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Confluent Medical Technologies

Contract manufacturer of Nitinol medical devices

Senior Staff Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAlajuela Province, Alajuela, Costa RicaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in engineering and 6–7 years of experience are required.
  • Intermediate personal computer skills, including electronic mail, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheets, and graphics.
  • Knowledge of quality and medical regulations, including process validation, traceability, management of quality issues, and risk management.
  • Technical skills in manufacturing processes and methods, including tooling, workflow, layout, assembly, and production equipment.
  • Ability to become a subject matter expert and train others.
  • Knowledge of basic quality tools: 5S, Kaizen, Pareto, Ishikawa, control charts, checklists, and histograms.
  • Knowledge of advanced quality tool methodologies; Green Belt or higher.
  • Ability to conduct meetings and provide updates in a structured manner.
  • Ability to work under pressure and with little supervision.
  • Analytical skills, leadership, mentoring, and business visioning.
  • Ability to organize and manage multiple tasks and prioritize work.
  • Attention to detail and ability to recognize problems and propose solutions.
  • Interpersonal and communication skills, problem-solving skills, and ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure personal and company compliance with local and company health, safety, and environmental regulations, policies, and procedures.
  • Document activities in accordance with engineering best practices, company procedures, and regulatory requirements, including technical reports.
  • Work with research and development, design, development, and transfer engineers or customers to understand products to be produced.
  • Conduct basic to complex visual quality inspections of parts in accordance with process or other control procedures, such as work standards.
  • Manage yield and material usage, including bills of materials and consumables, to ensure cost-effective manufacturing products and lines.
  • Conduct engineering efforts to identify root causes.
  • Develop and implement standard manufacturing methods, processes, and efficiency improvements.
  • Optimize medical component processing for manufacturing, including time studies, work standards, and process flows.
  • Conduct and document time studies to establish performance standards.
  • Execute cost analyses of materials, labor, and overhead as required.
  • Analyze and implement improvements to reduce product costs.
  • Develop, implement, and monitor manufacturing process controls and machinery modifications, including re-engineering.
  • Design production-line layouts.
  • Perform assignments independently, with instructions about expected general results.
  • Design and develop equipment, tools, or fixtures that meet company health, safety, and environmental standards for manufacturing methods.
  • Participate in and approve design reviews and pre-validation assessments to ensure the safe and environmentally sound start-up of new processes; set up and validate production lines as applicable.
  • Lead product transfers and new product introductions.
  • Provide technical supervision and coordinate the work of engineers, draftspersons, technicians, and others assisting with specific assignments.
  • Build business relationships with customers and suppliers.
  • Investigate, respond to, and resolve quality issues, or support that process as required.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in the medical device industry.
  • Supervisory skills and experience.

About the Company

Confluent Medical Technologies

Contract manufacturer of Nitinol medical devices

Confluent Medical Technologies provides contract manufacturing and materials science services to medical device OEMs, supporting projects from early design and prototyping through full-scale production and commercialization. Its offerings span Nitinol components, high-precision polymer tubing, biomedical textiles, and complex catheter systems, all produced through a vertically integrated process that covers raw materials to finished devices. The company differentiates itself by owning the entire supply chain from Nitinol alloy to the final product and by expanding capabilities through acquisitions in catheters, textiles, and polymer components. Its goal is to help OEMs bring safe, high-quality interventional devices to market faster by delivering end-to-end manufacturing and materials science support.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$590M
Headquarters
Scottsdale, AZ
Founded
1991

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