Process Technician EDM

The Process Technician will support production with troubleshooting, preventative maintenance activities, and fabrication of tooling.

• Apply critical thinking to solve complex problems and ask insightful questions, even without being a subject matter expert.
• Collaborate with Engineering to ensure product designs and manufacturing processes are optimized for scalability and efficiency.
• Manage and organize equipment and spare parts inventory to support uninterrupted production.
• Maintain accurate documentation for equipment, including manuals and service records.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance on manufacturing equipment to minimize downtime.
• Contribute to process improvement projects aimed at enhancing product quality, reducing scrap and rework, lowering costs, and boosting performance.
• Identify and troubleshoot process related issues, implementing corrective actions to maintain production standards.
• Analyze scrap data to determine root causes and drive improvements through operator training and process control enhancements.
• Demonstrate deep process knowledge and provide hands-on guidance and training to production operators.
• Support daily production activities to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products.
• Assist in scaling equipment and processes from prototype development through pilot runs to full-scale manufacturing.

Education:

• High school or equivalent.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in low or high volume production environments.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and maintain manufacturing equipment to ensure optimal performance.
• Machine operating experience with EDM, mill or lathe. Familiarity with g-code is a plus.
• Automated visual inspection systems (Keyence, Nikon, OGP).
• Demonstrated commitment to safety protocols, including proper use of lab safety equipment.
• Prior experience with microscope-based inspection and medical device assembly.
• Skilled in performing in-process inspections to ensure product quality and adherence to workmanship standards for medical devices.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• The candidate should have good organizational skills, personal skills, and a strong follow-through “can do” attitude.
• Follows instructions, responds to management direction.
• Position may require using microscope up to 8 hours per day.
• Ability to physically handle small, delicate parts.

Ability to read and understand work instructions, process guidelines, visual workmanship standards, and technical drawings