**This is a full time 6-month Co-Op starting on July 6** **th** **,** **202** **6** **and** **ends** **on December** **202** **6** **.** **INVENT. IMPROVE. INSPIRE.** Fresenius Medical Care and NxStage Medical is not your typical medical products company. We are a close-knit team of talented professionals driven by a shared commitment: to lead a movement to dramatically improve renal care with innovative yet simple therapeutic solutions that benefit patients, caregivers, and society. We pursue this goal through a passionate commitment to Innovate, Educate and Advocate for the breakthroughs that are redefining renal care. Additionally, NxStage works in community with its customers, patients, industry partners, and government leaders and agencies to realize the vision of better, simpler, more accessible renal care.  **General** **Position Summary:** The co-op supports product or process development activities related to the development, design, research and manufacturing of Fresenius Medical Care’s and NxStage Medical's new and existing products. As part of the R&D team, this involves participating in testing, design, building samples, and other activities as needed by the project team. Co-ops may be part of the system engineering, hardware mechanical engineering, or disposables engineering team.   **General** **Responsibilities:** + Participate indevelopmentofverification test protocols fornew medicalequipment and/or upgrades to existing products. + Executesengineeringtest, collect and analyze results. + Ensure all design activities conform to designcontrols;and thatall analysis,designand testing activities are properly documented. + Assistthe product development team in the adoption and use of best practices and design methodologies. + Debugand developtestsetupand fixturesfor existing products and products under development. + Investigateand testthe feasibility of new projects,systemsor approaches. + Learn about and work in ways that are compliant with internal and external standards, goodtestpractices, and quality system regulations. **General** **Requirements:** + Candidate for BS orMSinElectrical,Mechanical,orComputerEngineering. + Entry level understanding of product and process development of medical devices is preferred. + Beginnersunderstandingofelectronics, mechanical and software integration. + Has a constructiveapproachteamwork and collaboration. + Demonstrated interest in medicaldeviceor pharmaceutical industries. + Excellent technical communication skills and attention to detail, including creating and editing technical procedures, protocols, and reports. + Commitment to performing all tasks with quality and integrity  **EOE, disability/veterans**