Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Primary Function of Position

Lead a team responsible for manufacturing engineering support of production operations, sustaining engineering activities, and manufacturing capability development. Drive process improvements, capacity expansion, and manufacturing support activities while ensuring compliance with medical device quality system requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Leads a small to medium sized group of similarly skilled technical contributors (typically 3+).
• Makes hiring decisions with approval from senior leaders and recommends promotions.
• Proactively trains team and effectively manages performance, addressing underperformance in a timely way.
• Demonstrates commitment to motivate, influence, and develop staff; creates an environment that leads to attraction, retention, and successful careers.
• Effectively communicates goals and objectives, monitors and reports progress, and identifies risks.
• Presents to groups, runs meetings, and communicates changes from above to the organization.
• Manages change within their own team and communicates on behalf of functional and project teams to leaders and similar functions across the company.
• Interfaces effectively with internal teams, suppliers, and some cross-functional audiences.
• Receives high level objectives and manages execution against them; informs schedule and goals.
• Contributes to budget and resource planning and provides accurate estimates of time and resources required.
• Proposes individual goals and assignments for the team and ensures goals support the overall project effort.
• Anticipates and avoids disruptions and addresses setbacks effectively.
• Ensures team understands and applies relevant processes (e.g. quality management procedures, business processes) and best practices.
• Identifies obstacles and proposes solutions; makes day-to-day decisions to advance the work.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Typically requires at least 8 years as an individual contributor and 1-3 years as a people manager or prior management responsibilities through project management or team leadership efforts.
• 5+ years manufacturing, process, industrial, or test engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading technical projects, cross-functional teams, or engineering personnel.
• Strong problem-solving, root cause analysis, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering.
• Medical device manufacturing experience.
• Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma experience.
• Experience supporting complex electro-mechanical systems.