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TE Connectivity’s Process and Product Development Engineering (PPDE) Teams significantly impact LEANPD driven new product development projects, driving for excellence in existing manufacturing technologies and methods and striving to implement new manufacturing technologies to provide improved process and tolerance control. They act as the binding element between product development and manufacturing engineering, ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of this critical interface. They support Product Development in the optimization of designs and piece parts for manufacturability by realizing sample tooling/products/prototypes. They also design, develop, and qualify tooling and processes to meet TE quality and production standards, document all processes and tooling in applicable TE systems, support supply chain to verify supplier compliance and capability, initiate and implement programs to continuously improve quality, cost and cycle time and adhere to all appropriate specifications, regulatory requirements, and customer requirements.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
Do you want to work with cutting edge technology? Help manufacture products that enable groundbreaking medical therapies. At TE Connectivity, you will find a culture that rewards such hands-on engineering spirit. This is a great opportunity to join our team that is seeking a like-minded person with the drive and focus on innovation. Our expertise in laser processing and materials science is hard to beat. We specialize in laser welding, laser cutting, plastic cutting, and ablation, working with numerous types of metal and plastic materials.
As part of the TE’s Medical Process and Product Development Engineering (PPDE) team at our Plymouth, Minnesota site, you’ll be responsible for new product development, problem solving, providing tools and engineering support to implement new products into production, and leading process design functions to determine product flow through the manufacturing operation by use of current engineering and continuous improvement techniques.
A typical day may include:
• Support goals for yield and productivity sustainment through process development and troubleshooting.
• Perform equipment preventative maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Assist with engineering studies through data collection & process observation.
• Compliance to our QA manual and documentation systems.
• Edit procedures and standard work.
• Will interact with several areas including: complex catheters including steerable catheters, smart catheters, complex shape balloons, handle design, molding, braiding, tipping.
• Support the development of our devices (balloons and catheter subassemblies) according to customer design, performance, and quality specifications, on time and within budget.
• Support the products and processes that are reliable as well as identify risks to the project, develop contingency plans, while outlining deliverables and milestones.
• Qualification and implementation of fixtures and equipment.
• Supporting production product/process improvements through LEAN, 6s 5s etc.
• Maintaining records and records databases
• Observe safety and security procedures; Reporting potentially unsafe conditions; Using equipment and materials properly.
• Other duties as assigned.
