Principal Process Engineer

Principal Process Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience or advanced degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in all areas of new product development including the following: process design, supplier selection, sub tier supplier management & project management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, execute and deliver on New Product Development requirements.
• Conduct feasibility studies, material selection, process and equipment development, tooling and test method development to enable scalable manufacturing solutions for long-term production.
• Optimize existing processes to improve quality, production efficiency, and yield.
• Provide feedback to Product Development teams on design concepts and specification requirements to optimize manufacturability.
• Coach other engineers on injection molding best practices in development and troubleshooting production issues.
• Leverage strong mechanical aptitude to support advanced manufacturing process development beyond molding (examples include coil winding, centerless grinding).
• Provide technical and sustaining engineering support in a manufacturing area.
• Collaborate, document, and present all learnings to project and functional teams.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
• 25% or less domestic travel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in injection molding process development and production troubleshooting for medical devices
• Experience working with contract manufacturers from process development through design transfer
• Strong background in manufacturing/operations role across multiple manufacturing technologies
• Working knowledge and experience with FEA and CAD
• Strong knowledge of Design of Experiments (DOE) and familiarity with Minitab or JMP
• Design for six sigma (DFSS) or design for reliability and manufacturability (DRM) certification