Staff Components Engineer (Chihuahua)

Job Title

Staff Component Engineer

Location

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Purpose

Complete projects with suppliers to provide uninterrupted flow of components for assembly operations that comply with instrument requisites, quality, price, and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Produce component cost comparisons and analyze alternative manufacturing methods for Cost Improvement Projects (CIPs).
• Determine the requirements of tools and spare parts to maintain the supply of components.
• Complete technical projects with suppliers to improve supplier process, maintenance capability of the supplier’s process, instrument assembly capability, and instrument output performance.
• Provide technical support for the approbation/validation of changes and supplier process improvements.
• Provide technical support for the resolution of component quality issues.
• Coordinate RMI/CAD/BOM activities.
• Sustain supply chain continuity by qualifying and validating supplier tooling per component approval procedures.
• Ensure closure to component non‑conformance issues with timely corrective action submission and approval of supplier control plans.
• Manage the ETQ database for assigned non‑conformances and corrective action plans, complete actions by due dates, and provide periodic updates to management.
• Follow all company safety policies and other safety precautions within the work area.
• Support supplier evaluations for major services/products as needed.
• Ensure compliance with Environmental Management System (EMS) responsibilities.
• Follow J&J and CSS Record Management policies for convenience information, records retention schedules, training and education, document hold notices, records cleanout, inactive records and information management, vital records, and third‑party vendor, if applicable.
• Communicate business‑related issues or opportunities to next‑level management.
• For those who supervise or manage staff, ensure subordinates follow all company guidelines related to health, safety and environmental practices and that required resources are available and in good condition.
• Ensure personal and company compliance with all federal, state, local and company regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Perform other duties assigned, as needed.

Qualifications & Requirements

• 6–8 years related experience or equivalent knowledge and skills necessary to satisfactorily perform the position responsibilities.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Group integration, multifunctional tasking, and coordination of collaboration between multiple functional groups.
• Effective oral, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Project management experience, leading teams located in different areas while executing a project.
• Tool design experience (preferred).
• Product/process risk evaluation skills.
• Interplant transfer experience.
• Test method design and validation experience.
• Lean and Six Sigma skills.
• Process validation experience.
• Design validation and verification experience.
• Technical process writing skills.
• Regulatory knowledge.
• Plastic molding injection experience.
• Process characterization skills.
• GD&T and measurement system tools and techniques.
• Polymer knowledge.
• Chemical processing experience.
• Metal forming component process experience.
• Electromechanical component process experience.
• Packaging process experience.
• PFMEA, DFMA, Control Plans, FAI and G100002 experience.
• Metrology and calibrator development experience.
• Problem‑solving skills and techniques.
• Credo acting values and behavior adherence.
• Company process and product knowledge.
• Statistical analysis software such as Minitab.
• Engineering software (FEA, CAD, etc.) as applicable.
• Knowledge of component manufacturing costs.