Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Your opportunity

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium’s mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe® Pulsed Field System – we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

We have now completed our pivotal clinical study and our focus is on regulatory approvals and commercial launch. This is an exciting and significant milestone in our journey to bring this ground-breaking technology to patients.

As a member of the Manufacturing Engineering team, you will be expected to have a wide breadth of knowledge of all production processes and act as the first point of contact for any feedback or problems raised by the manufacturing team. In this role, you will also be responsible for optimizing workflow of production processes in order to maximize process throughput and yield. Having developed a keen knowledge of production processes, you will be well positioned to identify areas for process and product enhancement. You are expected to triage, design and implement process enhancement projects as well as collaborate with the design engineering team to provide DFM input and develop solutions.

Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

Meaningful work you will be a part of

Your responsibilities will include:

• Define, develop the business case and implement equipment and process improvements for current and next generation products.
• Plan capacity, equipment and infrastructure needs as part of implementing new production lines and scale up activities. Scale up can include support of new manufacturing sites, outsourcing to suppliers or OEMs.
• Plan manufacturing floor layouts for current and future product designs to maximize efficiency.
• Manage equipment design, fabrication and/or upgrades, qualification and implementation for production and training center equipment.
• Lead or participate in design and manufacturing process workflow reviews.
• Review manufacturing process cycle time trends and process workflows and develop strategies to remove capacity bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with design and quality engineering to determine root cause of ongoing quality issues and drive implementation of appropriate solutions.
• Plan manufacturing floor layouts for current and future product designs to maximize efficiency.
• Identify and communicate workstation utility requirements.
• Develop and drive implementation of WIP and finished good product storage solutions.
• Provide input into product designs as part of the design for manufacturability process.
• Serve as a process subject matter expert (SME) and assist with identification and delivery of technician training requirements.
• Provide front line support to the manufacturing team for process and equipment related issues.

• Lead or participate in Lean and Kaizen events and drive continuous improvement projects.

What you bring to the team

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.

You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, bioengineer or industrial engineering.
• 5+ years’ experience in design or manufacturing engineering in a regulated manufacturing environment, preferably in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, or medical devices industry.
• Experience with value stream mapping, design for manufacture, and change control management.
• Experience with, and solid understanding of, statistical process controls, lean manufacturing, kaizen\six-sigma implementation is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness.
• Experience in developing manufacturing floorplan layouts based on activity relationship analysis is desirable.

Requirements & Skills:

• Excellent ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve, and to lead root cause analysis of quality issues in a design or manufacturing environment.
• Strong aptitude for mechanical and electrical systems.
• Experience in use of parametric modelling tools, especially SolidWorks.
• Effective written and verbal communication and technical documentation skills.
• Strong, practical knowledge of R&D, supply chain, and quality control.
• Able to operate independently with minimal direction.
• Strong analytical skills and critical thinking.
• Detail-oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal and coaching skills.
• Flexible and able to take on additional responsibilities as appropriate.

Compensation

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium’s stock option plan.

• $94,000 – $115,000 (CAD Annually)

Your Benefits & Well-being

Total cash – the total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage – for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.

Work-day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.

Support – for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.

Career progression and learning support.

Professional membership support.

 Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.

Life at Kardium

What makes us a great place to work?

1. Our Purpose
2. Our People
3. Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we’re committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.

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