Director, Metals Engineering and Manufacturing Technology

Director, Metals Engineering and Manufacturing Technology

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Global Supply Chain team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. You’ll partner cross‑functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world.

The Director, Metals Engineering & Manufacturing Technology will lead engineering teams that provide daily manufacturing support, drive process improvements, and optimize advanced metals manufacturing operations. This role is accountable for execution of the metals engineering strategy, ensuring stable, capable, and compliant manufacturing processes that meet quality, delivery, and cost objectives.

The Director partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and Supply Chain to translate strategic direction into disciplined engineering execution while developing strong technical talent and sustaining manufacturing excellence.

• Lead and develop managers, supervisors, and senior individual contributors responsible for daily manufacturing engineering support, process optimization, and yield improvement, and technology sustainment for CNC and micro‑machining operations.
• Plan and direct complex project activities (e.g., VIP/value engineering, product engineering, process engineering, advanced engineering, core competencies) with large scale or significant business impact, holding accountability for successful completion of all project deliverables. Develop project plans, schedule, scope, and quality objectives while using engineering methods (e.g., Six Sigma and Lean), employing technical design skills to redesign or design new products and/or processes.
  
  Lead in identifying risk, developing mitigation strategies, and resolving issues in collaboration with cross‑functional groups.
• Own engineering support for day‑to‑day production operations ensuring rapid response to manufacturing issues, stable and compliant processes, and minimal production disruption.
• Develop a robust talent development plan in alignment with functional growth strategies.
• Lead tactical execution utilizing cross‑functional departments to develop and provide design recommendations that integrate into complex components or products.
• Lead efforts to optimize business processes and systems by assessing needs and implementing technology solutions.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional team members on strategic program activities.
• Lead network and COE teams in driving standardized programs leveraging best‑in‑class practices.
• Provide input to the department strategy and may lead the integration of new products and collaborate with NPI and R&D on product and process transfers.
• Responsible for the tactical execution of value‑stream mindset and culture of continuous improvement based on Lean, Six Sigma, and EW Production System.
• Other incidental duties.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Demonstrated experience leading managers or senior technical teams

• Master’s degree
• 8 years of experience in metals manufacturing and/or process engineering
• Strong background in advanced metals processing, Nitinol experience preferred
• Knowledge of CNC and micro‑machining technologies
• Experience with TPM and equipment reliability programs
• Experience working in a regulated industry, medical device industry preferred
• Proven successful project management leadership skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and related systems
• Excellent problem‑solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills including high discretion/judgment
• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills, including negotiation and relationship management, with ability to drive…