Sr Process Engineer

ATR International - Jacksonville, FL

Full-time - Senior

Jacksonville, FL

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Sr Process Engineer will provide technical and sustaining engineering support in a manufacturing environment, focusing on improving production efficiencies and ensuring compliance with quality standards. This role involves leading the development and optimization of manufacturing processes, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring that new product designs are compatible with manufacturing capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical and sustaining engineering support in a manufacturing area.
• Recommends and implements equipment and process modifications to meet quality standards and improve production efficiencies.
• Integrates equipment and material capabilities to meet process module target specifications.
• Reviews product development requirements for compatibility with processing methods.
• Interacts with product design and development personnel to ensure compatibility of processes and designs.
• Develops and conducts statistical analysis or recommends additions to document work.
• Leads the innovation, development, and optimization of new manufacturing concepts and processes.
• Develops manufacturing processes applicable to statistical process control.
• Ensures processes and procedures comply with regulations.
• Leads process development, design transfer, and validation activities for neuromodulation devices.
• Participates in design and development activities, such as tolerance stack analysis and failure analysis.
• Researches and implements technology solutions and methodologies like Design, Reliability & Manufacturability (DRM).
• Supports process characterization and validation activities to ensure cost-effective manufacturing cycles.
• Ensures suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services according to company standards.
• Qualifies suppliers through rigorous assessment and evaluation of procedures.
• Monitors supplier performance throughout the manufacturing cycle.
• Evaluates and improves suppliers' internal functions and quality management systems.
• Provides technical guidance for Supplier Quality engagement throughout the New Product Development lifecycle.
• Facilitates communication between design engineering, advanced manufacturing engineering, quality, and supply chain teams.
• Supports design and manufacturing teams to enhance device functionality and manufacturability.
• Engages with regulatory and compliance teams to ensure adherence to industry standards.
• Identifies and carries out practical actions to solve technical problems using project management and six sigma tools.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in engineering or technical field.
• Advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through advanced education and experience.
• Ability to clearly document work and present ideas and test results to various audiences.
• Ability to work effectively as a dynamic team player on cross-functional teams.
• Experience in Design for Manufacturability assessment.
• Experience in Design transfer/Process Validation.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers.
• Knowledge of statistical methods and design of experiments (DoE).
• Medical device industry experience.
• Self-driven engineer with leadership capabilities in process development activities.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in process characterization/development.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in developing products from concept phase to production release.
• Medtronic DRM certification.
• Strong experience with development of new processes at suppliers and/or within internal manufacturing.