Process Engineering Manager

Manager, Process Engineering

Austin, TX (onsite) | Relocation assistance available $150,000 $160,000 base + annual bonus

Our client is a growing medical device manufacturer with an established design, development and manufacturing operation in Austin.

This role leads the process engineering team that takes new products from design into production. You'll manage a sizable team of experienced engineers and technicians and support a full pipeline of development projects across multiple product lines. It's a player-coach role: you'll guide the team, step in on technical problems when needed, and be the go-to manufacturing voice on cross-functional development teams.

Lead, coach and develop manufacturing engineers and technicians

Serve as the primary process and manufacturing expert on cross-functional new product teams

Drive design transfer of new products into production, both in-house and at suppliers

Give design for manufacturability (DFM) input on engineering prints and communicate process limits and capabilities to design teams

Guide process capability assessments and prioritize and implement process improvements

Design and develop processes, tooling, fixturing and automation

Write and review process validation protocols and reports

Make sure documentation meets quality system requirements (BOMs, routers, FMEAs)

Own deliverables tied to CAPA, project management and quality systems

Plan and lead manufacturing technical reviews and oversee development builds

Take part in lean reviews and Kaizen events, and contribute to intellectual property submissions

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related engineering field

10+ years in process or manufacturing engineering

3+ years managing an engineering team

Machining background

New product introduction experience

Hands-on experience with CMMs, vision inspection systems and profilometers

Strong GD&T

Data analysis and statistics skills (Minitab preferred)

Risk assessment experience (FMEA)

Medical device manufacturing experience, or another regulated industry such as aerospace

Additive manufacturing experience

Process validation, DOE and process control

Lean, Six Sigma or DMAIC

SolidWorks and Mastercam

Experience with metals and plastics machining

Master's degree in engineering

MondayFriday, 8:00 AM 5:00 PM, with occasional early or late calls with global teams.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship.