Joseph Pourtabib

New product development R&D Engineer within Structural Heart & Aortic Business, specifically focused on Delivery Catheter Design in the Mitral Heart Valve space

• Supporting first-generation product for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) through clinical trial including maintaining supply of conforming materials, ensuring availability of product for treatment, and addressing product complaints
• Developing and implementing mechanical concept designs, performing tolerance analysis, finite element analysis, and other design analyses
• Presenting technical findings and project status to cross-functional teams and management through design reviews, presentations, and other communication means
• Developing specifications, test methodologies, and test equipment to evaluate design concepts
• Performing calculations, analyses, and engineering testing to verify designs, documenting results in reports and laboratory notebooks
• Creating and releasing engineering drawings and process engineering change orders
• Collaborating with suppliers to ensure components meet design requirements and diagnose design problems
• Using engineering expertise and 6M to lead root cause investigations for several product issues

• Started as an intern in a year-long series of trainings and projects focused on the early stages of Orthopedic Surgery Product Development
• Involved in many stages of research including: development of experimental protocols, data collection, analysis, and reporting
• Used CAD to create bone fracture fixation models and performed finite element analysis to investigate clinical outcomes of different implant designs
• Created poster and business plan for Orthopedic Research Society's business plan competition (semifinalist, 2019)