Manufacturing Engineer Tech II- 2nd Shift

Nextern is seeking a versatile, hands-on Manufacturing Engineering Technician who can work across both sides of our product portfolio: complex electromechanical devices — consoles, capital equipment, and their supporting test systems — and precision single-use disposables, specifically catheter and balloon catheter systems. This combined role exists because our programs increasingly pair a capital console with a disposable, and we need technicians who can support the full system rather than one half of it.

This is not an entry-level position. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of hands-on technician experience in a regulated manufacturing environment and will work with limited supervision — building and debugging electromechanical assemblies, running electrical safety and automated functional test stations, executing catheter and balloon processes to tight tolerances, supporting equipment qualifications, and investigating returned product. The technician serves as a direct extension of the manufacturing engineering team on the floor and is often the first person to touch a problem.

Nextern operates a global manufacturing footprint, and this role supports process transfer, station replication, and build support with our Costa Rica, China, and Vietnam sites.

• Console and Capital Equipment Assembly:
  Build, integrate, and debug consoles, capital equipment, and complex electromechanical assemblies — including enclosures, power supplies, motion and pneumatic subsystems, wire harnesses, and cable assemblies — working from large multi-level bills of material and multi-operation routings.
• Electronics and PCBA Handling:
  Handle, install, and troubleshoot printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) and electronic subassemblies; perform and inspect solder and rework operations to IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001 workmanship criteria; build and inspect cable and harness assemblies per IPC/WHMA-A-620; maintain ESD controls per ANSI/ESD S20.20.
• Firmware and Configuration:
  Execute firmware loading, device programming, configuration, and serialization steps at the station level, and verify results against the traveler and device history record.
• First Article and Pilot Builds:
  Support first-article, prototype, and pilot builds; capture build issues, cycle times, and process feedback for engineering; assist in refining work instructions before production release.

• HIPOT and Electrical Safety Testing:
  Set up, operate, and troubleshoot electrical safety test stations — dielectric withstand (HIPOT), insulation resistance, ground bond / protective earth continuity, and leakage current — following defined parameters and safety controls, and escalating failures with clear technical documentation.
• Automated and Functional Test Systems:
  Operate, maintain, and debug automated test equipment (ATE), functional test stands, and end-of-line test systems; diagnose fixture, cabling, instrumentation, and unit-under-test failure modes; support test station replication, setup, and periodic verification.
• Electronic Troubleshooting:
  Use multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and data acquisition equipment to isolate faults down to the component, connector, or subassembly level; read and work from electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and interconnect drawings.

• Catheter Processing:
  Perform catheter shaft preparation including cutting, grinding, skiving, and surface treatment; execute tip forming operations using heat forming equipment; apply radiopaque marker bands using precision placement fixtures and bonding techniques; support extrusion operations for multi-lumen tubing.
• Balloon Operations:
  Perform balloon bonding (proximal and distal), folding, and wrapping using manual and semi-automated equipment; inspect balloons for pinholes, wrinkles, and dimensional nonconformance.
• Catheter Assembly:
  Assemble complete catheter systems including hubs, strain reliefs, guidewire lumens, hemostasis valves, and Luer fittings using adhesive bonding, thermal bonding, and mechanical crimping operations.
• Dispo…