About Company

Mizuho OSI is the leader in the markets for specialty surgery and patient positioning. The company’s portfolio includes specialty surgical tables for procedure-specific approaches that improve patient outcomes in spine and orthopedic surgeries along with disposable and reusable surgical patient care products.

Job Summary

The Manufacturing Engineering Technician working under limited supervision, lays out, builds, tests, troubleshoots, repairs and modifies assemblies, components, and parts of developmental and production product items. Will take initiative to improve existing processes and make recommendations for product improvement. Performs relatively complex assignments and solves problems that may have a variety of solutions. Adapts work methods to different situations.

Perform duties to improve overall quality and eliminate the causes of scrap and rework, acquire electrical and/or mechanical process data and drive changes to improve productivity. Determine and analyze root cause of scrap and rework failure(s) and defects to drive process improvements.

Responsibilities can include working on special projects with Manufacturing Engineering in such areas as process improvement and design changes, new product introduction or process development.

Responsibilities:

• Recommend process improvements and remedial corrective actions based on thorough analysis and direct actions.
• Implement changes through Mizuho OSI ECN Process.
• Assist with DMF process to minimize product defects.
• Assist Manufacturing Engineer to perform investigations and root cause analysis to resolve and mitigate Product Experience Report.
• Assist Engineering to evaluate and revise test procedures and methods. Selecting test equipment, defining measurement parameters to verify product performance.
• Interact effectively across functions such as, but not limited to working with Engineering, Production, Purchasing, Quality and Document Control.
• Support sustaining Manufacturing Engineering such as parts disposition (both preliminary review and MRB) and write rework instructions in a timely manner.
• Initiate corrective action on design, workmanship and vendor issues.
• Modify work and/or test instructions to reflect current or new manufacturing processes.
• Keep neat, legible, complete notebook records and data sheets of all tests and projects.
• Provide summary reports of findings and recommendations to management.

• Conduct test protocols and assist in the collection of data for analysis.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and timely manufacturing documentation including assembly procedures, testing methods, packaging and labeling instructions, SOM, and other as required.
• Assist the Manufacturing Engineers in cost reduction projects through design, process, procedure, and improve efficiency through the implementation of lean manufacturing methods.
• Implement lean and six sigma principles and practices throughout the organization to enhance overall company performance.
• Ensure and maintain cleanliness, organization, and overall department appearance.
• Train and instruct other members of the department and the company by passing along skills and information to assist them in their development and advancement either with one -on-one or with platform training skills.
• Strive to become an independent employee, analyze problems and formulate plans to overcome challenges and to get work done quickly with a high degree of quality. Make sound and logical decisions and choose the appropriate courses of action based on the parameters of the situation at hand and to use continual improvement problem solving skills.
• Create an ongoing effort to improve the Company and the Manufacturing Engineering department through personal action and by contributing ideas to support both the Department and Company's ongoing improvement efforts.
• Understand Mizuho OSI's business objectives and the relationship between the department and those objectives; to support and follow the Corporate Vision, Mission & Values Statements and to maintain the services and quality levels set by Mizuho OSI.
• Understand, follow and support Mizuho OSI's internal Quality System policies, procedures and work instructions including but not limited to applicable external regulations (21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 820 Quality System Regulations and applicable International Standards).

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of the job. The duties of this job require the employee to stand and to use hands to manipulate very small objects and hand tools for long periods of time. The employee is required to walk and occasionally to lift up to 45 pounds during the normal course of work. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision as well as color vision.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Within the Production Floor the employee may be exposed to sharp objects, small tools, hot objects, adhesives, UV light, various testing equipment, isopropyl alcohol, soldering equipment, hi-pot testers and other electrical test equipment, etc. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.