Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Planet Pharma; Draper (UT); On-site; USD 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Contract Senior Manufacturing Engineer will provide sustaining engineering support for precision-machined medical device components, with initial focus on the nut, bolt, and distal plate. The engineer will improve manufacturability, process capability, yield, cycle time, and production reliability while supporting ongoing manufacturing needs.

As a key link on the shop floor, you will partner with machinists, technicians, Operations, Quality, and Maintenance to implement improvements, lead

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.
• 5+ years of manufacturing, machining, process-development, or sustaining-engineering experience required.
• Hands-on experience with precision-machining processes (Swiss turning, CNC milling, micromachining).
• Strong knowledge of drawings, GD&T, tooling, fixturing, cutting parameters, dimensional control, and process capability.
• Experience with root-cause analysis, engineering studies, and data-driven process improvement.
• Ability to work effectively on the manufacturing floor and independently drive projects to completion.

Responsibilities

• Provide sustaining engineering support for precision-machining processes.
• Identify and implement improvements to tooling, fixtures, workstations, setups, cutting parameters, and process controls.
• Troubleshoot dimensional variation, surface-finish defects, burrs, tool wear, scrap, rework, and process instability.
• Analyze interaction between part design, tolerances, materials, machining methods, and inspection requirements.
• Lead structured root-cause investigations and engineering studies using data and statistical methods.
• Support process qualifications, validations, nonconformance investigations, and corrective actions.
• Update work instructions, process documentation, risk assessments, and technical reports.
• Partner with machinists, technicians, Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and other engineering functions.
• Verify that implemented improvements are effective, documented, and sustainable.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Data-driven improvements

On-floor collaboration

Process capability

GD&T understanding

Independent project drive

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Swiss turning

CNC milling

Micromachining

Job description

Target PR Range: 41-51/hr DOE

Summary

The Contract Senior Manufacturing Engineer will provide sustaining engineering support for precision-machined medical device components, with an initial focus on the nut, bolt, and distal plate. The engineer will improve manufacturability, process capability, yield, cycle time, and production reliability while supporting ongoing manufacturing needs.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide sustaining engineering support for precision-machining processes.
• Identify and implement improvements to tooling, fixtures, workstations, setups, cutting parameters, and process controls.
• Troubleshoot dimensional variation, surface-finish defects, burrs, tool wear, scrap, rework, and process instability.
• Analyze the interaction between part design, tolerances, materials, machining methods, and inspection requirements.
• Lead structured root-cause investigations and engineering studies using data and statistical methods.
• Support process qualifications, validations, nonconformance investigations, and corrective actions.
• Update work instructions, process documentation, risk assessments, and technical reports.
• Partner with machinists, technicians, Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and other engineering functions.
• Verify that implemented improvements are effective, documented, and sustainable.

Skills

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical, Materials, Chemical or other related engineering discipline.
• Five or more years of manufacturing, machining, process-development, or sustaining-engineering experience.
• Hands-on engineering experience with Swiss turning, CNC milling, micromachining, or similar precision-machining processes.
• Strong knowledge of engineering drawings, GD&T, tooling, fixturing, cutting parameters, dimensional control, and process capability.
• Experience with root-cause analysis, engineering studies, and data-driven process improvement.
• Ability to work effectively on the manufacturing floor and independently drive projects to completion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Medical device or other regulated manufacturing experience.
• Experience with tight-tolerance, complex metal components.
• Experience with Swiss turning or multi-axis machining.
• Knowledge of process validation, equipment qualification, statistical process control, and measurement-system analysis.
• CAD, CAM, CNC programming
• Lean, or Six Sigma experience.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.
• 5+ years experience required.