Avi Alishaev
Quality Engineer II at Medtronic
Quality Engineer at Medtronic
•	Self-starter and engineer with a strong educational background in biomedical engineering, supported by research in tissue engineering/ biomaterials and 4+ years of professional work experience in Class II/III medical device testing, post-market risk management and quality assurance, and process development.
•	Eager to be a part of a team of engineers in a creative, fast-paced environment to collaborate novel ideas for improving product and process designs for medical devices.
Medtronic
https://www.linkedin.com/company/medtronic
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
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Quality Engineer II
Medtronic
https://www.linkedin.com/company/medtronic
• Updated the risk management file for a newly acquired company’s class II medical device.
• Executed process validations (e.g. MSA, OQ) to aid in product manufacturing transfer. 
• Performed investigations on trending product complaints to assess risk and recommend corrective actions, if necessary.
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
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Quality Engineer
Edwards Lifesciences
https://www.linkedin.com/company/edwards-lifesciences
MDD/ EU MDR Quality Engineer

- Update legacy risk and quality documentation (RMP/ RMR, FMEA, BRA, QCP) for MDD certificate renewal for class I and II medical devices.
- Identify and bridge gaps in risk and quality documentation between MDD standards and new EU MDR standards for class III medical devices, including heart valves and rings.
Irvine, California
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Quality Engineer
Cook Medical
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cookmedical
• Investigated product nonconformance, including development of a risk management plan, clinical effects analysis, hazard analysis, FMEA, and risk management report. 
• Identified user needs and developed into design input requirements while following design control procedures.
Bloomington, Indiana
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Product Remediation Engineer
Medtronic
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• Performed quality assessment reviews of device malfunctions and clinical adverse events, assigned harms and severities for repeatability determination, and identified/ escalated trends in order to ensure complaint management system compliance to requirements issued by FDA and international regulatory bodies.
Miami Lakes, FL
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Quality Assurance/ Regulatory Affairs Engineer
Medtronic
https://www.linkedin.com/company/medtronic
• Devised and administered exhaustive characterization testing for proposed design changes to ventricular assist devices, with the ambition to reduce the occurrence of unfavorable clinical events.
• Streamlined production processes on the manufacturing floor by discovering and redesigning outdated and inefficient tools and procedures, while diagnosing and refining out-of-control processes with the use of statistical process control.
Miami Lakes, FL
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Test Engineer
HeartWare Inc
https://www.linkedin.com/company/heartware-inc
• Constructed simulation setups of the circulatory system using mechanical equipment for LVAD design change research and development.
• Analyzed and interpreted data, generated engineering test reports, and assembled project presentations to update the Chief Scientific Officer and Senior R&D Engineers.
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
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Engineering Intern
Bar-Ilan University
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bar-ilan-university
• Synthesized antibacterial metal-containing polydopamine nanoparticles and examined their antibacterial activity using ultrasound sonochemistry.
• Immobilized lysostaphin onto polydopamine-modified surfaces and analyzed their antibacterial and antibiofilm response using spectrophotometry.
Ramat Gan Area, Israel
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Chemistry Laboratory Intern
Master of Science - MS
• Design Project: Customized a handmade 3D printing system to print biomaterial scaffold structures for use in cell culture and analyzed the effect of varying scaffold architecture on cell morphology of 3T3 fibroblasts.
Biomedical Engineering
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University of Miami
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Bachelor of Science - BS
Biomedical Engineering
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University of Miami
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Alpha Eta Mu Beta Biomedical Engineering Honor Society
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Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
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Biomedical Engineering Honor Society
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•	Synthesized antibacterial metal-containing polydopamine nanoparticles using ultrasound sonochemistry and examined their antibacterial activity.
Sonochemically produced metal-containing polydopamine nanoparticles and their antibacterial and antibiofilm activity
Langmuir
Advanced Biomaterials
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Biomedical Systems Engineering
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Cell and Tissue Engineering
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Engineering Management
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Introduction to Programming
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Probability and Statistics
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Regulatory Control of Biomedical Devices
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Scanning Electron Microscopy
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Science and Technology
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
https://www.linkedin.com/company/department-of-veterans-affairs
• Characterized human stem cells of a newly identified mesenchymal stem cell line (MIAMI cells) from various demographics utilizing cell culture, cell counting, and flow cytometry skills, while showcasing teamwork in a laboratory research setting in the University of Miami medical campus.
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Student Laboratory Assistant
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Boulder, CO
Malhar Shah
Quality Engineer I at Medtronic
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Broomfield, CO
Saumya Patel
Technical Support III at Medtronic
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-desai
Denver Metropolitan Area
JESSICA DESAI
Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist at Medtronic
https://www.linkedin.com/in/iravati-ambike
Mountain View, CA
Iravati Ambike
Quality Engineer | Health-tech | MS Biomedical Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-merlin-jose
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Rose Merlin Jose
Regulatory Affairs Specialist | Quality Engineer | Looking for new opportunities in the Medical Device Industry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayid-sakib
San Francisco Bay Area
Rayid Sakib
Senior Quality Engineer at iota Biosciences | Start-Up
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaintbhatti
Raleigh, NC
Zain Bhatti, M.S
Sr. Engineering Consultant at Stryker| Multiple years of Medical Device Experience| EU MDR, 510k, Remediation, R n D | Masters in Biomedical Engineering| US Citizen
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachinjose91
Irvine, CA
Sachin Jose
R&D Engineer at Medtronic
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneepauline
San Francisco, CA
Renée Pauline Perez
Associate at Jones Day
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardo-rangel
Miami, FL
Eduardo Rangel
Building and Improving Technology for Better Lives
https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-burkot-63161ab6
Baltimore, MD
Edward Burkot
Quality Engineer at Emergent BioSolutions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssarosenfeld
Miami, FL
Alyssa Rosenfeld
Senior Quality Engineer at Medtronic
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Ellettsville, IN
Miranda Vargas
Manufacturing Engineer at Cook Medical
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wujoi
Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area
Joi Wu
Mechanical Engineer & Talent Ambassador | Space Systems | Northrop Grumman - Now hiring DoD cleared engineers.
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Miami, FL
Michael Mei
Quality Engineer at Stryker
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Honolulu County, HI
Kristen Shimabukuro
Physical Therapist at JACO Physical Rehab
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandercaballero
Phoenix, AZ
Alexander Caballero
Honeywell Aerospace | Systems Engineer II
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Miami, FL
Amy Agramonte
Director of Professional MBA  at University of Miami
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Shalimar, FL
Rachel Chapnick
Requirements and Capabilities | Air Power | Raytheon Technologies
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Medical Device Opportunity
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Cell Therapy Industry group
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Entry Level Engineers
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MedTech Innovation (Photonics, 3D Printing, Robotics, Ultrasound), powered by Jakajima
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Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity - Medical Professionals
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Society for Biomaterials
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The Science Advisory Board
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🔥 MedicalDevicesGroup.net 🔥
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University of Miami Alumni Association
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Entry Level Biomedical Engineers
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Future Science Group
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Medical Device Engineering Professionals
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Biomedical Engineering Division (BmED)
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