12 Apr
Advanced (R&D) Manufacturing Lead
California, Dublin , 94568 Dublin USA

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Position Title: Advanced R&D Manufacturing Lead

Location: Dublin, CA – client is remote now due to COVID, but expectation will be significant onsite work soon, so candidates must be LOCAL

Process: First round phone interview with hiring manager for 30 minutes, second round will be with hiring manager and one other team member on MSFT Teams for one hour

Duration: 3-6 months initially – possibility for conversion to permanent for ideal candidate

Scope: Client is a medical device company and needs an Advanced Manufacturing Lead/Engineer to lead the development and implementation of manufacturing quality and reliability processes for new products in their Remote Care Division. Hiring manager runs a very dynamic and fast-paced group that drives many different functions inside the organization. Client needs a candidate with prior experience as a Manufacturing Lead or Manager that has worked primarily in an R&D and consumer products environment – NOT an Operations person just walking the production line but someone with an R&D background and mindset for driving the actual efforts and developing and refining these processes. There will still be heavy R&D aspects involved because they do not have a clearly defined manufacturing protocol currently – this candidate will need to work with internal teams to gather the requirements, revise as needed, drive the documentation, calibrate the processes for very high volume manufacturing with high reliability level (greater than 15,000 units, as you would find in consumer products) and really own the knowledge to develop this process from the ground up.

Duties: Candidate will function as an individual contributor and subject matter expert to truly own and define the manufacturing processes and lead development and implementation of these processes for their new products. This individual will be responsible for working with internal and external resources to deliver innovative and practical manufacturing solutions that yield highly reliable products. The ideal candidate will have a pragmatic approach, centered around finding solutions to non-traditional problems. The individual should feel comfortable interacting with multiple internal and external design teams and suppliers simultaneously to drive accelerated timelines.

More specifically:

  • Responsible for design and characterization of prototype equipment and pilot processes in support of manufacturing scale-up

  • Collaborates with internal and external design partners to understand overall design choices, assembly and calibration procedures of optomechanical components in order to support transfer of knowledge to manufacturing facilities

  • Collaborates with the internal and external design teams to incorporate hardware and software elements that ensure system performance and reliability in non-clinical settings (creating consumer-grade medical devices)

  • Oversees the development of production and process control information, prepares technical analysis, recommends manufacturing methods and processes required to meet design objectives on new or improved products and/or processes

  • Leads cost reduction efforts based on potential design and manufacturing process improvements

  • Leads tooling and material selection for new products (selection of preferred hard tooling techniques based on volume and performance targets)

  • Supports root cause investigations of field failures

  • Drives Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/A) activities and process specification definition throughout product development lifecycle.

  • Partners with leaders and engineers to ensure that reliability components are appropriately accounted for and documented based on requirements

  • Conduct Make vs. Buy assessments, and transition processes into production

Necessary Skills (no flexibility here):

-Prior experience as a Manufacturing Lead or Manager – NOT just Operations level, see below.

-Must have prior experience with overseeing manufacturing and system production at large scales and high volumes (> 15,000 units/year), specifically in consumer products, (Preferable opto-mechanical or opto-electrical systems and products).

-Must have prior experience with internal R&D related tasks – gathering requirements, interfacing with design teams to understand calibration of components and modify requirements as needed, document processes, etc.

-Must also have prior experience with external facing manufacturing tasks – communicating with suppliers, leading tooling and material selection, etc.

-Prior experience leading root cause analysis

-Prior experience conducting cost reduction efforts

-Must also own this knowledge and develop these processes from scratch – NOT just an Operations person walking the production line but someone who develops the manufacturing process from the ground up.

-Proven track record of working successfully in a rapidly changing environment with high levels of uncertainty

-Demonstrated ability to work with product management and with other engineering groups in resolving design trade-offs.

-Strong collaborator with ability to manage cross-functional efforts. Ability to manage by influence.

Desired Skills/Center of the Bullseye:

-Advanced degree preferred, Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering and a minimum of twelve (12) years relevant work experience.

-Prior experience specifically in manufacturing environment with medical devices and/or opto-mechanical devices and products a huge plus.

-Knowledge of or prior work experience in one or more of the following subject areas would be helpful: Medical electronic instruments, ophthalmic instruments, imaging or non-imaging optics.

-Any prior experience with consumer electronic products is also highly desired.

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