Manufacturing Engineer

Position Summary

This position is responsible for developing and maintaining cost effective processes and procedures for parts manufactured at Precera Medical. In addition, this role is responsible for providing technical support to cross functional departments, coordinating the activities of assigned projects, maintaining manufacturing plans in the ERP system, identifying continuous improvement opportunities, and maintaining appropriate documentation. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develop and maintain cost effective processes and procedures
• Advocate and implement the highest quality standards and LEAN principles
• Assess and communicate technical specifications to all departments
• Provided design for manufacturability feedback to appropriate audiences
• Identify and complete continuous improvement projects
• Create and coordinate engineering  studies
• Assist in the development of tool design and CNC programming
• Fixture design and implementation
• Create and modify through change control, BOM/BOO routings within the ERP system
• Assist with all costing and quoting functions
• Resolve daily manufacturing issues per LEAN structure
• Maintain appropriate documentation for engineering changes and manufacturing processes
• Coordinate measurement methods with quality programmers and engineers
• Maintain machining and secondary operational processes
• All other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or an associate degree with 4 years of experience in similar field
• Experience with CAD software
• Proficient PC skills in a Windows environment, especially word and excel
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Ability to travel between Precera sites as needed

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience in the design and selection of fixturing and tooling for complex parts
• Experience in a precision machine shop environment
• LEAP / Six Sigma training and demonstrated application
• Experience with CAM software; swiss or milling
• Experience working within an ISO 13485 environment

Compensation and Benefits Overview

Starting Pay Range for this position is $75,000-$100,000/Annually.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with applicable county or city regulations if they exceed the listed range. Actual pay rates are determined based on various factors, including but not limited to, local labor market conditions, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language proficiency, and other job-specific qualifications.

Employees and their families are eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefits package, including company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health savings accounts (HSA), voluntary benefits, supplemental life/AD&D insurance, and the company’s 401(k) plan. Additional benefits include access to an employee assistance program (EAP) for employees and household members, long-term disability coverage, and short-term disability for full-time employees.

Full-time and Part-time employees receive Paid Time Off (PTO) based on years of service, as well as paid holidays, personal holidays and MN Safe and Sick Time.