Manager, Manufacturing Test Engineering

About the role

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Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a cross-functional team of manufacturing, mechanical, and electrical engineers responsible for factory acceptance testing of complex medical devices.
• Oversee execution of manufacturing test operations, ensuring alignment with production schedules and product quality requirements.
• Develop, implement, and standardize Manufacturing Test Engineering processes, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), workflows, and communication protocols.
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive accountability, optimize performance, and ensure cross-functional alignment.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance test efficiency, reduce cycle time, and lower operational costs, delivering measurable cost savings.
• Partner with R&D, Quality, and Operations to support new product introduction (NPI), design transfer, and production readiness activities.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and quality standards (e.g., FDA requirements) through execution and closure of Non-Conformance (NC) and Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
• Represent manufacturing test engineering in cross-functional forums focused on portfolio management, R&D prioritization, and strategic initiatives.
• Provide engineering support to capital equipment production environments, ensuring test processes meet throughput, reliability, and quality expectations.
• Drive alignment across global manufacturing engineering teams to standardize test strategies, tooling, and methodologies.

Requirements

• Engineering or technical bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) with 7+ years of related experience
• 2+ years of people leadership experience managing manufacturing teams
• Demonstrated experience owning manufacturing system processes
• Experience with SAP or equivalent ERP and productivity software