Amick Brown is seeking an experienced Supplier Engineer Endoluminal for our direct client.
Location: Sunnyvale CA
Duration: 12 months
Estimated pay range: $41.37 $51.72 per client contract and candidate skills experience and work location.
Job Description
- The mission of Supplier Engineering is to build a worldclass supplier network for our products that can ensure continuity of supply scale to support demand provides cost reduction and anticipates and mitigates supply chain risks.
- Supplier Engineers work throughout the product development lifecycle executing strategic projects to optimize commodities subcommodities and individual suppliers; executing detailed projects with suppliers to implement changes and improvements affecting quality cost capacity risk and subsupplier management and to launch new products.
- This role will focus on manufacturing of mechanical parts and assemblies of part manufactured using all major manufacturing methods including CNC sheet metal plastic injection molding extrusions and electronics.
- The ideal candidate has experience bringing complex electromechanical devices market has worked directly with manufacturing suppliers and component suppliers; and has demonstrated knowledge in a variety of manufacturing technologies.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Drive projects to continually improve supply base business and manufacturing process performance to meet Intuitive Surgicals requirements for supplier excellence using a collection of best practices in project management Six Sigma Lean SPC and negotiation
- Work with suppliers to execute cost reductions capacity improvements and risk mitigation
- Examples include supplier changes manufacturing process changes PPQPs production optimization facility changes new equipment qualification and new line validations
- Improve quality and ensure continuous improvement with suppliers by utilizing structure problems solving processes such as 8D root cause analysis corrective actions etc.
- Manage quality discrepancies through the execution of quality notifications
- Manage the planning and execution of supplier change management projects
- Collaborate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to determine deliverables and define timelines
- Complete project deliverables including: Supplier pFMEA Process Validations (IQ/OQ/PQ) Inspection Reports Gage R&R and Process Capability Analysis
- Effectively prioritize and advance multiple concurrent projects and tasks
- Clearly communicate project status to key stakeholders
Qualifications
Skill/Job Requirements:
- Minimum BS degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
- Minimum 2 years in engineering and manufacturing preferably in the medical automotive or aerospace industries
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentations to executive level management
- Outstanding analytical skills along with good judgment
- Ability to find common ground between various stakeholders and bring people together to drive towards key goals
- Knowledgeable of GD&T certification is a plus
- Knowledge of 21 CFR part 820 and ISO 13485 is a plus
- Proficient in MS Office and ERP Information Systems preferably SAP
- Experience in a highvolume medical device company is a plus
- Ability to travel to suppliers on an as needed basis domestic and international
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- The following skills are not required but highly desirable:
- Polymer extrusion qualification and contract manufacturing experience
- Plastics injection molding qualification and contract manufacturing experience
- Electrical Engineering with PCA and PCB experience
Amick Brown is an Information Technology consulting company specializing in ERP Data Analytics Information Security Application Development Networking and Cloud Computing. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Ramon California.