Manufacturing Engineer

You are responsible for

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you are responsible for supporting, improving, and maintaining the production process within the Manufacturing Department at Factory Best.

Key activities:

• Support and execute Process Validation.
• Ensure minimum disturbances and maximize yield within production in cooperation with team leads, troubleshooters, and development teams.
• Replace business-critical equipment and processes to ensure business continuity.
• Participate as an expert in audits.
• Write work instructions, monitor and maintain devices and tooling, instruct employees, and implement and maintain production processes.
• Provide structural solutions by initiating amendments such as problem reports (PR) and/or 8D forms (Problem Solving methodology).
• Prepare and introduce product changes through Life Cycle Management and Modify Launched Design within the manufacturing processes.

Other activities:

• Support CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Actions).
• Lead escalations regarding production issues or complaints, collaborating with development and other stakeholders as needed.
• Support New Product Introductions.
• Conduct Defect On Arrival (DEFOA) and Missing On Arrival (MOA) root cause analysis, and create and implement structural solutions.
• Provide input for the Product Industrialization Engineer to create better ways of working. After release for volume production, the Manufacturing Engineer is accountable for improvements.
• Analyze performance data related to products and processes (using Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control).
• Give input and maintain New Product Introductions project planning.
• Perform preparation activities on trial/prototype production within New Product Introduction processes.
• Define and lead improvement projects for the assigned unit to improve efficiency, product quality, and test section (Green Belt).

You are a part of
You are part of Factory Best, one of the largest Medical Manufacturing Sites in Health Systems. You will join the Manufacturing Engineering team, which is responsible for processes within:

• Imaging Guide Therapy (IGT)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MR)
• Diagnostic X-Ray (DXR)
• Service, Parts & Repair (SP&R)
• Imaging Components (IC)
• Refurbishment System (RS)
• Field Analysis Lab (FAL)

You will work closely with operations, quality, and development teams.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need a customer-first attitude and the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Electronics, Applied Physics, Mechatronics, or a comparable field.
• Hands-on mentality, proficiency in documentation, and a natural inclination for accuracy.
• Ability to work independently, be proactive, and take ownership, including managing relevant stakeholders.
• Result- and quality-driven approach.
• DMAIC Six Sigma Green Belt is preferable.
• Experience with SAP (MES) and Windchill is preferable.
• More than 2 years of experience in Manufacturing or Engineering within the high-tech industry.
• Basic experience with OT (Operational Technology) and IT (Information Technology).
• Strong comprehension skills and the ability to analyze and summarize information.
• Experience with quality management and quality systems. Preferably, experience in the medical industry (ISO 9001, 13485, FDA requirements, audits, FMEA, 8D, SPC, etc.).
• Strong personal and communication skills (Dutch & English), with the ability to communicate with operators, developers, and management.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.This is an onsite role.

About Philips
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