Senior Manufacturing Engineer   (Job ID 172 SME)
Ann Arbor, MI

Position Summary:

As the Senior Engineer in Manufacturing Department of this highly regarded medical device company, you will be responsible for investigating, planning, and implementing the more complex improvements for the capital equipment and disposable medical products and manufacturing processes that directly affect safety, quality, and productivity. You will lead major strategic projects and have budget responsibility for the manufacturing engineering team effort and be part of a multi-discipline team effort consisting of both inside and/or outside resources. The Sr. Manufacturing Engineer will manage engineering related duties or projects to lower level and/or outside engineers, designers, and technicians. The qualified candidate will be considered the technical expert in his/her area(s) of engineering inside and outside the company, and will ensure compliance to the company’s quality policy, respond to customer complaints, perform audits, develop test methods, and/or write procedures for material characterization.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Maintain and follow proper ISO procedures and GMP requirements
• Provide technical expertise and leadership required to plan and implement projects to develop, install, and qualify new products
• Provide engineering expertise in the design, fabrication, development, installation, validation and qualification of equipment and the product line
• Monitor and control programs, identify issues and ensure they are resolved
• Ensure proper documentation is prepared or corrected to reflect any changes implemented
• Research and implement cost reduction projects, lines, extensions, and/or products
• Plan work schedules, expenditures, attend meetings, and prepare monthly reports as required
• Assign, delegate and assist in the completion of engineering tasks or projects to lower lever engineers. Serve as mentor to entry level engineers
• Participates in project performance team meetings on behalf of the job unit in order to provide ideas, methods, or processes for unit/company performance improvement

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• Master’s degree or PhD in an appropriate engineering discipline is strongly preferred

Position Requirements:

• At least 10 years increasing responsibility and experience within a manufacturing environment, designing, specifying, fabricating, assembling, validating and debugging machinery and product and manufacturing processes
• Must have current working knowledge and understanding of technologies, patents, and competition in designated areas of engineering expertise, and a proven ability to successfully manage major strategic engineering projects
• Prior engineering related supervisory/project leadership experience needed
• Knowledge in finance to work with and understand general cost accounting principles
• Ability to create and work from engineering drawings and/or specs of particular engineering discipline
• Thorough knowledge of statistical techniques/methods, engineering drafting and personal computers
• Excellent communicating skills both verbal and written
• Thorough knowledge of electronic/chemical equipment and tools used in laboratory testing and inspection systems
• Thorough knowledge of electromechanical systems, DC servomotor/position control systems, and electrical circuits as appropriate
• Knowledge of GMP/FDA regulations

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