What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Engineer I position at Bracco Medical Technologies?
Why Join Bracco Medical Technologies?
At Bracco Medical Technologies, every employee has an impact on our Mission to empower lifesaving decisions. We create medical devices that give healthcare providers the insights they need to confidently and safely diagnose patients. Our unique line of products includes Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), Cardiovascular Imaging contrast delivery (CVi), and CT and MRI contrast delivery systems.
Position Description
Position Summary
The Manufacturing Engineer I position supports the manufacturing of electromechanical medical device systems. Responsibilities include addressing component and assembly issues, designing manufacturing processes, maintaining process documentation, implementing changes, and conducting training. The ideal candidate demonstrates a commitment to innovation and a focus on enhancing productivity, reducing costs, and fostering operational excellence within the manufacturing environment.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Support new product development teams, help to define requirements, create processes, identify suppliers, and ensure product meets customer and market expectations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement manufacturing processes, fixtures, tools, validation plans and change orders.
- Conduct analysis of current manufacturing processes to identify areas for improvement and cost reduction.
- Provide daily support of product lines and processes.
- Work closely with assemblers and technicians (at ACIST) or with contract manufacturers to provide guidance and share knowledge.
- Collaborate with suppliers to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement of materials and components.
- Provide technical support to resolve manufacturing issues and implement corrective actions.
- Design and optimize production layouts, workflows, and assembly lines for maximum efficiency.
- Help identify opportunities, lead projects, and implement changes focused on improving product performance and reliability, increasing capacity and process capability while reducing scrap and throughput time.
- Perform work in adherence to the Quality Management System (QMS), including development and maintenance of documentation.
- Support compliance to Regulatory Requirements.
Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):
- Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- Familiarity of Lean Manufacturing principles and Six Sigma methodologies (i.e. histograms, pareto charts, run charts, control charts, process capability, probability plots, Process Flow Diagrams, Process Maps, critical inputs and outputs, Value Stream Maps, RCA (5-why, fish bone diagram, cause mapping), fault tree analysis, cause and effect matrix, prioritization matrix, FMEA, DOE, MSA, MTTR / MTBF, Poka-Yoke, Control Plans)
- Ability to Model in SOLIDWORKS or related CAD modeling system.
- Passion and commitment to learn and improve to achieve personal and company goals.
- Desire and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams including product development, supply chain, production, quality, customer support, field services, finance, sales and marketing.
- Self-starter with good organizational, interpersonal, critical thinking, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably medical device or other regulated industry.
- Experience using LabVIEW, Python, or other related programming languages.
- Familiarity of system requirements (i.e. GMP, QSR, GLP, CE, CSA, ISO, etc.)
- Experience with Agile / SAP (or similar documentation control / MRP systems)
- Occasional overnight travel, both domestic and international, may be required. Frequency of travel is expected to be less than 10-15%.
7905 Fuller Road, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Tracking Code
1361-432
