Overview:
The Senior/ Principal Process Engineer will be responsible for developing, implementing, optimizing, testing, and validating processes for medical device products for R&D designs, within a low volume manufacturing line and to commercial release at high volumes.
Educational Requirements:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Manufacturing, or equivalent technical field, and 5+ years of hands-on industry experience.
Skills/Experience
• Participates in the creation and review of product process development objectives
• Develop, implement, & optimize improved engineering and manufacturing processes
• Identifies and develops technical specifications, drawings, and process specifications
• Performs design reviews and pre-validation assessments to identify processes to improve
• Troubleshoots and improves production when failures occur and/or yields fall below targets
• Participates in review of equipment, fixtures, and tooling; and implement improvements
• Own processes that may include lapping, milling, dicing, and bonding
• Write and review process instructions and train support staff
• Investigates non-conforming material and recommends corrective action plans for discrepancies
• Lead process validation activities (DOE, Gage R&R, IQ, OQ and PQ) in cooperation with quality engineering
• Participates in pFMEA’s, process validations, and verifications.
• Utilize accurate metrology and statistical methods for process improvements; experience with Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Experience with design for manufacturability, tolerance analysis, cost analysis and working with engineering drawings meeting quality standards
• MS degree a plus
• Experience with medical devices a plus
• Experience with piezoelectric devices a plus
• Semiconductor processing experience a plus