Manufacturing Engineer - 6+ Month Contract - Minnesota

A global Medical Device Company in Minnesota is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join its teeam for a 6 month contract opportunity that is likely to be extended.

Responsibilities:

* Develops and maintains the documentation necessary to ensure the consistent manufacture of products (processes, drawings, and shop floor paperwork).
* Provides engineering support for troubleshooting efforts for any process issues in designated area. Summarize and draw conclusions from test results leading to effective technical resolution of process problems.
* Works with Process Development engineers to ensure design for manufacturing elements are incorporated into PDP activities.
* Identifies, justifies, and implements multiple significant data driven projects to reduce manufacturing costs, improve processes, increase product reliability, and enhance process capability.
* Designs and evaluates new and existing fixtures and equipment, test methods, specifications, layouts, and standards supporting a Lean manufacturing environment.
* Identify and recommend manufacturing technologies to strategically develop business objectives and potential opportunities.
* Comply with applicable FDA and international regulatory laws/standards and the Code of Conduct.
* Other duties as assigned or required

Qualifications

Education: BS or MS degree required (Engineering, Manufacturing, other technical field)

Experience:

* 4 to 8 years of relevant experience, including some in a medical device industry.
* Experience with design and process FMECA, Process Validation and variability reduction applications.
* Experience with medical device based products and processing and technologies.
* Implementation and support of Lean Manufacturing, Demand Flow, Total Quality tools.
* Application of statistical and analytical methods such as SPC, SQC, and DOE.
* Process background (development, capability, optimization, validation) within a regulated industry.
* Development of manufacturing documentation (MP, IP, BOM)
* Development and qualification of tooling/equipment (IQ/OQ/PQ, support, design)
* Participation on project teams tasked with new process/product development and the successful transfer into manufacturing.
* Manufacturing continuous improvement support.
* Test protocol generation, execution, and reporting.
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