Engineer II - Manufacturing - Sutures-Ave Maria, FL

Requisition : 66218 Title: Engineer II - Manufacturing - Sutures-Ave Maria, FL.

Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company and a leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. Arthrex is actively seeking an Engineer II - Manufacturing to support the Sutures Prototype team. The successful candidate would design, develop, implement, and improve manufacturing processes for medical textiles to produce cost‑effective, quality medical device products and systems. A bachelor's degree in engineering is required.

Join our talented team at a global medical device company focused on Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better™.

• Work with project teams to identify issues and risks. During new product development, integrate with Engineers, Design Engineers, Quality Engineers and the Production Department to ensure cost-effective new product development and introduction into manufacturing.
• Develop a continuous improvement culture, skills sets and tools to enhance quality and operational excellence.
• Lead/support process improvement initiative.
• Introduce new equipment, products, and processes. Present process and equipment recommendations to Leadership Team with equipment reviews and plans for implementation.
• Initiate new projects and be the Project Leader for key improvement initiatives, identifying best practices.
• Develop an understanding of the current manufacturing processes and identify targets for improvement in operation efficiencies.
• Develop manufacturing Work Instructions.
• Provide process support on manufacturing technical issues.
• Provide process and equipment expertise and support for daily braid and textile manufacturing, assembly, and clean‑room sterile packaging efforts/and or production efforts.
• Develop action plans to achieve short and long‑range efficiency goals, selection of new production methods, designs of production fixtures, and methods to monitor efficiencies.
• Lead and/or assist with implementation of textile product specifications into manufacturing.
• Monitor timelines and project deliverables to ensure adherence with approved project plans for manufacturing process development.
• Develop protocols and coordinate validation of equipment and processes.
• Stay current with methods used in the medical device industry to advance technologies.
• Participate in defining Preventive Maintenance programs for production equipment.
• Investigates and test in time reliability and quality improvements
• Ensure Information and documentation is consistently accurate
• Analyze and plan workforce utilization, space requirements, and workflow, and designs layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.
• Confer with vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts, and evaluates products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Estimate production times, staffing requirements, and related costs to provide information for management decisions.
• Apply statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential.
• Provide process and equipment expertise and support.
• Identify issues and risks to ensure cost effective new product development and introduction into manufacturing.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• 2 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering or a related field, or at least 1 year of experience in Manufacturing Engineering combined with a Master's degree in a relevant area, or a PhD in a relevant field.
• Proven experience in leading process improvement projects.
• Medical device manufacturing environment preferred, along with experience working within textile production environments and/or manual assembly environments, preferably in suture assembly or other medical device assembly.
• Experience in workflow optimization, work measurement, and efficiencies.
• Recognized process improvement training (Lean, Six Sigma) preferred.
• Industrial Engineering experience is a plus, but not essential.
• Understanding of BOMs and routings.

• Ability to work independently and effectively with…