Senior Engineering Technician in Bedford, Massachusetts at InfraredX, Inc.

Responsibilities:

• Assemble and test prototype medical equipment and disposables. Work alongside engineers to recommend design and process refinements.
• Carry out test protocols, DOEs, and other experiments prepared by engineers with little assistance
• Designs test flow and writes test procedures.
• Apply basic engineering principles and practices to assist in solving design and development problems
• Generation of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
• Interfaces with engineering, quality and production personnel on various projects.
• May interface with external vendors and customers.
• Machine test fixtures and complete production reworks (as needed)
• Design, release test fixture documentation and implement fixturing into production (as needed)
• Order and organize lab supplies
• Oversee maintenance, calibration, and repairs of equipment
• Ensuring lab is clean, organized and well maintained.
• Perform other duties as required to support R&D and operations goals

Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of previous experience working in a medical device manufacturing environment
  • Desired experience: complex disposables; intravascular catheters; optoelectrical subsystems
• Minimum of High School diploma or equivalent; some college course work in engineering or a technical discipline is preferred
• Proficient with good documentation practices; primary responsibilities are lab notebooks and test datasheet records
• Must be hands-on, independently capable of managing time and priorities, and demonstrates initiative and self-motivation
• Capable of reading engineering drawings
• Ability to use measuring tools
• Good written, verbal and interpersonal skills
• Capable of reading engineering drawings and schematics
• Available during core business hours of 9AM-5PM. Willing to work overtime (up to 50 hour week) if required.
• Proficiency with machine shop equipment (mill, lathe, press, etc) is desired.
• Proficiency with soldering techniques and cable assembly is desired.
• Experienced with Microsoft Word and Excel; SolidWorks proficiency is desired.