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A Day in the Life

Senior AME Engineer will be the core team member in the New Product Development (NPD) project, with focusing on manufacturing (MFG) process development for new product. This role will be responsible for assembly/test process design, process characterization, assembly cost control, BOM control, MFG line/equipment/fixture/gauge development and process validation in MFG site.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. MFG site selection support: to evaluate the MFG site technical capability and standard cost to match the NPD project target.

2. Create process flow chart and process map based on the new product design to identify the key process input and key process output. Ensure all of them are controlled in future production.

3. Accountable for DFM/A document create and discussion to assuring that production processes/equipment are taken into consideration.

4. Accountable for draft PFMEA to identify the production risk to support the MFG line development and update/finalize the PFMEA to support mass-production.

5. Response for production line build and qualification, production line including assembly equipment, tester, fixture, tool and on-line/off-line gauge.

6. Cooperate work with MFG site NPI team to ensure new production line can be successful setup in MFG site and complete SAT.

7. Accountable for process characterization something like use statistic methodology to find the optimized parameter and determine the window of high/low parameter.

8. Response for the test method validation, something like GR&R or type-1..etc.

9. Accountable for process validation activities which include sample size calculation, master validation plan, IQ, OQ, PQ.

10. Continuous improvement and analysis for standard cost in each PDP phase. Identify and implement opportunities for improvement in manufacturing processes.

11. BOM maintenance- to ensure correct components, lifecycle, version for BOM in the system.

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Production Support and Trouble Shooting:

• Provide engineering support to manufacturing team. Ensure no negative impact on customer service and minimize downtime.

EXPERIENCE:

BS degree in engineering with minimum 8 years applicable experience, or MS degree in engineering with minimum 5 years applicable experience.
Preferably in regulated industries (i.e. medical device, aeronautics, Automobile).

Solid experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Design and build of Assembling production processes / MFG Line.

• Assembling/testing equipment automation.

• Electronics assembly/test equipment

• Injection molding

• Mold design / mold manufacture / injection processes.

• Sheet Metal processes / die design.

• Machining.

• Die casting.

• Metallic materials.

• Six Sigma / Lean production.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here