What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supplier Development Engineer position at Katalyst Healthcares and Lifesciences?
Job Description :
Roles & Responsibilities:
Requirements :
- This role operates as a technical bridge between Engineering, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing to ensure that component selections and mechanical designs are robust, producible, and aligned with supplier capabilities prior to production release.
- The position is expected to identify and mitigate risks early, particularly in component selection, tolerancing, and manufacturability, to reduce downstream reliability issues, supply disruptions, and design rework.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Participate in DVT readiness and design reviews to identify component risks, manufacturability concerns, and documentation gaps.
- Support design transfer activities to ensure readiness for manufacturing release.
- Evaluate lifecycle status (NRND/EOL), supplier risk, and availability
- Recommend alternates and mitigation strategies.
- Support Release of OTS and custom parts
- Review drawings for dimensional accuracy, GD&T (ASME Y14.5), and tolerance stack-up risks.
- ssess manufacturability relative to supplier capabilities.
- Identify over-constrained tolerances and yield risks.
- Provide actionable DFM/DFA feedback.
- ct as liaison between Engineering and Supply Chain.
- Support supplier technical discussions.
- ssist in resolving build and early production issues.
- Support an effort of the supply chain activity by identifying long lead time items and engaging with the suppliers for potential cross-references.
- Support lifecycle advancement of components in Propel by ensuring complete specifications, compliance, and approved sourcing for pre-production readiness.
- Ensure alignment of component data across Propel/NetSuite.
- Support traceability and audit readiness.
Requirements :
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (BSME preferred).
- Must have a mechanical/electro-mechanical aptitude.
- Medical Device Industry experience.
- DVT - Design Verification Testing.
- Experience evaluating component lifecycle (Active, NRND, EOL) and supply risk.
- Component Selection.
- GD&T.
- Root Cause Analysis.
- Design transfer processes.
- Familiarity with PLM systems (Propel) and ERP systems (NetSuite).
- Strong understanding of electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical components.