Michelle Kaufman

Design Controls Manager at Abbott

Bend, Oregon, United States

About

Experience

  • Design Controls Manager at Abbott
    Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

    Abbott Diabetes Care

  • Medline Industries, Inc. (7 yrs)
    • Technology Development Manager
      Jan 2019 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs

      Manage team to reverse-engineer original equipment manufacturer device-system interactions and design and validate solutions to circumvent use-limiting features for reprocessed medical devices.

    • Development Engineer
      2015 - 2019 · 4 yrs

      Lead engineer managing and directing design control projects from concept through release to market. - Establish reprocessing schemes for single-use medical devices and develop validation strategies - Support regulatory submissions and agency communication during review process and audits - Research device functionality, user requirements, system compatibility, and clinical use

  • Instructor at Oregon State University-Cascades
    2017 - 2017 · Less than a year

    • Independently lead second-year engineering course, Strength of Materials (ENGR 213) • Create and manage course material, including exams, quizzes, and students’ grades

  • Instructor at Central Oregon Community College
    2016 - 2016 · Less than a year

    • Independently lead second-year engineering course, Strength of Materials (ENGR 213) • Create and manage course material, including exams, quizzes, and students’ grades

  • The Ohio State University (3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Graduate Research Associate
      2014 - 2015 · 1 yr

      • Conducted research utilizing a subject-specific computer simulation of a patient rising from a chair to understand the effects of prosthetic component positioning on muscle function • Completed manuscript (in preparation) of undergraduate research

    • Graduate Teaching Associate
      2013 - 2015 · 2 yrs

      Assisted ~60 students during weekly lecture and lab sessions, grade lab memos and reports, hold weekly office hours, and attend development training

    • Undergraduate Student Researcher
      2013 - 2014 · 1 yr

      • Execute a sensitivity study investigating the effects of knee ligament properties on knee kinematics, ligament forces, and contact forces using a simulation of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) • Investigate differences in ligament property choices compared to other TKA models and cadaveric study findings