Branch Medical Group, a subsidiary of Globus Medical Inc., manufactures a wide range of implants for spinal and orthopedic applications as well as design the instrumentation cases that house them. Our passion, combined with Globus’ world-class engineering, transforms clinical insights into tangible musculoskeletal solutions. We are constantly in pursuit of better patient care and understand that speed is critical because life cannot wait.
Position Summary:
The Manufacturing Engineer – Injection Molding will play a key role in the operation of the newly established Handle Molding Division. This position is responsible for validating, and continuously improving injection molding and overmolding processes used to manufacture high-quality molded components.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on injection molding experience, with preference given to candidates experienced in Liquid Injection Molding, specifically Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR). This individual will work closely with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Product Development, and external equipment and tooling suppliers to establish robust manufacturing processes capable of meeting quality, cost, capacity, and delivery requirements. This position will have significant involvement in establishing manufacturing standards, process controls, validation strategies, and best practices for the department.
Essential Functions:
- Optimizes and maintains injection molding and overmolding manufacturing processes.
- Supports the startup and industrialization of the Molding operation, installation, training of operators, commissioning, and production readiness.
- Documents critical process parameters, including adhesion application, temperature, pressure, cure time, clamp force, shot size, post curing processes and cycle time.
- Supports new mold trials, tool qualifications, sampling, debugging, and production release.
- Works directly with mold makers, equipment manufacturers, and material suppliers.
- Identifies and resolves molding defects including flash, contamination, adhesion issues, and cosmetic defects.
- Optimizes labor requirements and overall equipment effectiveness while maintaining product quality.
- Develops manufacturing work instructions, process specifications, setup sheets, troubleshooting guides, and standard operating procedures.
- Defines requirements for auxiliary equipment and material handling systems
- Supports development of inspection, , assembly, and secondary manufacturing
- operations.
- Partners with Quality Engineering to develop process controls, inspection strategies, control plans, PFMEAs, capability studies, and validation protocols.
- Leads or supports Q/OQ/PQ and process validation activities for new equipment, tooling, and manufacturing processes.
- Utilizes statistical methods, DOE, SPC, Cp/Cpk., and process capability analysis to establish and maintain stable manufacturing processes.
- Investigates manufacturing nonconformances and implements effective root-cause and corrective actions.
- Supports preventive maintenance strategies for molds, molding equipment, and
- associated manufacturing systems.
- Develops manufacturing layouts, material flow, workstation requirements, and
- production capacity models for the molding department.
- Supports operator and technician training and develops standardized setup and troubleshooting practices.
- Performs mold changeovers and setups
- Drives continuous improvement initiatives focused on scrap reduction, yield
- improvement, uptime, quality, and manufacturing cost.
- Supports production through stable, validated high-volume manufacturing.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, Polymer Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent combination of education and relevant manufacturing experience may be considered.
- 3+ years of manufacturing engineering or process engineering experience involving Liquid injection molding.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting and optimizing injection molding processes.
- Experience with injection molding machines, molds, auxiliary equipment
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot molding defects
- Experience with process validation, process capability, SPC, DOE, PFMEA, and root-cause analysis.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, specifications, and
- manufacturing documentation.
- Strong project-management and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a startup or rapidly developing manufacturing environment.
- Experience with Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) injection molding preferred.
- Experience with LSR overmolding onto other substrates preferred
- Knowledge of LSR metering/mixing systems, cold-deck tooling preferred
- Experience evaluating material compatibility and adhesion for overmolded products preferred
- Experience launching new molding equipment, production cells, or manufacturing departments preferred
- Experience working with mold makers and injection molding equipment suppliers during tool design & development preferred
- Experience in medical device or other highly regulated manufacturing environments preferred
- Working knowledge of ISO 13485, FDA Quality System requirements, GMP, and
- manufacturing process validation preferred
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or structured continuous-improvement methodologies preferred
Physical Demands:
The physical demands listed here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- Required to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Required to possess specific vision abilities, including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and capacity to adjust focus.
Our Values:
Our Life Moves Us philosophy is built on four values: Passionate About Innovation, Customer Focused, Teamwork, and Driven.
Passionate about Innovation: Improving patient care by delivering advanced technology to our customers is at the core of what we do. We are passionate ab our role in improving the lives of patients by continuously developing better solutions.
Customer Focused: We listen to our customers’ needs and respond with a sense of urgency.
Teamwork: Working together, anything is possible. We value every person on our team and treat each other with respect. We are accountable to one another and support each other. Together, we make each other stronger.
Driven: We pursue our mission with energy and passion. We are nimble, results-oriented and decisive. We overcome obstacles that arise in our quest to deliver solutions that will improve the lives of our customers and patients.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Globus Medical is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, national origin or citizenship. We are committed to a diverse workforce. We value all employees’ talents and support an environment that is inclusive and respectful.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
