Principal Engineer, Manufacturing
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Principal Engineer developing advanced manufacturing solutions and ensuring high-quality product designs for medical devices. Collaborating with R&D and suppliers while leading process development initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct investigations of considerable complexity pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials or processes.
- Provide expert technical guidance and support to R&D in the design and implementation of high quality new products and processes.
- Ensure processes used in production are producible, high quality, common and cost effective.
- Assure implementation of best practices established by industry and the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team.
- Apply advanced manufacturing engineering theories and concepts.
- Optimize solutions from a systems point of view.
- Understand design requirements of the final product and coach other engineering disciplines.
- Implement high quality Tools, Equipment, and Process, and validate our operations facilities.
- Identify, create and lead new and existing methods for verification and validation.
- Implement cost saving initiatives as defined by leadership.
- Assist business unit leadership in the implementation of road maps for core processes and process controls.
- Lead DFM/DFA, Process Development, PM plans, with R&D, Suppliers and Operations.
- Work on special projects as they arise.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering or closely related field (or foreign equivalent)
- Ten (10) years of experience in the job offered or closely related occupation.
- Knowledge of Electrical, Pneumatics and Controls system integration
- Understanding of PLC related programming features and capabilities
- Mechanical Tools/Fixtures/Equipment design and development
- Experience with a broad spectrum of manufacturing and machining processes
- SolidWorks 3D CAD design software and 3D PLM data storage
- Understanding of Lean Manufacturing concepts and tools
- Experience using Problem Solving, Error Proofing techniques and Assembly Best Practices
- Knowledge of Six Sigma Methodologies
- At least 3 years of process development and validation experience in the medical industry.
Benefits:
- Work from home is permitted 100% of the time from anywhere in the US.
- 20-25% International and domestic travel required per year.



















