Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer

Dexcom

Athenry, Ireland

Meet the team:

Are you looking to leverage your experience to be part of something big and help people take control of their health? Do you enjoy building and managing relationships to better understand the needs of the business, and then creating and implementing solutions to meet those needs? Do you want to be part of a high-performing team dedicated to doing the right thing? If so, then we have an opening for you!   

Our Engineering team is looking for the right team member to support the start-up of our first European manufacturing site in Athenry. As a Senior Process Engineer in the Sensors process, you will apply proven engineering principles to implement, characterize, improve, and validate manufacturing processes for replicate equipment used in scaling up new or existing products.

Where you come in:

• You will lead and execute the Equipment/Process Qualifications including IQ, OQ, PQ as well as PPQ on the Sensor's dipping process;
• You will drive process development and improvements;
• You will help characterize key process KPIs to enhance performance and reliability;
• You will be responsible for Installation, Commissioning, and Validation of equipment within Sensors Manufacturing;
• You will be responsible for all sustaining activities to ensure core Operations KPIs (Yield, Performance, Availability, etc.) are met/exceeded;
• You will provide training to Manufacturing Associates as well as train Technicians and Engineers;
• You will develop and maintain project timelines, provide updates and feedback to project leadership;
• You will implement problem solving techniques to identify potential process risks, assess their impact developing and implementing mitigation plans;
• You will plan and perform Design of Experiments (DOE) and utilize six sigma methodologies to characterize, assess capabilities, and determine optimal processing operating windows;
• You will perform statistically robust, industry standard analysis of data and present findings to technical teams;
• You will transfer process knowledge and understanding to receiving site operations teams along with providing technical training for responsible processes;
• You will assume and perform other duties as assigned.

What makes you successful:

• You have a understanding of electrochemistry, chemical process characterization;
• You have experience supporting equipment qualification/validation;
• You have strong background in process development, statistical analysis and design of experiments (DoEs);
• Experience in medical device manufacturing highly desired;
• You have the ability to adapt to fast moving and changing environments;
• You have excellent technical problem solving and risk management skills;
• You have a strong understanding of risk management policies and procedures associated with medical device manufacturing highly desired;
• You are detail oriented with ability to multi-task and maintain a strong focus on quality and accuracy;
• You have strong technical leadership and collaborative skills required;
• You have strong interpersonal and communications skills, both verbal and written;
• You have the ability to travel to other supplier and/or manufacturing sites, if necessary.

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 5-8 years related experience or Master’s degree and 2-5 years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 0-2 years experience.