Senior Process Engineer: Advanced Welding for Medical Devices

Grove Technical Resources; Minnesota; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Grove Technical Resources in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, seeks a Senior Process Engineer to join the AME Joining & Welding team. Focus on development, optimization, validation, and transfer of advanced joining and welding processes for cardiovascular and neurological medical devices.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in laser welding, resistance welding, micro-welding or similar thermal joining technologies, with DOE, process validation, and continuous improvement experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in manufacturing or advanced manufacturing.
• Experience with DMAIC, DOE, and structured problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and qualify joining and welding processes for medical devices.
• Lead process improvement and cost-reduction initiatives using DMAIC and RCA.
• Characterize welding parameters using DOE and statistical analysis.
• Own process documentation: control plans, process instructions, validation protocols and reports, and ECOs.
• Execute process validation and qualification activities.
• Transfer processes to production and support ramp-up.
• Collaborate with equipment vendors on welding systems and qualification.
• Support CAPA investigations and nonconformance actions.
• Ensure processes meet quality, regulatory, safety, and manufacturing requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement of yield and throughput.

Skills

DMAIC

Root cause analysis

DOE

Statistical analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulated manufacturing

Welding processes

Laser welding

Resistance welding

Continuous improvement

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

IPG laser systems

Minitab

Job description

Grove Technical Resources in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, seeks a Senior Process Engineer to join the AME Joining & Welding team. Focus on development, optimization, validation, and transfer of advanced joining and welding processes for cardiovascular and neurological medical devices.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in laser welding, resistance welding, micro-welding or similar thermal joining technologies, with DOE, process validation, and continuous improvement experience.