Consumables Manufacturing Engineer

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Position Summary:

The Consumables Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for supporting consumables assembly lines, providing support for validation of new equipment and participating in driving continuous improvement activities. The manufacturing engineer will also be responsible for identifying improvements to existing manufacturing processes on automated assembly lines and actively participate in a hands-on capacity with the modification and upgrading of existing equipment.

This position is part of the Manufacturing Engineering Department and will be located in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. 

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Document, assemble, qualify and introduce production assembly and potential inspection fixtures  and equipment.
• Drives and executes the validation/qualification activities for new equipment and processes.
• Coordinate within the group, the engineering testing, and qualification activities for the validation of consumable assembly lines. Actively participate in group meetings and be a technical point person in project teams.
• Taking ownership of production lines, resolve manufacturability issues, and drive improvements for cost and efficiency.
• Supports, maintains, improves modifies and further develops the manufacturing lines as needed for sustaining production.
• Leads/participates in continuous improvement initiatives focused on material cost reduction, capacity enhancement, and streamlining work flow.
• Designs and creates production equipment, fixtures and tests as needed to build the production line either internally or as needed at suppliers.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education or Experience (in years):

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering with +1 year of manufacturing or industrial engineering experience or related experience.

Training Responsibilities

• N/A

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of mechanical assembly, testing, and inspection processes and Lean principles.
• Experience in process optimization, technology transfer, process qualification (IQ, OQ & PQ) and process validation.
• Strong problem-solving ability, including demonstrated ability to effectively design, execute, report on, and draw conclusions from experiments.
• Comfortable interacting with technicians, engineers, and management on a regular basis.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

Other

• N/A

Physical requirements/abilities: 

• Ability to work in an office, laboratory and production environment

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS (optional):

• Experience in Medical Device field, GMP and ISO-13485 QMS for the medical device industry
• Experience in writing validation protocols and reports (IQ, OQ & PQ)
• Conceptual understanding of automation equipment & injection moulding
• Knowledge of process engineering software packages
• 3D CAD skills (Solidworks preferred).
• Oral and written communication skills in Swedish.

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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