Senior Process Engineer

$97,600 - $146,400/Yr

Unclassified - Tempe, AZ

Full-time - Mid Level

Tempe, AZ

10,001+ employees

About the position

At Medtronic, you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. Engineers are indispensable to achieving our Mission. That's why we empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Apply your existing skills and develop new ones, with the training, mentorship, and the guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise. Today, we're partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges - this requires bold leadership. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. In this exciting role as a Senior Process Engineer, you will lead the innovation, development and/or optimization of new manufacturing concepts, processes, and procedures for transfer to manufacturing operations. This position will work onsite at our manufacturing site in Tempe, Arizona. The Senior Process Engineer is responsible for developing and transferring highly stable, cost-effective, and scalable microelectronic packaging and PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly) processes into manufacturing. You will develop and support equipment and processes such as underfill dispense, pick and place, solder paste dispense, reflow, epoxy cure, clean, etc. This entails output monitoring, performing necessary experiments to establish robust processes and gaining a thorough understanding of capabilities and interactions with upstream and downstream processes including metrology needs. You will provide inputs to design teams and advance the state of the art in microelectronic assembly.

Responsibilities

• Lead the innovation, development, and optimization of new manufacturing concepts, processes, and procedures for transfer to manufacturing operations.
• Develop and transfer highly stable, cost-effective, and scalable microelectronic packaging and PCBA processes into manufacturing.
• Support equipment and processes such as underfill dispense, pick and place, solder paste dispense, reflow, epoxy cure, and clean.
• Perform output monitoring and necessary experiments to establish robust processes.
• Gain a thorough understanding of capabilities and interactions with upstream and downstream processes including metrology needs.
• Provide inputs to design teams to advance the state of the art in microelectronic assembly.
• Conduct scouting and feasibility work, material selection, process and equipment selection, tooling/fixture and equipment installation.
• Assess inputs, outputs, and alignment to requirements.
• Develop manufacturing processes applicable to statistical process control and develop those techniques including measurement systems.
• Perform equipment qualifications (IQ), process validations (OQ and PQ), and gage R&R studies (TMV).
• Apply statistical methods and science-based decisions to design experiments and implement improvements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve equipment/process production issues.
• Monitor, root cause, and resolve process yield issues.
• Review product development requirements for compatibility with processing methods to determine costs and schedules.
• Interact with product design and development personnel to ensure that processes and designs are compatible.
• Generate and maintain documentation per quality system regulations and ensure processes and procedures follow regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 4 years relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
• Experience in developing a process from concept to transfer in manufacturing.
• Experience working in a high-volume facility.
• Knowledge of DRM / DFSS, Lean Sigma, or Green/Black Belt Lean Sigma certification.
• Knowledge of DOE, statistical analysis methods, and data analysis tools (Minitab, JMP, etc.).
• Experience and understanding of SPC principles including process capability analysis and control charts.
• Experience or aptitude to program, run and troubleshoot automated equipment, machine vision, and automated metrology tools.
• Willingness and desire to work hands-on with equipment/process running the tool.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in developing a process from concept to transfer in manufacturing.
• Experience working in a high-volume facility.
• Lean Sigma certification (Green/Black Belt).
• Knowledge of DOE and statistical analysis methods.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Flexible Benefits Package
• Short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)
• Wide range of benefits and resources designed to support employees at every career and life stage.