Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Instrumentation for better flow and pressure control

Instruments for eye surgery

We make great products that people love.

At MST we believe in this philosophy. MST's passion is creating exceptional surgical devices and instruments used to restore or improve sight for patients all over the world. It is our relentless pursuit of addressing our customers’ needs that creates a profound customer preference. We strive to equip surgeons with the most innovative tools, enabling them to achieve the best possible outcomes for the patients.

We constantly evolve to meet the distinct clinical needs of ophthalmic surgeons through our dedicated partnership with surgeon-designers, bringing innovation to ophthalmology. Expanding our offerings into excisional goniotomy, we now market micro-instruments used for adult and infantile glaucoma, which improve the health and livelihood of patients by providing a safe and effective surgical intervention.

Company: MST

Job Type: Regular / Permanent

Role Type:
Full time

Location:

California, California

Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Company:
Surgistar

Location:
Vista, CA (On-site)

Reports To:
Sr. Director, Operations

About Surgistar: We are a division of Microsurgical Technology (MST), that develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for the ophthalmology market. Our products are manufactured using the highest levels of care and precision at our manufacturing facility in Vista, California. We constantly evolve to meet the distinct clinical needs of ophthalmic surgeons through our dedicated partnership with surgeon-designers, bringing innovation to ophthalmology.

The Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Engineering has a hands‑on role that leads a team to design, implement, and optimize automated manufacturing systems and processes, improving efficiency and reducing costs. This position is on‑site in Vista, CA.

Manufacturing Engineering Leadership: Lead and mentor manufacturing engineering personnel while establishing engineering priorities, managing resources, and driving execution of strategic manufacturing initiatives.

Metallurgical Processing & Integration
:
Combines chemical engineering principles with metallurgy to design, optimize, and manage metal production processes, treating raw materials to create high‑value metal products and integrating them into plastic components for subsequent assembly.

Sustaining Engineering: Lead sustaining engineering activities for released products and manufacturing processes, including root cause investigations, engineering change orders (ECOs), nonconformance resolution, CAPA support, yield improvement, cost reduction initiatives, and continuous improvement projects.

Process Improvement & Optimization: Utilize Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and 5S methodologies to eliminate bottlenecks, improve workflow, increase throughput, reduce waste, and enhance manufacturing efficiency.

Testing & Troubleshooting:Conduct validation, testing, and commissioning of systems to ensure performance, safety, reliability and regulatory compliance.

Prototyping & Testing: Support new product introduction and product improvement initiatives through prototype development, verification and validation testing, and data analysis.

Documentation & Training:Create and maintain technical documentation, including schematics and user guides, manufacturing work instructions, process documentation and engineering reports. Train staff on new equipment, processes, and manufacturing best practices.

Quality & Compliance:Ensure compliance with ISO 13485 and FDA regulations, managing documentation for design history files (DHF) and validation.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Metallurgical,…