Senior Process Engineer Technician, MedTech Manufacturing

Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Confluent Medical Technologies is seeking a Senior Process Engineering Technician to join our Austin, TX team. The role focuses on developing and refining manufacturing processes for Nitinol components, balloon catheters, and related devices.

You will work closely with engineering, train technicians, and help achieve target build times, costs, and yields. You will be involved in tooling development, DOE assistance, data analysis, and creating clear work instructions.

Qualifications

• High school diploma with some college; 8+ years related experience is preferred.
• Solid understanding of catheter manufacturing processes and tooling is required.
• Experience with GMP and documentation practices is essential.

Responsibilities

• Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn new manufacturing processes, equipment, and technologies.
• Work closely with engineering to develop new process parameters, tooling, and methods for manufacturing.
• Work with and train other skilled technicians/operators in the assembly techniques, inspection methods and required documentation.
• Work with engineers to streamline process to meet manufacturing build time, cost, and yield targets.
• Research and leverage previous methods/processes/equipment/tooling on new applications.
• Optimize process parameters for a variety of equipment, such as: hot boxes, braiders, coil winders, laminators, ovens, UV adhesive light welders, laser welders, and others.
• Verify components meet specification requirements through benchtop, functional, and load testing.
• Create and maintain basic engineering drawings for fixtures, tooling, and manufacturing aids.
• Assist engineers with prototype builds, root cause investigations, and process development activities.
• Ability to independently identify problems, develop practical solutions, and implement process improvements with minimal supervision.
• Provide input to technical discussions, able to communicate basic data evaluation and meaning.
• Follow GMP: line clearance, work instructions, lot travelers, etc.
• Drive document changes through the quality management system.
• Design and modify simple fixtures, tooling, and work holding using SolidWorks.
• Create and maintain basic engineering drawings for fixtures, tooling, and manufacturing aids.
• Able to generate BOM with cost and lead time estimates for tooling/equipment.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Attention to detail

Reading engineering drawings

Communication skills

Independent work

Education

High school diploma

AA or BS in related field

Tools

SolidWorks

3D printing (FDM/SLA)

Microsoft Excel

Laminators (manufacturing equipment)

Job description

Confluent Medical Technologies is seeking a Senior Process Engineering Technician to join our Austin, TX team. The role focuses on developing and refining manufacturing processes for Nitinol components, balloon catheters, and related devices.

You will work closely with engineering, train technicians, and help achieve target build times, costs, and yields. You will be involved in tooling development, DOE assistance, data analysis, and creating clear work instructions.