Current Job Openings

Department: Manufacturing
Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Menlo Park, CA


Job Summary:

Manage a wide variety of technical tasks related to Acclarent’s existing product lines.

 

Duties & Responsibilities:

Individual will be a key member of a fast-paced medical device start-up with areas of responsibility in production and process improvement/development, equipment design & acquisition, product transfers and production support. The individual will also be responsible for establishing in-house manufacturing capabilities as well as working closely with other members of the Operations team, suppliers, and product development teams.


Qualifications:

  • Requires Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent related experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years experience, preferably in a medical device manufacturing environment with high-pressure balloon catheter experience.
  • Ability to solve problems using structured methods. Experience breaking down high-level (e.g. device level) performance issues into addressable action items. Capable of identifying critical process parameters and applying statistics to process measurement and control.
  • Hands-on individual with demonstrated process development experience.
  • Attention to detail in process characterization and documentation.
  • Ability to work in a team environment with strong communication and negotiation skills.
  • Solid background and experience in the following areas:
    • Balloon catheter manufacturing.
    • Design for manufacturability.
    • Establishment of process flow and production line layouts.
    • Equipment design/selection skills.
    • In-depth process development skills/ statistical analysis.
    • Perform/lead the product development team in process validations.
    • Experience with new product introductions.
    • Project management/supervision experience.
    • Design experience utilizing CAD, preferably Solidworks, to perform design for manufacturability as well as tolerance development.
    • Solid understanding of lean manufacturing techniques with ability to quantify line capacities and to develop high volume manufacturing scale-ups.
    • Medical device process validations.