Product Development Engineer - Extrusion
Medical Device Manufacturing
DE
Global leader in the development and production of catheters seeks a senior or principal level extrusion engineer to provide technical leadership process and manufacturing development at the company's flagship site located in NE Maryland. This highly regarded industry leader offers excellent career growth opportunities across its many divisions, both domestic and international. The Extrusion Engineer will:
- Develop and implement new product introduction, including developing manufacturing processes.
- Develop and implement improvement plans for existing product manufacturing
- Provide project leadership, including scoping, budgeting, sourcing and implementation
- Lead cross functional engineering teams; oversee junior engineering team members
- Bachelor's degree in either chemical engineering, polymer science, materials engineering, or mechanical engineering; advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years experience in medical device manufacturing, with a career history of job progression
- 8+ years experience in Class II or Class III extruded medical tubing, with experience that includes the design, fabrication, assembly and validation of equipment used to manufacture these devices
- Working knowledge of current materials used in manufacture of extruded medical devices, including PVC, fluoropolymers, thermoplastic elastomers, and compounding of thermoplastic elastomers.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Project management experience
- Lean - Six Sigma certification preferred
