Benjamin Wiegandt

About Benjamin Wiegandt

Mechanical engineer focused on developing and improving complex hardware systems—combining 3D CAD, prototyping, validation, and manufacturing workflows. Experience spans product development, manufacturing engineering, regulated hardware, and hands-on build/test operations with exposure to electromechanical integration.Motivated by engineering challenges that operate in real environments and enable meaningful impact—especially ocean and environmental technologies. I enjoy problems that blend mechanical design, durability, reliability, and field operation.Outside of work I volunteer as a Save the Bay Aquarium aquarist/educator and spend time boating/fishing, surfing, and on the water—keeping me connected to marine environments and the hardware that operates within them.Prior experience includes supporting mechanical fixture design and additive prototyping at Alta Motors (electric motorcycles) in a fast-paced startup environment.

Experience

1. Senior Product Development Engineer

   Integra LifeSciences

   Aug 2024 — Present · Mansfield, MA, US

   Division: Codman Specialty Surgical (formerly under J&J)Focus: Mechanical design ownership + sustaining + field-driven improvements• Mechanical owner for cranial Perforator surgical tools (~250k units/yr), leading design remediation (CTQs, V&V, DHF) and supporting field investigations and future change requests within regulated hardware environments.• Primary mechanical PD interface for introducing CereLink ICP sensors into a new China manufacturing facility; established design requirements, CTQs, and test methods supporting NMPA approval and pilot production.• Supporting legacy neurosurgical sensors/accessories across sustaining engineering, regulatory remediation (EU MDR & NMPA), and cross-functional design-control work-streams with electrical/software, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams.

Education

• Northeastern University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering

  2014 — 2019

• Herderschule Gießen

  Study Abroad

  2013 — 2014

• Phillips Academy

  High School Diploma

  2010 — 2014