Staff Process Engineer Job Description
Staff process engineer
provides engineering and manufacturing support for the inspection and quality engineering organization, while assisting in the corrective action board (CAB) and data-gathering and analysis.
Staff Process Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Conduct studies and experiments with materials, vendors, processes and supplier services to reduce cost and improve safety, product quality, GMP compliance and service
Be responsible for project leadership for key Lifecycle Management and New Product Development projects
Function as an integral member of a development team developing, designing, validating & starting up world-class manufacturing & assembly operations
Lead change control projects according to company change control procedures through cross function and global teams
Assignments will typically be of moderate size & complexity, or he/she may be assigned responsibility for part of a more complex project
Conduct process FMEA sessions during Design & Pilot phases
Design, specify, procure & qualify assembly equipment, jigs, fixtures & gages, specify acceptance criteria, spare parts & calibration
Ensure product is properly designed for manufacture & suppliers are properly selected & qualified
Provide all documentation & specifications for process & equipment including drawings, process specifications, PS & OM sheets, routers, IPQA specifications & troubleshooting guide
Using appropriate statistical techniques, develop validation protocols, qualify first articles, complete process capability studies & process validation on both internal & supplier processes
Staff Process Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Staff Process Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CMQOE, CQE, NDT, III, DMAIC, PMP
Education for Staff Process Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the staff process engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Technical, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials Engineering
Skills for Staff Process Engineer
Desired skills for staff process engineer include:
Materials
Current and emerging policies
Practices
Trends and information affecting the organization
Data management
Engineering analysis and statistical software
Engineering field
Presentation graphics
Process and creative thinking to solve problems and recommend corrective action
Product and process design and development
Desired experience for staff process engineer includes:
Actively participate in setting overall project objectives, direction & contributing in other functional areas as needed
Lead process improvement projects through to implementation, including training on new processes and measurement systems
Drive the change to World Class Manufacturing status by implementing ongoing improvements to new and current processes and equipment
Lead and/or collaborate with Engineering to develop and implement new and modified equipment to improve capacity and efficiency of products and processes
Manage the successful implementation of process improvements
Lead investigations and CAPAs related to process gaps
Staff Process Engineer Examples
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Staff Process Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a staff process engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for staff process engineer
- Develop necessary documentation for implementation of projects (change controls, specifications, capital requests, commissioning and qualification protocols)
- Supervise assigned contractors
- Start up new packaging configurations and equipment
- Support occasional weekend coverage for the entire site
- Drive the process qualification and control for routine fab work in development of CVD processes for overall cell improvement
- Drive the process qualification and SPC control for routine fab work in development of laminate/exposure/development/printing process for cell electrode formation
- Will analyse equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental test and result analysis
- The ideal person will have an advanced degree (PhD preferred) with some industry experience
- Participate in process development, definition and improvement, and other activities in the making of consumable products or support of processes/equipment used to sequence genomes
- Represent Operations needs on development teams
Qualifications for staff process engineer
- Experience with robotics or control systems
- History of successful project management at some level
- History of interfacing with external design and development teams
- Experience with lab automation is a plus
- Clinical development and manufacturing background is highly desirable (ISO 13485, GMP, etc)
- Technical - Subject matter expertise in a specific scientific area or areas
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of staff process engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for staff process engineer
- Develops and recommends new process formulas and technologies to achieve cost effectiveness and improved product quality
- Recommends processes for the production of therapeutic products
- Establishes operating equipment specifications and improves manufacturing techniques
- Involved in new product scale-up, process optimization, technology transfer and process validation activities
- Interfaces with various departments to ensure processes and designs are compatible for new product technology transfer and to establish future process and equipment automation technology
- Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments and may oversee the activities of other lower level personnel
- Serve as a project leader and working technical member of the Manufacturing Engineering Project Team supporting the Absorbable Products Business Unit in Cornelia, GA
- Lead and/or participate as a key technical team member in cost improvement projects (CIPs), capacity expansion projects and material and supplier qualification projects
- Provide the technical input to plan, design, develop, and validate the manufacturing processes for new products
- Act as a mentor to more junior members of the staff
Qualifications for staff process engineer
- Expert in fab process SPC, DoE, FMEA
- The candidate is expected to have a minimum of 8 years relevant experience, and knowledge in the fields of process and project engineering
- Experience in executing complex problem solving techniques related to manufacturing/design technical issues
- PhD in chemistry, chemical engineering or relevant areas
- Good innovation capability is a must
- Be a proactive team player, show initiative and creativity
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a staff process engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for staff process engineer
- Assess the adequacy of the arrangements and practices for leadership and management for safety
- The areas in Absorbable Business Unit to be supported by the position are to be Synthesis Processes for Absorbable Polymers, Extrusion Processes, and Fiber and Textile Processes
- Use knowledge of scientific techniques and Process Excellence to design and develop safe, effective and efficient processes in support of the company's strategies, goals, and objectives
- Make decisions independently on engineering problems and methods and prepare technical reports, project updates and status reports for team and senior management
- Lead/advise in process development, product transfer, and process improvement projects to improve product quality, decrease cost, and improve manufacturing efficiencies
- Resolves complex process/product development and manufacturing issues independently and/or take lead of working cross functional teams
- Confers and takes lead to gain decisions with management, engineering, and other staff regarding manufacturing, formulations, process requirements and capabilities
- Plans and performs Design of Experiments (DOE) to determine optimal processing methods and formulation
- Train manufacturing personnel
- Improve packaging processes for manufacturability and yield improvement
Qualifications for staff process engineer
- Expert in with fab process SPC, DoE, FMEA
- The individual should have some academic knowledge of fundamental device physics and processing that are used in the semiconductor industry (RIE, Lithography, Thin Films, ) so that they can solve process related issues
- Experience with high volume production in a high tech, high volume consumables industry is a plus
- Work experience in the biotech, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, or medical device industry is desired
- Experience with high volume production in a high tech, high volume consumables industry is highly desired
- Experience with chemical, biochemical, or surface functionalization processes highly preferred
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Staff Process Engineer Job Description
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Our growing company is hiring for a staff process engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for staff process engineer
- Sustain packaging processes with emphasis on statistical process control
- Analyze and identify process gaps, develop corrective activities, implement, and assess success of results
- Oversee, sustain, ramp-up and develop a diverse range of state-of-the-art wafer fabrication and characterization/metrology processes for submicron grating manufacturing
- Design, build, setup, and improve custom tools based on optical table setups, involving mechanical, optical, and control automation programming aspects
- Engage with contract manufacturers regarding processing services
- Evaluate, develop, establish, automate and maintain various optical characterization systems for new product characterization and for wafer fab manufacturing
- Utilize wafer fab metrology infrastructures in order to meet all key production matrices including the line yield, wafer cost/cycle time, commitment delivery, lean manufacturing, engineering change orders, statistical process control/analysis/reports, work instructions, corrective actions, high-level production, training, manufacturing execution system (MES), process flow, volume manufacturing, gage R&R, calibration, and other manufacturing documentation/logistics
- Analyze, prioritize and high-level debug root-cause problems of escalated fab processing and characterization issues throughout the entire life cycle of chip products and perform failure analysis
- Provide technical support to production and equipment maintenance teams to resolve problems and keep metrology tools running well
- Assess the current risk context of the facility and determine if any future planned changes would affect the risk context
Qualifications for staff process engineer
- Experience with product development processes and project management is desired
- Fully competent in composite panel fabrication with experience in composite repair and mechanical assembly is highly preferred
- Ability to create Engineering specifications and use of standard work is required
- Acknowledged capability demonstrating Team Leadership in technical problem resolution to address material and process issues
- Due to ITAR and Export Control requirements this position requires all candidates to be a US Person or current Green Card Holder
- 3 to 5 years hands-on experience in Etch systems
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Our company is hiring for a staff process engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for staff process engineer
- Define the plant boundaries and determine if any boundary changes have affected safety of the plant
- Evaluate the operating, maintenance, inspection and testing history to determine any trends that may threaten safety on plant
- Review the history of incidents/abnormal events and determine if there is a trend of near misses
- Compare what the plant does, what it was designed to do and what the safety case says it does
- Assess the impact of changes to safety standards or safety methodology/assumptions that are relevant to the facility
- Evaluate the impact on safety of changes in the organisational structure and resourcing
- Report any aspects where there is an obvious improvement to safety, without doing detailed ‘paper’ reviews
- Report any obvious known shortfalls that are not worth fixing and do not require further review
- Consider cumulative effects resulting from changes in the organisational structure, resources, Plant Modification Proposals (PMPs), Safety Case changes, Human factors (HuF), training & workforce SQEP, inventory, age and degradation, radiological conditions, discharges, culture/management, events/Learning From Experience (LFE), technical underpinning, Safety Assessment methods, engineering methods knowledge, plant performance
- Consider the degree of change (operational, technical and engineering) and the possibility of change on change
Qualifications for staff process engineer
- Knowledge of Six Sigma/Process Excellence Tools and Methodologies
- A Minimum of B.S
- Hands-on experience with the development and scale-up of purification processes and the use of bioseparation equipment
- Familiarity with large-scale protein purification
- Knowledge of design of experiments principles and statistical analysis techniques
- Familiarity with regulatory expectations relevant for protein purification processes