Sr Manufacturing (Fixture Design) Engineer

Actalent•Newton, MA

63d•$55 - $65•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manufacturing Fixture Design Engineer will play a crucial role in the R&D organization, contributing to the development of the next-generation robotic platform that aims to revolutionize the healthcare industry. This position involves transitioning complex electro-mechanical assemblies from prototype to verification testing and pilot builds, working closely with manufacturing engineering. This role is ideal for an R&D engineer with extensive experience in creating build and test fixtures for complex electro-mechanical medical devices and disposables within a regulated medical device development environment.

Requirements

8+ years of electromechanical and consumable R&D engineering experience, with at least 5 years in medical devices.
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Robotics, or Advanced Manufacturing Engineering.
Strong proficiency in Solidworks and PDM.
Deep understanding of DFM (Design for Manufacturing), DFA (Design for Assembly), and DFT (Design for Testing).
Experience in the design, qualification, and verification of fixtures for medical device assembly and testing.
Expertise in electromechanical system development.

Responsibilities

Act as a key team member in the design readiness of the platform.
Design and develop production build and test fixtures for complex electromechanical subsystems for production volumes.
Create fixture requirements, design descriptions, use, and preventive maintenance documentation.
Perform fixture qualifications and verifications in collaboration with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering.
Support the development of assembly and test processes for capital equipment and disposables.
Develop fixtures and tests for component inspection.
Support various multi-disciplinary technical and process improvement projects of different sizes and scopes.
Create engineering change orders for the release of fixtures and tooling documentation.
Manage and communicate assigned projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams.