Dongjin Shin
Ottawa,ON
Summary
Detail-oriented Manufacturing and Process Engineer with 3+ years of experience in the medical device industry, specializing in design traceability, requirement management, and cross-functional project management. Proven track record of managing design review, data analysis, root cause analysis, and supporting compliance in ISO and GMP environments. Actively pursuing Six Sigma Green Belt and P.Eng (license application by Oct 2025)
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Manufacturing Component Engineer
Abbott Point of Care
Ottawa
11.2022 - Current
- Lead and manage small to mid-size engineering projects (1-2 years) in a fast-paced medical device manufacturing environment, ensuring design requirements are clearly documented and traceable for validation and design requirements.
- Coordinate cross-functional communications with suppliers, R&D, Quality, Product Engineering, and Assembly to generate and maintain accurate data, and promote new plastic tools to production.
- Challenge and streamline validation processes by identifying inefficiencies and proposing statistically supported improvements using tools such as JMP and Minitab, contributing to resource and cost savings.
- Successfully deliver qualified plastic components into production by proactively assessing risk, conducting thorough root cause analyses, and applying sound engineering judgment to reduce the likelihood of verification failure.
Graduate Student Researcher
Stem cell bioprocessing Laboratory, McGill University
01.2020 - 10.2022
- Designed and developed a microchannel device, capturing and documenting system requirements, design iterations, and test results to support research publications, and potential scale-up.
- Established a communicative workflow through constant interaction with manufacturers and documentation of device designs.
- Solved difficult research problems through an analytical and statistical approach (JMP and GraphPad Prism).
Education
M.Sc. - Chemical engineering
McGill University
Montréal08.2022
B.Eng. - Chemical & Biological engineering
Korea University
Seoul, South Korea02.2017
Skills
- CAD design (SolidWorks/AutoCAD)
- GD&T
- Device prototyping
- Manufacturing process engineering
- Supplier communication
- Design of experiments (DoE)
- Statistical analysis
- JMP (SAS), Minitab
- MATLAB/Python
- Mammalian cell culture
Certification
- E.I.T (working toward PEO license)
- Six Sigma Greenbelt – In progress
- Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
- SolidWorks Essentials (TriMech)
Languages
English (Fluent), French (Beginner), Korean (Native)
Websites
Publications
- Shin, DJS., Kameni FT, Damon G. K. Aboud, Lerouge, S., Hoesli, C, Mesenchymal stromal cell encapsulation in uniform chitosan beads using microchannel emulsification.
- Https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927775722005638
Leadership & Communication Experience
Event organizer (Oct 2020 – Oct 2022)
Chemical Institute of Canada, Montréal local section, Montréal, Québec
- Organized networking and job-fair events to connect/maintain a strong relationship between chemists and chemical engineers from industry/academia.
- Managed social media accounts to promote social events and recruit speakers for future events.
FM Korean/English radio news writer (Sep 2017 – Mar 2020)
CKUT, Voice of Korea (VOKO), Montréal, Québec
- Summarized and translated Korean news into English, broadcasted through Montreal’s only Korean FM radio program.
- Reviewed a variety of media sources to deliver the latest news and introduce unbiased views of Korean culture to a primarily English-speaking audience.
Timeline
Associate Manufacturing Component Engineer
Abbott Point of Care
11.2022 - Current
Graduate Student Researcher
Stem cell bioprocessing Laboratory, McGill University
01.2020 - 10.2022
M.Sc. - Chemical engineering
McGill University
B.Eng. - Chemical & Biological engineering
Korea University
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