R&D Process Engineer II

Title: R&D Process Engineer II
Location: Lake Zurich
Employment Type: Full‑Time

Founded in 1996,
Medical Murray is a privately owned medical device company specializing in the development, testing, and manufacturing of finished devices, components, and subassemblies. We partner with clients ranging from innovative startups to the world’s largest OEMs. Our expertise includes permanent implants, delivery systems, and complex catheters for vascular, gastrointestinal, urologic, and other interventional markets.

Our culture is driven by five core values:
Helpful, Happy, Personal Responsibility, Trustworthy, and Clever & Skillful
. These principles guide our work, our relationships, and our commitment to improving patient outcomes worldwide.

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical (BCBS) and dental coverage; company‑paid vision and life insurance; short‑ and long‑term disability; HSA‑eligible plans; a 401(k) Safe Harbor retirement plan; 18 days of PTO;
Teladoc access; identity protection; tuition reimbursement; voluntary life insurance; and paid time off for community volunteering.

At Medical Murray
, innovation and manufacturability go hand in hand. As an R&D Process Engineer, you will play a critical role in transforming innovative medical device concepts into robust, scalable, and production‑ready manufacturing processes. Working alongside engineers, customers, quality professionals, and manufacturing teams, you will ensure products are designed with manufacturability in mind from the very beginning.

• Partner with internal development teams and customers to ensure product designs are manufacturable, scalable, and aligned with quality requirements.
• Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) recommendations during product development to improve efficiency and reduce risk.
• Evaluate manufacturing concepts and recommend process solutions that support project objectives.

• Design, develop, document, and optimize assembly processes for new medical device products.
• Establish process parameters, control plans, and risk assessments to support robust manufacturing operations.
• Support process validation activities and ensure processes consistently meet quality, yield, and efficiency targets.
• Utilize statistical methods and data analysis tools to evaluate process performance.

• Design and implement fixtures, tooling, and manufacturing equipment to support assembly and production requirements.
• Collaborate with vendors and suppliers to source, develop, or customize manufacturing equipment.
• Support equipment qualification and implementation activities.

• Facilitate the transfer of products and processes from development into production.
• Develop manufacturing documentation including work instructions, process specifications, and training materials.
• Support production teams through process qualification, training, and troubleshooting activities.

• Serve as a technical liaison between Product Development, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and Operations teams.
• Participate in customer meetings and provide updates regarding manufacturing readiness and process development progress.
• Support project timelines and ensure manufacturing considerations are integrated into development milestones.

• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing efficiency, product quality, and process capability.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles to reduce waste and improve process performance.
  
  Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective and preventive actions as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field.

• 3–5 years of manufacturing engineering or process engineering experience.
• Experience with in a contract manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience supporting medical device manufacturing highly preferred.
• Familiarity with cGMP…