Senior Supplier Engineer

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Process Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Sr. Supplier Engineer.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

The senior supplier engineer serves as ABIOMED's primary technical contact with all US based suppliers, leads all product development team's supplier initiatives, second source critical suppliers, and establishes "Quality at the Source" programs with key partners. This role is a key technical resource for the company's continued growth, and is a great opportunity for someone to make a difference at one of the fastest-growing medical technology companies, focused on recovering hearts and saving lives.

This specific role is working for electronics category

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

* Act as the primary technical point of contact with suppliers who provide electronic assemblies, electrical components, PCBAs or consoles/box builds

* Lead frequently recurring meetings with suppliers to manage engineering projects, including process validations, failure analysis, component obsolescence mitigations and manufacturing capacity increases

* Partner with supplier's engineering teams to analyze manufacturing processes and use data to develop and execute yield improvement project plans

* Partner with supplier's engineering teams to perform process constraints analysis and develop capacity increase plans based on Abiomed delivery forecasting

* Assess risk through FMEAs and develop process validation plans (MVP, IQ/OQ/PQ) to be executed at supplier

* Partner with internal design teams to assess product lifecycle design changes and develop and execute qualification test plans

* Act as a technical partner with internal incoming inspection teams to assess defects and manage non-conformance investigations

* Use project management tools to set milestone targets with suppliers and track and report out on deliverables

* Support product development projects as a liaison responsible for supplier interactions and deliverables

* Influence development team by representing capabilities of the supplier and push for DFx (Design for Manufacturing and Test) improvements at the design phase

* Provide input on second source selection and qualify processes at second source suppliers

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelors degree required (masters degree preferred) in electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering or related fields

* 5+ years experience in professional field, preferably at a manufacturer who designs, manufactures and/or assembles electrical components, PCBAs or consoles/box builds, plastic/Injection molded parts

* Demonstrated experience in printed circuit board manufacturing, SMT process, electrical component and assembly…