, territory

sales strategies

• Keeping up with the latest clinical data supplied by the company and interpreting, presenting and discussing this

data with health professionals during presentations

Education

P.G. Diploma in Patents Law (proximate study)

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July 11 – April 12

NALSAR, University of Law, Hyderabad

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Certification course in Biotechnopreneur Programme (Weekend Course) July 11 – April 12

Entrepreneurship Development of India, Gandhinagar, India

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Oct 06-Mar 09

University Luebeck, Germany

GPA : 3.75 out of maximum 4.0 (Grade A)

Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering & Instrumentation Oct 01-May 05

• Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, India

College : Shree U.V.Patel College of Engg., Kherva, Gujarat state

GPA : 3.832 out of maximum 4.0 (Grade A)

Professional Development:

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• Presented Techno commercial report upon ‘Research & Technology based engineer service model‘. It

covers derived information related financial viability, technical feasibility, market feasibility & organization

structure of service model at EDI as a part of Biotechnopreneur course.

• Worked as a Research Assistant (Part Time) for Medizinisches Laserzentrum Lübeck GmbH, Germany from

Feb 07-May 07 on the project of construction of optical system for the use in the MRT

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• Participated for Seminar “Applied Robotics - 2007” at Institute for Robotics and Cognitive Systems, University

Luebeck on the theme - Time series prediction using Unscented Kalman Filter

• Participated in National level technical symposium Prevoyance-2005 at Nirma Institute of Technology, presented

Poster Presentation for Artificial Silicon Retina

• Participated in national level technical symposium Convergence-2003 and presented a technical model

presentation of Pulse Oximetry

• Participated in national level technical symposium Convergence-2003 and presented technical paper on Artificial

Blood

Computer Proficiencies:

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17. SolidWorks 23. LabView (Real time, DSP)

18. MATLAB (Image Processing toolbox) 24. AutoCAD

19. MIMICS Image processing software 25. Comsol (Basic)

20. SimpleWare Image processing software 26. MS Office

21. 3D modeling and FEA 27. MS Project (good)

22. C, C++, UML (basic) 28. Zemax

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