• Manufacturing Engineer 1

    Cook Medical (Ellettsville, IN)


    Overview

     

    The Manufacturing Engineer 1 is responsible for providing technical support for the day-today production activities in the manufacture of custom, plastic components used in the assemblies of various medical devices.

    Responsibilities

    • Provides process support for extrusion department

    • Hands-on position with visibility on the manufacturing floor

    • Requires a high level of interaction with the production, product development, and quality teams

    • Supports product development activities, continuous improvement, complaint resolution, CAPA investigations and other quality initiatives

    • Supports production departments’ manufacturing issues with technical support as the process expert. Uses strong reasoning and problem-solving skills to investigate and analyze complex problems to determine root cause and implement innovative solutions to prevent recurrence

    • Supports and drives continuous improvement activities in the manufacturing department to improve operational performance. Leads technical aspect of process validation projects

    • Assist product development teams with design for manufacturability requirements on new products. Supports new capital equipment and tooling purchases with appropriate documentation and evaluation

    • Manages multiple technically oriented projects through coordinating internal and external resources

    • Collaborates on product complaint resolution

    Qualifications

    • High School Diploma with applicable experience is required; Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Plastics Engineering preferred

    • 3+ years of extrusion process development experience

    • 5+ years of work related to polymer processing preferred

    • Process validation (IQ, OQ, PQ) preferred• Equipment qualification (IQ, OQ, PQ) preferred

    • Fundamental understanding engineering principles• Extrusion process development / Extrusion Tooling Design

    • Mechanical aptitude preferred

    • Understanding of ISO 13485:2016 preferred

    • CFR, FDA, OSHA, environmental regulations preferred

    • Proficiency at using Microsoft Office applications• Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

    • Equipment / process troubleshooting preferred• Experience with blue print reading preferred• Design of Experiments / Six Sigma preferred

    Physical Requirements:

    • May exert up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects

     

    Requisition ID2025-17242

     

    Posting Date4 weeks ago(9/5/2025 12:07 PM)

     

    Job Location(s)Ellettsville IN United States

     

    Job LocationsUS-IN-Ellettsville

     

    TravelNone

     

    Position TypeFull Time

     

    CompanyCook Inc - Ellettsville

     

    CategoryEngineering