Job Description

Our Advanced Manufacturing Engineering group located in Danvers, Massachusetts is part of our Interventional Vascular & Structural Heart (IV&SH) group. We are currently seeking a professional to lead and support projects within our Advanced Manufacturing Engineering group.
As a key team member, you will develop and implement process and product improvements typically for projects of complex scope and wide magnitude. Some other roles and responsibilities include:
Responsibilities

• Equipment and Fixturing:

• Determine specific requirements of manufacturing operation in order to specify equipment, fixturing, and process parameters.
• Qualification and Validation:

• Develop plans to evaluate process repeatability and stability through equipment qualification and process validation.
• Continuous Improvement and Cost Analysis:

• Improve manufacturing methods, optimize product performance, and reduce manufacturing costs in a systematic fashion.
• Deploy Lean 6 Sigma methodology to identify and evaluate opportunities for improvement inherent in manufacturing processes and make specific recommendations for adoption.
• In partnership with Finance, perform detailed cost analyses of manufacturing changes and cost reduction projects.
• Production Support and Troubleshooting:

• Provide engineering support to manufacturing operations and address related issues arising on the production floor.
• Develop and Optimize Work Design, Manufacturing Layout, and Product Flow:

• Using Lean Manufacturing principles, recommend and implement process layouts for efficient manufacturing.

Top 3 Technical Skills Required

• Continuous Improvement and Cost Analysis
• Problem-solving, Production, and Troubleshooting Support
• Develop and Optimize Work Design, Manufacturing Layout, and Product Flow

Additional Information

• Education Required: Yes
• Years' Experience Required: 4
• Work Schedule: 40 hours a week, 100% Onsite
• Interview Timeline: ASAP
• Product Line Support: CRM/SH

Responsibilities May Include

• Designs manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining, and material handling.
• Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure the most efficient and productive layout.
• Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
• Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
• May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
• Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
• Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques.
• Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

Skills Required