Sr. Technician, Manufacturing

Gener8•San Jose, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Sr. Manufacturing Technician, you will be responsible for developing and prototyping new products or processes in the Manufacturing group and support the transfer into manufacturing. This is a heavily hands-on position which will provide advanced commercial control and readiness activities for our manufacturing. This position specializes in developing, implementing, and executing test processes to ensure product(s) meet appropriate internal and industry standards. This position is responsible for unit build and test, failure investigation, conducting calibration, and validation of equipment and systems. This position reviews and assesses processes and procedures, makes recommendations for changes and/or improvements, and troubleshoots ultrasound transducer manufacturing processes for future improvement.

Requirements

Associate Degree in an Engineering field and 5 years experience, or High-School diploma and a minimum of 8 years related experience.
Familiar with R&D and Manufacturing equipment (hot boxes, adhesives, soldering, bonding, fuse joining).
Knowledge of materials (Polymers, Metals, Chemicals) as related to medical devices.
Testing, Familiarity with: Tensile, balloon testing, fatigue or tests related to the project.
Perform failure analysis with minimal supervision.
Ability to use measurement devices and inspection systems.
Manual soldering capability for small scale device under microscope.
Assemble and prepare test samples and devices as per approved process.
Execute engineering tests per test protocols or approved process.
Strong verbal and written communications.
Maintain safety protocol while working with hazardous materials.
Must be a US Permanent Resident or a US Citizen.

Nice To Haves

Design and create fixtures using 3D CAD tools.
Maintenance of engineering inspection equipment.
Proficiency with MS Office (Word and PowerPoint for generating engineering documents).
Generate reports and presentation slides.
Experience creating sketches and 3D CAD models is a plus.
Sectioning work on ceramics is a big plus.

Responsibilities

Participate in the design and development of new concepts.
Build prototypes and evaluate new design/ideas and processes.
Perform in-vitro/bench tests and document results.
Document relevant information (i.e., new idea, test results, build procedure, etc.) to lab notebooks according to good laboratory practices or company procedure.
Work with minimal guidance to perform engineering unit build and test or failure investigations on samples and document technical findings.
Proactively recommends new ideas and/or improvements pertaining to equipment, fixtures, tools, and process improvements.
Support development, implementation, and execution of the testing and validation of all phases of product development and manufacturing.
Support test procedures to ensure product(s) meet appropriate internal and industry standards.
Conduct calibration and validation of equipment and systems.
Support engineering documents and manage DCOs (Document Change Orders).
Understand various workflows and manufacturing processes to identify potential problems and propose solutions.
Use considerable judgment, a high degree of taking initiative, creative approaches in troubleshooting, and adapt to rapidly shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.