Sr Manufacturing Engineer

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: May 3, 2024

Job Description:

Robotics & Digital Solutions , part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for a NPI Senior Manufacturing Engineer, located in Santa Clara, CA. At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at Are you interested in joining a diverse team delivering outstanding results to our customers? Apply now for this exciting opportunity! The Senior Manufacturing Engineer, NPI is an individual with:

• High drive and urgency to launch quality products to market
• High drive to innovate through continuous improvement throughout the product's life cycle.
• Highly collaborative; works with Supply Chain and R&D Teams, Technicians, Quality, and peers to develop a world-class manufacturing process for Medical Robotic Capital Systems
• Strong determination, ability, and excitement leading and developing, documenting and qualifying test processes used during the manufacturing of electro-mechanical components and subassemblies
• Experience in making process improvements that yield both a profitable and reliable product
• Clear communication when providing feedback on Design For Assembly, COGS, Manufacturability, Quality, etc,
• A positive take on challenging the status quo to drive process excellence, while understanding the "why" in design intent, patient safety and overall product functionality
• Eagerness to engage in hands-on activities, comprehending system interactions, and automating repetitive tasks
• Aptitude for quickly formulating action plans and executing them optimally to address challenges
• Proven resilience, proactivity, and a positive approach when facing challenging circumstances
• Vision to develop and undertake projects that can handle the complexities in scaling up a robotic system in future sophisticated manufacturing methods The Senior Mfg Eng, NPI will Lead Manufacturing and Process development activities across the organization and functional groups with responsibilities in the areas focus areas: General Engineering and Leadership
  • Strong leadership capabilities to mentor, coach and develop various experience level Mfg Eng, NPI teams
  • Collaborates, coaches, and supports design teams to develop and introduce manufacturing processes that scale to commercialization.
  • Thoroughly documents procedures and results to ensure traceability and promote knowledge sharing among team members
  • Technical leader and driver on owned projects; serve as a technical resource to other engineering groups and project leaders Process Engineering
    • Develops new and or improved processes through the application of theoretical and practical engineering
    • Designs and develops technically complex processes to improve quality and efficiency.
    • Utilizes statistical tools (such as GR&R, SPC and Cp/Cpk) to ensure processes/fixtures are scalable and are continuing to perform properly once qualified
    • Analyses and evaluates all significant technical trends and developments and incorporates them in appropriate assignments
    • Responsible for data analysis reports to communicate machine capability to cross-functional teams
    • Plans, defines, and implements continuous process improvements to existing manufacturing operations including process verification, MFG documentation updates and process validation
    • Designs, documents, assembles, qualifies, and releases custom, off-the-shelf manufacturing and testing tooling, fixtures, and equipment, including maintenance plans and calibrations. Product Engineering
      • Component and manufacturing assembly development with a strong focus on DFx methodologies (Design for Manufacturability/Assembly/Cost/Quality/x)
      • Provides early and ongoing manufacturing involvement to ensure new products are mechanically manufacturable
      • Capable in understanding and building Tolerance Analysis of parts and assemblies
      • Releases engineering documentation and Bill of Materials
      • Provides direction and mentorship to third party machine/automation suppliers and/or CM's Failure/Data analysis and Troubleshooting
        • Develops Manufacturing and Test Processes with multi-functional teams
        • Leads Corrective and Preventative Action plans by providing solutions using independent thinking and problem-solving skills including FMEAS, Fishbone, 5 Whys or Pareto Charts.
        • Leads troubleshooting/root cause investigations and resolves manufacturing production issues following GMP and the companies Quality Management System.
        • Genuine curiosity to comprehend the functioning and troubleshooting of systems, coupled with a proven track record to identify and resolve technical issues efficiently .

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