Technician

Company:

TECLens is a small medical technology company with an entrepreneurial mindset and culture. We dream up and invent transformational solutions to vision care challenges facing hundreds of millions of people. We are looking for highly skilled, motivated, creative and dependable contributors to join our team.

Position Description:

Contractor Role with the potential of a full-time employee position.

This role requires the assembly of components that can be as small as the head of a pin or as big as a toaster. Most of the work will happen at a workbench in rooms dedicated to assembling early prototypes and production versions of TECLen’s products. There will be soldering, dispensing of tiny amounts of liquids, use of many hand tools and some basic electrical testing.

Compensation:

Details available upon request.

Location and Travel:

· On site, Stamford, Connecticut

General Candidate Description:

· Technician skilled in working with small parts and assemblies including both mechanical and electrical. Has worked at the bench for over five years and requires little oversite once the tasks are understood.

Background:

TECLens (www.TECLens.com) is developing a completely novel correction technology based on quantitative corneal crosslinking, or qCXLTM. The qCXLTM system has 4 primary components:

· A single use disposable therapy delivery device that delivers therapeutic ultraviolet light (UV) and treatment monitoring ultrasound (US)

· A user interface console that houses the controlling computer and the UV and US systems

· A photoactive drug that interacts with the UV to provide the corneal strengthening that results in refractive change

· A computational treatment planning suite (TPS) that calculates an optimized plan for each patient’s specific needs and provides a control point that the US system monitors during the procedure

Each component of the qCXLTM system has been previously tested either in vivo or in vitro. The role of the of the Engineer Team Leader is to lead the system integration of the components into a single medical device and oversee transfer of manufacturing of the disposable component to a contract manufacturing organization. Reporting team will include FTEs with electrical, mechanical and software engineering experience.

Responsibilities:

· Assembling small quantities (1-20) of products

· Maintaining and organizing multiple workbenches

· Organizing and tracking a small inventory of components

· Ordering and maintaining tools

· Helping to create work instructions

· Running Bambu Lab 3D printer

· Reporting out on tasks completed each week

Primary Qualifications:

· Precise hand eye skills

· Attention to detail

· Used to working with microscopes

· Accustomed to working with PCBs

· Experience with soldering small components

· Skilled in use of tweezers, Exacto knife, and wire cutters/strippers

· Have at least two years of experience in assembling small products

· Have made use of adhesives, epoxies, silicones, Loctite, etc.

· Recognizes quality in workmanship

· Able to document work

· Able to maintain a clean and orderly workspace

· Can be self-driven and maintain a “to-do” list

· Communicates well with other team members

Additional Qualifications:

· Experience with 3D printers

· Experience working with biological tissue samples desirable, but not required