Product Engineer

Product Engineer (Sustaining)

We are looking for a product engineer to support our medical x-ray products. The ideal candidate has a strong hands-on skill set with a broad range of manufacturing processes, assembly methods, tooling/fixtures, functional design, cost reduction skills, statistical analysis for data driven decisions, and engineering documentation practices with an overarching drive to solve customer, production, and RandD issues using good engineering and manufacturing principles and practices. You will expand your hands-on experience with multiple manufacturing and assembly methods. You will have exposure to advanced medical x-ray imaging components, their processing and test equipment, and the manufacturing and design challenges associated with managing thermal loads in high voltage electro-mechanical systems within the Medical Device Industry. This role is product support engineer responsible for the quality, performance, life, and product improvements for an assigned product family within our medical x-ray product portfolio. You will work directly with production, other product engineering, RandD engineering, maintenance, and quality engineering both at our Salt Lake and international sites. If you can handle success and failure with an indomitable spirit, and work through the rigors of product and process improvements while managing multiple priorities - we would love to talk to you!

Job Description

What you will do:

1. Learn X-Ray safety procedures, the regulations and good manufacturing practice requirements of our business
2. Learn essential processing flow, equipment, and tests performed on the product you will be assigned to support
3. Using good engineering practice, methods, and tools to identify and drive to resolution a wide range of product challenges including but not limited to customer issues and complaints, production line improvement for product flow, fixtures and tools, work instructions, defect mapping and resolution, process refinement, continuous improvement, and LEAN implementation projects for your assigned product family
4. Cross train with other manufacturing and product engineers on product portfolio, common failure modes, support management and resolution of non-conformities, and in every way possible - solve daily customer, production, and RandD challenges to support the product line
5. Support the development and implementation of cost reduction initiatives such as alternative supply, design for cost out, value stream mapping, and efficiency projects
6. Document the improvements with approved systems and documentation practices

What you will bring:

• Extensive hands-on experience with product support in a continuing engineering or manufacturing/process engineering role
• Demonstrated mastery of data driven decision making, data collection methods, application of the scientific method, and quality and continuous engineering tools
• Experience with common manufacturing processes and assembly methods (machining, forming, bending, casting, molding, fastening methods, welding, brazing, 3D printing, etc.)
• Hands-on experience in functional testing and troubleshooting thermo-mechanical and electro-mechanical devices (heat exchangers, mechanical assemblies, electro-magnetic components, x-ray generators, etc.)
• Strong desire to learn and engage in the daily engineering and production activities
• Proficiency with Office products