Manufacturing Engineer

• Deliver technical support to the manufacturing and testing of medical device instrumentation in a low volume, high complexity and regulated environment.
• Deliver technical solutions to enhance product reliability and process capability.
• Work within a dynamic engineering change environment; actively supporting design transfer, test fixtures and engineering design change activities to ensure optimisation in terms of part design, manufacturing technology, verification and validation activities, implementation to production.
• Work with R&D, manufacturing operations, quality & procurement to deliver product and supply base improvements to meet business needs.
• Initiate and project manage product and process change activities, technology transfers while assuring continuity of supply.
• Optimise complex processes, improve performance and efficiencies.
• Lead projects to drive continuous improvement in key metric’s in alignment with Lean, 6 Sigma, Design Robustness and A3 Problem Solving Principles

• Overall ability to combine technical, design and manufacturing skillsets in a high pace, dynamic environment.
• Understanding of various supplier manufacturing technologies; such as metal fabrication, metal machining and castings, plastic molding, PCBA, cables, optics and fluidics.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to initiate and lead product optimization projects on a cross-functional and cross-site basis
• Problem solving, planning, analytical skills. Ability to collate and analyze large amounts of data for decision making.
• Interest in data visualisation and analytics.
• Excellent oral communications, report writing skills and presentation skills
• Self-directing, goal oriented and able to prioritize workload in an Agile environment.
• Team player who can build strong and influential relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (QQI 8)with minimum of 3 years relevant experience. Consideration will also be given to individuals with alternative degrees if balanced by relevant technical experience. Recent graduates with applicable experience will also be considered.
• Structured analysis skills with experience in complex technical trouble shooting.
• Strong manufacturing, mechanical/ electro mechanical / systems design skillset for both products and manufacturing fixtures.
• Excellent communications skills: written and verbal skills are required.
• Experience with a significant subset of the key technologies involved in modern instrumentation such as fluidics, pneumatics, molding, electro mechanics, software, electronics, optics, machining & metal fabrication is required.
• Practical experience of supplier or manufacturing fabrication processes is desirable.
• Strong interest to develop experience in terms of suppliers, materials, technologies, and manufacturing processes
• Understanding of best practices in ESI, FMEA, Lean MFG, DOE and Engineering Change management

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