Sr Manufacturing Engineer

Sr Manufacturing Engineer

Primary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Sr Manufacturing Engineer with our medical device client in Lafayette, CO. This is a 12-month contract with a potential for extension.

Pay: $55.00 - $65.00/hr; W2 contract, no PTO, no Benefits. ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be able to sit on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship.

Description:

• In this role as a Senior Laser Welding Engineer in the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team for client's Colorado Manufacturing Campus, your materials joining skills will shape both the design and manufacturing process for new products.
• This role will provide technical leadership to R&D and manufacturing teams as a recognized expert in laser welding.
• The ideal candidate for this role will have experience developing processes that bond metals to meet product use requirements for physical strength.
• This role reports to an Engineering Manager at the facility in Lafayette, CO and may support processes at any of clients manufacturing sites in CO.
• Please note this role does work on-site in the manufacturing area but is not direct day-to-day support.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Leads the innovation, development, and optimization of new laser welding manufacturing concepts, equipment, processes, and procedures for transfer to manufacturing operations. Executes assignments with limited oversight from manager.
• Work with R&D teams on component material selection, geometry, and failure analysis to ensure robust welding processes.
• Design and implement prototype processes on lab welding equipment to support development builds during the early product design stages.
• Create detailed specifications for new production welding equipment.
• Work with weld equipment vendors to ensure machines are built to process/safety requirements and complete factory acceptance testing.
• Support installation of new laser welding equipment in the production facility.
• Develop robust process settings for new welders using DOE and other statistical techniques.
• Complete process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) for laser welding equipment.
• Test method validation for weld evaluation/inspection processes.
• Lead risk analysis activities to assess weld processes and ensure appropriate mitigations are implemented.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree in a technical field and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
• Laser safety expertise

Nice to Have:

• Experience with other materials joining processes, such as resistance welding or ultrasonic welding
• Laser marking experience
• Experience developing vision inspection/verification systems
• Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing experience or certification
• Design for Reliability and Manufacturing experience or certification

Must Have:

• laser welding systems
• a Laser Welder

Nice to have:

• Process Validation and Computer software validation knowledge
• Cognex Vision Systems

Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io