Extrusion Technician (All Shifts)
About The Position
The Extrusion Technician provides technical support to Aptyx's extrusion manufacturing operations in commercial and medical device environments. The role sets up, operates, troubleshoots, cleans, and maintains extrusion equipment in accordance with established standards and ISO 13485 quality system requirements. It ensures product quality, accurate documentation, effective raw material management, and safe operations, while providing technical mentorship to team members. The technician develops and implements precision extrusion and interventional extrusion processes for medical device tubing, supporting high-precision products that meet tight medical tolerances, customer specifications, and applicable standards. The position works with production personnel, R&D, vendors, and cross-functional teams to execute complex processes, improve productivity and quality, reduce scrap and downtime, and meet production and development schedules. It also maintains traceability and reproducibility through comprehensive process and run documentation.
Requirements
- Two years of hands-on precision extrusion experience for medical-grade products is an asset.
- Experience and understanding of extrusion equipment design.
- Ability to work as part of a cross-functional team and independently, with excellent personal time-management skills.
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines using analytical and problem-solving capabilities; flexibility during times of change.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Good computer skills, including understanding databases, spreadsheets, and word processing.
- Ability to read and write English; numeracy abilities and manual dexterity.
Responsibilities
- Set up, operate, monitor, and adjust extrusion manufacturing equipment in accordance with process parameters and work instructions.
- Troubleshoot equipment and process issues to minimize downtime and maintain product quality.
- Perform in-process quality inspections and identify defects.
- Use precision measurement tools, including calipers, micrometers, pin gauges, vision systems, and laser micrometers.
- Manage all aspects of the polymer extrusion line, including setup, teardown, equipment maintenance, and workflow.
- Execute complex extrusion processes, including multi-lumen tubing, tapered tubing, co-extrusions, and balloon tubing.
- Drive process optimization and work with production personnel and R&D to meet high-precision extrusion requirements and customer specifications and tolerances.
- Support and coach team members in following company health and safety policies.
- Provide extrusions in a timely manner to meet production and development schedules.
- Collaborate with external vendors to develop tooling and fixtures for high-precision products.
- Manage raw extrusion materials to ensure traceability and prevent contamination.
- Maintain comprehensive records and documentation of extrusion processes, improvements, and regulatory compliance; generate extrusion-run documentation to support traceability and reproducibility.
- Support productivity improvements and reduce scrap, downtime, and setup time.
- Work with the team to ensure products and processes comply with quality management system requirements.
- Support scrap-reduction, cost-savings, and quality-improvement teams, focusing on process and material optimization.
- Provide technical support and training to production staff on best practices and quality standards.
- Work independently with minimal supervision and remain accountable for assigned tasks.
- Follow Aptyx policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements for health, safety, and environmental compliance.
- Train and mentor extrusion operators and peers as assigned.
- Perform other assignments as requested.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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