Compensation Overview

As the site leader of an expanding Manufacturing Engineering team, you will be a driving force behind the manufacture of Penumbra’s high volume, innovative products.

You will lead strategic vision for this new site and drive teams to ensure Penumbra’s life-saving products are readily available and produced with increased efficiency.

Pivotal accomplishments for the person in this role will be to build out a robust team, enable the strategic introduction of new products at the site, and lead teams to achieve goals.

 

Working cross-functionally and cross-site with Production, Quality, R&D, and other groups, you will direct the site transfer and scale-up of products.

Additionally, you will facilitate the identification of novel technologies and generation of manufacturing efficiency opportunities for our equipment, processes, and products.

Your passion to innovate manufacturing processes, results-orientation to push projects to completion, and collaborative leadership will enable Penumbra to transform patient care with our innovative therapies!

 

• Establish and execute Manufacturing Engineering strategies stemming from Executive team vision and formed through partnership with peer Leaders

• Provide engineering support, including line expansion, to Operations with a high level of customer service

• Empower engineering teams to develop, implement, and monitor processes and equipment for manufacture of products to achieve cost effectiveness and product quality

• Facilitate robust troubleshooting of problems to determine root causes and implement sustained solutions

• Service Manufacturing Engineering needs within a global, multidisciplinary workforce

• Mentor and develop cross-functional team members with the mentality that their success is your success

• Support supplier management processes and maintain strong relationships with suppliers

 

• 11+ years of related experience required

• 6+ years of engineering management experience required

• A Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or related field

• Experience in medical device industry strongly preferred

• A passion for growing and developing high impact teams

• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment where navigating grey areas is a welcomed challenge

• A strong track record of guiding and fostering top performance among team members

• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills, along with proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other computer applications

• General office environment. 

• Willingness and ability to work on site. 

• May have business travel from 0% - 10%

• Potential exposure to blood-borne pathogens

• Requires some lifting and moving of up to15 pounds

• Must be able to move between buildings and floors. 

• Must be able to remain stationary and use a computer or other standard office 

equipment, such as a printer or copy machine, for an extensive period of time each day. 

• Must be able to read, prepare emails, and produce documents and spreadsheets. 

• Must be able to move within the office and access file cabinets or supplies, as needed. 

• Must be able to communicate and exchange accurate information with employees at all 

levels on a daily basis.

Individual compensation will vary over time-based on factors such as performance, skill level, competencies, work location and shift. 

•A collaborative teamwork environment where learning is constant, and performance is rewarded.

•The opportunity to be part of the team that is revolutionizing the treatment of some of the world’s most devastating diseases.

•A generous benefits package for eligible employees that includes medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance, 401(k) with employer match, an employee stock purchase plan, paid parental leave, eleven paid company holidays per year, a minimum of fifteen days of accrued vacation per year, which increases with tenure, and paid sick time in compliance with applicable law(s).

Penumbra, Inc., headquartered in Alameda, California, is a global healthcare company focused on innovative therapies. Penumbra designs, develops, manufactures, and markets novel products and has a broad portfolio that addresses challenging medical conditions in markets with significant unmet need. Penumbra sells its products to hospitals and healthcare providers primarily through its direct sales organization in the United States, most of Europe, Canada, and Australia, and through distributors in select international markets. The Penumbra logo is a trademark of Penumbra, Inc.