Jobs

Description

Candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in engineering from a U.S. institution, with 1-3+ years of experience in medical device manufacturing.

About the Role

• We are seeking a proactive and motivated Continuous Improvement Engineer to support the successful implementation and sustainability of business excellence initiatives at our site.
• This role plays a critical part in driving cultural transformation, enabling continuous improvement, and ensuring operational standards are upheld across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Production Floor Engagement (70%+)
• Maintain a strong daily presence on the production floor, acting as the first-line engineering resource for operators and supervisors.
• Build deep process knowledge across all stations and understand how work content, takt time, and staffing impact throughput.
• Support operators in issue resolution, performance visibility, and process adherence.

Line Balancing & Goal Alignment

• Learn and interpret the line balance to understand expected performance at each station and for the entire line.
• Translate line-balance expectations into clear, actionable performance goals for operators and supervisors.
• Adjust monthly goals to reflect changing headcount, learning curves, product mix, and ramp conditions.

Performance Analysis & Feedback

• Measure true line performance and compare it to expected performance from the line balance.
• Identify stations performing above expectation, validate the root cause of over-performance, and update goals accordingly.
• Highlight stations performing below expectation and escalate issues, gather data, or coordinate cross-functional support.
• Communicate performance insights effectively to operations teams in a concise and actionable manner.

Cycle Time & Station Optimization

• Conduct time studies, observe operator methods, and quantify variation in work steps across operators.
• Drive cycle-time consistency, standardize best practices, and reduce variation across the team.
• Develop and support execution of incremental improvement roadmaps for target stations.
• Partner with supervisors, technicians, and engineers to implement process improvements, layout adjustments, and waste removal.

Continuous Improvement & Shop-Floor Support

• Facilitate quick feedback loops for issues affecting throughput, quality, or safety.
• Assist with creation or updates of standard work, operator instructions, and training materials.
• Support improvement events (Kaizens), rapid experiments, data collection, and pilot runs.
• Ensure that changes implemented on the floor are followed, measured, and sustained.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline, ex: Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in engineering from a U.S. institution, with 1-3+ years of experience in medical device manufacturing.
• 0–3 years of experience in manufacturing, production engineering, or continuous improvement preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in basic data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI, or equivalent).
• Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with front-line teams
• Competency in time studies, takt time analysis, and basic capacity modeling (preferred but trainable).
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving production environment.
• Desire to be involved with day-to-day operations – working/shadowing/coaching product builders
• Strong ability to be a self starter
• Strong follow-up, execution and organizational skills