Title: Automation Engineer

Location: Keene, New Hampshire

Engagement Overview:

Primary work location = Keene, NH. Occasional travel to Southington, CT will be required.

Workload:

Two manufacturing equipment systems in development for Southington, CT facility.

Supported by Keene personnel.
High speed assembly automation line from supplier in Canada. Assembly of blood gas sample and syringe products.
Industrial batch washing/siliconization system from supplier in Italy.

Automation equipment being transferred from Keene.

15 high output automation lines assembling discrete components (syringe & blood gas sample products).
Production support to Keene Operations team

Responsibilities

Support design reviews, debug, acceptance and validation activities for equipment being developed by external suppliers.
Support decommissioning of equipment at Keene site and recommissioning at Southington site.
Support Keene production as needed.

Estimated duration: 6 to 9 months

Candidate level:

Qualifications:

4+ years’ experience in a medical device manufacturing environment.
Strong preference for assembly automation systems experience.
Validation experience: IQ, OQ, PQ and TMVs
Automation control systems background – PLCs, HMIs, Vision systems, Servos & Robots.
Familiarity with standard MS Office tools.
Good verbal and written communication skills.

Additional desired qualifications – not mandatory:

Fundamental knowledge of statistical analysis – specifically GR&Rs & Process Capability.
Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Automation programming experience: Studio5000, RSView ME/SE.
Siemens S7 programming experience.
Staubli/EPSON/ABB robot experience