Industrial Engineer: Lean Manufacturing for Medical Devices

Creative Solutions Services, LLC; Maple Plain (MN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Solutions Services, LLC in Maple Plain, MN is seeking an Industrial Engineer to join a small team supporting a medical device startup. You will help develop, validate, and scale manufacturing processes, ensuring product quality and patient safety.

The role emphasizes lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and collaboration with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and R&D to improve efficiency, throughput, and cost while maintaining compliance with quality policies.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years engineering experience in manufacturing/industrial engineering.
• Experience scaling products from prototype to production is a plus.
• Strong CAD and problem-solving skills; attention to detail; able to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to increase productivity, reduce waste, and improve operational performance using Lean manufacturing principles.
• Analyze and optimize manufacturing workflows, labor utilization, and line balancing to maximize throughput and resource efficiency.
• Develop and implement capacity models, production strategies, and staffing plans to support customer demand and business growth.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives through cycle-time improvements, standardized work, and enhanced process efficiency.
• Establish and monitor key manufacturing performance metrics, identifying trends and opportunities to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Conduct time studies, value stream mapping, and process analyses to identify bottlenecks and improve material and information flow.
• Lead structured problem-solving and root cause analysis efforts to eliminate production constraints and improve operational stability.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and R&D to improve manufacturability, scalability, and overall value stream performance.
• Support process validation, change management, and continuous improvement activities to ensure compliant and sustainable manufacturing operations.
• Manage strategic operational improvement projects from concept through implementation, delivering measurable gains in productivity, efficiency, and cost performance.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

DMAIC

CAD

5S/DMADV

Regulatory environment

Problem solving

Communication

Teamwork

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Creative Solutions Services, LLC in Maple Plain, MN is seeking an Industrial Engineer to join a small team supporting a medical device startup. You will help develop, validate, and scale manufacturing processes, ensuring product quality and patient safety.

The role emphasizes lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and collaboration with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and R&D to improve efficiency, throughput, and cost while maintaining compliance with quality policies.