Medical Process Engineer – 3D Printing & Validation

MAT USA Materialise USA, LLC; Iowa (LA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Materialise USA seeks a Medical Process Engineer to join the US team in Plymouth, Michigan. The role focuses on shaping production processes for 3D printing, validation and documentation within highly regulated medical environments.

You will collaborate across engineering, quality and regulatory teams, translating requirements into robust procedures, training, and validated workflows to ensure patient-specific designs meet stringent quality standards.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience in process/validation engineering within highly regulated industries (medical devices, pharma, aerospace).
• Quality oriented with attention to detail, yet able to move forward without getting stuck.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Proactive, self-organized, and takes ownership of tasks.
• Effective coordination with diverse stakeholders in quality, regulatory, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the global Production team on 3D printing, post-processing, cleaning and production planning.
• Serve as technical expert and GoTo for development and operational questions.
• Identify, define and implement process improvements following medical quality standards (documentation and validation).
• Use collected data to continuously improve operational quality and efficiency of processes.
• Maintain existing validation programs and validate new equipment, products and processes.
• Create and maintain process documentation, work instructions and operator training.

Skills

Process engineering

Validation

Quality systems

Troubleshooting

Ownership & initiative

Education

Master's degree in engineering

Job description

Materialise USA seeks a Medical Process Engineer to join the US team in Plymouth, Michigan. The role focuses on shaping production processes for 3D printing, validation and documentation within highly regulated medical environments.

You will collaborate across engineering, quality and regulatory teams, translating requirements into robust procedures, training, and validated workflows to ensure patient-specific designs meet stringent quality standards.