Senior Manufacturing Engineer Capital Equipment

Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies is recruiting for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Capital, within our Robotics & Digital Solutions organization. The location for this position is Redwood City, CA.

Robotics & Digital Solutions is part of Ethicon, Inc., a global leader in surgery with products and solutions found in almost every operating room around the world. Ethicon has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 100 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures. Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our commitment to help address the world's most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives. Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including robotics, digital solutions, sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our commitment to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact. For more information, visit www.ethicon.com

Are you interested in making a difference in a growing diverse company? Apply today for this excellent opportunity!

The Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Capital, supports a growing medical robotic business. Make an impact by improving current manufacturing processes, introducing new parts, and working with vendors. You'll support the surgical robot manufacturing line to facilitate efficient operations, optimize existing processes, and ensure that production goals are met. Individuals in this role will provide daily support for manufacturing operations, mechanical design improvements for existing processes and hardware
Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and set up manufacturing assembly line, release and/or refine bill of materials (BOMs), work flow processes and detailed manufacturing process instructions (MPI) work instructions.
• Lead outsourcing efforts at contract manufacturers and process validation activities including IQ/OQ/PQ protocols and reports in ISO 13485 regulated environment.
• Conceives and plans complex projects and studies involving process or product costs, process control, or other labor related issues.
• Provides estimates in the development and coordination of a 5 year capital budget.
• Plans and performs a wide variety of manufacturing related assignments of major complexity requiring a high degree of technical and professional competence.
• Recommends methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities such as restructuring job duties, reorganizing workflow, and relocating workstations or equipment.
• The role requires active participation in new product development teams that create and refine electro-mechanical components, assemblies, process documentation, tooling and test methods while challenging new product designs to improve efficacy, reliability, manufacturability and cost for robotic surgical Capital Equipment.
• Create, maintain and improve pilot Capital Equipment manufacturing assembly lines, specifying and/or refining BOMs, work flow processes, manufacturing plan and detailed work instructions
• Design, document, procure, qualify, implement, and improve fixtures, tools and equipment
• Analyze manufacturing line processes and test equipment from a risk perspective (pFMEA) to incorporate and validate critical tests used in manufacturing
• Responsible for the validation and qualification of manufacturing equipment and processes leveraging standard qualification approaches (IQ/OQ/PQ)
• Provide product and process DFx (Manufacturing, Assembly) input to enhance manufacturability of new and existing products
• Takes responsibility for maintaining compliance with medical device quality system including corrective action closure, discrepant material dispositions and ECO implementation
• Provides technical support analyzing and /or performing failure analysis for discrepant production components, assemblies and field returns

Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering, Biomedical, Physics or related discipline is required
• MS degree in Engineering discipline or equivalent is preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Minimum 6 years experience as design or Manufacturing Engineer supporting product with significant mechanical / electromechanical content
• Computer Aided Design Experience (CAD) is required

Preferred:

• Must possess strong communication skills to interface with technicians, product development, planning, purchasing, regulatory, inspection, customer support and clinical marketing teams
• Prior responsibility for process, equipment or product validation/verification
• Great attitude, eager, willing/able to take initiative, works well with others in team environment

Other:

• This position is 100% On-Site Monday- Friday in Redwood City, CA
• Ability to travel up to 10% domestic and international
• The anticipated base pay range for this position is $101,800 to $142,600
• The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/ performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. Additional information can be found through the link below.
• For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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