Senior Principal Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, Laser Processing & Precision Joining – NMPH – Fridley, MN (Onsite)

• ◆Lead development and optimization of advanced manufacturing processes, with emphasis on laser welding, resistance welding, joining metallurgy, precision joining, and coil winding.
• ◆Serve as a technical authority for joining metals and materials, guiding process selection, development strategy, experimentation, troubleshooting, and manufacturing risk reduction.
• ◆Lead structured experimentation, Design of Experiments (DOE), process characterization, and test-method development to establish robust process windows and manufacturing capability.
• ◆Establish and advance coil-winding process capabilities for implantable leads, including development rigor, technical standards, process optimization, and scalable manufacturing solutions.
• ◆Coach and provide technical guidance to contract manufacturers through process development, qualification, scale-up, and implementation of robust long-term manufacturing solutions.
• ◆Partner with Design, Materials, Research & Development, Technology, and Manufacturing teams to influence product design, material selection, tolerancing, joining strategies, and manufacturability.
• ◆Develop manufacturing solutions for miniature components, implantable assemblies, leads, and other high-reliability medical device applications.
• ◆Lead technical problem solving, manufacturing feasibility, process transfer, and technology implementation across internal manufacturing sites and external manufacturing partners.

• ✓Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, Welding Engineering with minimum 10 years of manufacturing/process engineering experience OR
• ✓Master’s degree in one of these disciplines with minimum 8 years of experience OR
• ✓PhD in one of these disciplines with minimum 6 years of experience.
• ✓Experience in joining metallurgy and the joining of metals and materials.
• ✓Hands-on experience with laser welding and resistance welding technologies.
• ✓Experience developing and characterizing manufacturing processes using structured experimentation, Design of Experiments (DOE), process characterization, and data-driven problem solving.
• ✓Experience providing technical leadership for complex process development and manufacturing implementation.

• ✓Experience with coil winding, wire processing, implantable leads, miniature assemblies, or related precision manufacturing technologies.
• ✓Experience coaching or providing technical oversight to contract manufacturers during process development, qualification, scale-up, or manufacturing transfer.
• ✓Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM) Black Belt certification is highly desired.
• ✓Experience in implantable medical devices or other regulated, high-reliability products.
• ✓Experience with hermetic sealing, helium leak testing, package integrity assessment, laser-material processing, tooling/fixture design, or computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) systems.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the

of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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