Job Description
COMPANY: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
LOCATION: 168 Third Avenue, Waltham, MA 02541
TITLE: Engineer III, Manufacturing Engineering
HOURS: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
DUTIES: • Develop, fabricate, modify, and evaluate parts, assemblies, components, sub-assemblies, tooling, and final products to support manufacturing departments.
- Support manufacturing departments by collecting and processing information related to assigned projects, evaluating all information and alternatives, preparing/presenting plans, and recommending a course of action.
- Prepare and manufacture prototypes and participates in design reviews, utilizing the principles of concurrent engineering.
- Develop manufacturing processes, production line layouts, fixture design, equipment validations (IQ/OQ), FAT, capability studies, documentation, LEAN techniques.
- Assist Packaging Engineering Team with packaging improvements and cost reduction of new and existing packaging components-products.
- Assist with assessing and resolve packaging problems arising in production or in the field.
- Develop and issue detailed specifications for procurement of packaging components, direct the implementation of new or revised packaging, recommend/implement packaging enhancements for cost reductions and quality improvements, and perform packaging Qualification studies.
- Design and procure equipment, machines, and tools. Monitor performance of equipment machines tools, and manufacturing processes.
- Qualify equipment in an FDA regulated industry by managing, generating and executing qualification and production documentation (i.e., SOP, WI, URS, FAT, SAT, IQ/OQ/PQ, gap analysis, etc.).
- Assure compliance with corporate site and regulatory policies, practices, and guidelines.
TRAVEL: Up to 5% domestic and international travel required. Telecommuting Employee: Can work remotely or telecommute.
REQUIREMENTS: MINIMUM Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree or foreign degree equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or related field of study.
MINIMUM Experience Requirement: 5 years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer, Process Engineer or a related occupation.
Required knowledge or experience with:
- Manufacturing Engineering experience within manufacturing, processing or packaging automation;
- Investigate equipment failures or difficult to diagnose faulty operation and recommend remedial actions;
- Generate reports using SAP and Dynamics;
- Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design, performance specifications, and environmental regulations.
- AutoCAD;
- SolidWorks;
- Implement Root Cause Failure Analysis on system or processes;
- Six Sigma Methodologies;
- Project Management experience; and
- Proficiency in engineering graphics.