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TEPHRA

Technical Lead (Metal/Plastics)-Life Sciences Domain

TEPHRA, Irvine, CA, United States


Description:

Senior Technical Lead Engineer (Metals / Plastics)

Responsibilities:

• Own up Projects to take it through the project lifecycle (initiation to finish)

• Fast learner to grasp the development process at customer location

• Coordinate with diverse teams to ensure project execution

• Work with suppliers towards solving any production issues of assigned projects

• Create, modify, review related Quality system documentation for the project and coordinate for necessary approvals

• Analyze data received from suppliers and make recommendations, create reports and present it to Project team / customer stakeholders

Qualities:

• Team player who can function in a diverse demanding environment

• Proactive self-directed technical leader

• Expert to articulate ideas and Organized

• Excellent communication skills

Experience:

• Medical device industry in Manufacturing (Process & Product) development roles

• Experience in Cost Reduction implementation activities (Direct Material Costs) by process changes (not by only supplier change / alternate country for manufacture)

• Statistics - Data analysis, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Gage R&R, Component Qualification along the lines of PPAP, Statistical process control, Lead and execute Design of Experiments

• Execution of process or product change management of multiple projects (planning and execution)

• Cost analysis and driving the primary necessity of cost reduction

• Metallic, Plastic component qualification (materials & processing technologies). Deep understanding of metal, Plastic, and assembly manufacturing methods used for component manufacturing by either - stamping, machining (conventional CNC, mill turn, Electro chemical, Metal injection molding, powder metal, welding, mechanical joining, fine blanking, additive manufacturing (3-D printing), plastic injection molding, welding, joining, electro-mechanical, and others.)

• GDT fundamentals-design discussions

• Process validation practices (GMP), Risk analysis including use of FMEA

• Product design & DFMA (Design for Manufacturing & Assembly)

Qualifications: BS Degree - Mechanical / Manufacturing; 6 Sigma Green Belt