Sr. Process Engineer

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Position Description:

Job Summary: As a Process Engineer for the VeraCode bead manufacturing processes, you will provide technical leadership in manufacturing process development, improvement and sustaining efforts in a high-volume manufacturing environment. You will work with the development team, Quality and Manufacturing to develop and improve the VeraCode bead manufacturing process.Job duties include but are not limited to: • Participate in process validation, sustaining, improvement, development and quality test activities.• Troubleshoot production line issues related to yield, quality and throughput.• Construct and execute controlled experiments (including DOE's) to address yield, quality and throughput issues and drive implementation of solutions in a production environment to meet production goals. Analyze process test results, issue reports and make technical recommendations,• Work cross functionally with development teams, Manufacturing and Quality to develop processes for new products and improve processes of existing products,• Define technical requirements and procedures for manufacturing to process product.Qualifications:Education and Experience:• B.S./M.S. in Materials, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering with at least 5 years of relevant experience in manufacturing support/sustaining and process definition, design, scale-up, improvement and validation. • Experience with glass filaments is a plus.• Experience in an ISO or FDA-regulated high-volume manufacturing environment is desirable. • Understanding of Statistical Process Control and DOE techniques must be demonstrated.• Computer data analysis skills are desirable (R, Matlab, SAS, C#)• Experience with product development processes and project management is desirable. • Good interdepartmental communication skills and documentation skills are required.

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